An invitation to be a part of Literary Impulse — a literary magazine

For its inaugural edition. Inviting poems, stories and creative non-fiction.

• Invitation by Priyanka Srivastava, Somsubhra Banerjee, and Nachi Keta

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us,” Tolkien says through Gandalf. And we thought starting a literary space like this would a good way to do something with the time we have.

So, with due humbleness, we hereby invite you to be a part of Literary Impulse’s journey, a new entrant into the world of Medium Publications. A few rules that we will follow are —

1. It is a literary magazine. We love literature. And for literature, we are here.
2. We will publish a total of 10 pieces every fortnight. 5 poems 2 very short stories (3000 words) 2 creative non-fiction essays (<2000 words) 1 review — of a book, or art piece, or even a poem (<2000 words)
3. If we get enough entries, the first edition will come out on 3rd May, or then we will wait for the next Sunday.
4. No listicles. Nor self-help articles. No motivational essays.
5. We don’t care if the writers are enrolled in the Medium Partner program.
6. Submissions open all around. Please check the SUBMISSION GUIDELINES page for details.
7. Once you share your desire to join us, and we add you, you can share as many entries as you want.

“What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.” E M Foster.

Since it is a new publication, we are also looking for Editors. For that email at [email protected]. And we will take it from there. For now, Nachi Keta and Priyanka Srivastava are editors.

But, remember that if you are an editor, none of your pieces shall be published on LI.

We are tagging some of you. Please comment on the Submission page and let us know of your willingness. Ask your queries, if you have any, here.

If you know a fellow writer whom you think shall be a great addition to a “literary venture” such as LI, please tag him using the comment thread of this Story.

One of the Lost Generation stars, F. Scott Fitzgerald, once said, “that is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you’re not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.” We are looking for those souls with whom we can share that feeling of belonging.

We invite

1. Simran Kankas
2. Gurpreet Dhariwal
3. Dennett
4. Hank Edson
5. Somsubhra Banerjee
6. Dipti Pande
7. Pierre Trudel
8. Kristen v.H. Middleton
9. Aspen Blue
10. Amy Marley
11. Ani Elizaveta
12. Tom Byers
13. Zachary Burres
14. Dip Joy Choudhury
15. Katharina Ellemunt
16. Preethi Kasireddy
17. Jenny Justice
18. Tapan Avasthi
19. Christina M. Ward 💗
20. A. Christine Myers
21. Kat of Magik
22. Thomas Plummer
23. Pablo Pereyra
24. Francine Fallara
25. Lynne Nardizzi
26. Kathy Jacobs
27. Harper Thorpe
28. Annelise Lords
29. Agnes Louis
30. Beth Stormont
31. Susan Brearley
32. Ashwini Dodani
33. Shringi Kumari
34. Vaishali Paliwal
35. Anu Anniah
36. Samantha Lazar
37. umair haque
38. Steven Gambardella
39. Shringi Kumari
40. Shreemoyee Sarkar
41. Ayushi Singh Rathore
42. Avijit Thawani
43. Meg
44. Runjhun Noopur
45. Aashna Pant
46. Thomas Plummer
47. Melinda A Smith
48. Lambert Wang
49. Connie Song
50. Bradley J Nordell
51. Empty_Bennett
52. Lynne Nardizzi
53. Erica N
54. Vivek Vellore
55. Shefali O'Hara
56. Shreemoyee Sarkar
57. Manasi Diwakar

Thank you and Best of luck. Don’t forget to tag people in comments, if you feel like this is a good thing. Let’s see how this “experiment” fairs.