A SHABDAAWEG REVIEW ANTHOLOGY

Eudaimonia — Final Selection

An Anthology of amazing pieces by some very talented writers

Hello Medium Community,

We hope you all are safe and have been taking care of yourself and your near and dear ones.

First, we were so overwhelmed with the response we received for our third foray into prompts territory on Medium with Eudaimonia. We have received a huge number of pieces and we cannot be thankful enough to all of the contributing authors from across Medium, who spent their valuable time painting such beautiful words around that word. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

This was the first time that we collaborated with another Medium pub. And who better than Paper Poetry, an amazing publication with really unique ideas, which you should definitely follow. We are immensely grateful to everyone at Paper Poetry, Suntonu Bhadra, Carolyn Hastings, Indubala Kachhawa, for their relentless support in making this tie-up successful. The final list you see below is a mix of contributions from both publications. I am sure we’ll collaborate again, sometime soon.

Trust me, it was a very difficult task for us to select only ten among the hugely talented writers who put their hearts into these submissions. So, pardon us if we have not selected yours for the anthology this time, and please don’t be disheartened. Don’t let it stop you from sending your wonderfully woven words to us.

I feel any piece, whether poetry/fiction/CNF, attains an altogether different level in conjunction with a spellbinding illustration. This anthology is going to have some gorgeous artwork, by the marvelous Era Garg. We can’t wait for everyone to see it! For now, you can feast your eyes on the illustration above.

Thank you so much, Era, for agreeing to work with us on this.

Also, for this anthology, we have the most amazing editor, Elisabeth Khan, who’s looking into each of the pieces, putting in her vast experience, which will prove to be a big boon for the quality of the anthology.

Thank you so much, Elisabeth, for taking the time out of your busy schedule to work on editing the anthology.

We plan to release the anthology on Gumroad tentatively around the first week of May.

Finally, here is the list of those arresting pieces we selected for the anthology:

Essay: On Eudaimonia by Joseph Lieungh Essay: Pleasure and Virtue by Pablo Pereyra Poetry: In The Valley of Flowers by Chris Mooney-Singh Poetry: Ambrosia by Era Garg Poetry: Where the Pencil Meets the Page by K. Barrett Poetry: Eudaimonia, An Unauthorized Biography by Jonah Lightwhale Poetry: Many Dandelions by Chloe Paulina Hawes Poetry: Breathing Without The Breath by Dean K Miller Poetry: The Space Beyond Words by Erika Burkhalter Fiction: Sometimes I Get it Right by Lee Ameka

Congratulations to all the selected writers! We thank you for considering us and Paper Poetry as a destination for your wonderful pieces. Someone from our team shall reach out to you requesting some details, soon.

Stay safe and take care!

Warmly, Somsubhra Banerjee Executive Head, Literary Impulse (A ShabdAaweg Medium Publication)

Anthology Illustrator: Era Garg Anthology Editor: Elisabeth Khan Executive Editor: Somsubhra Banerjee Medium Editor: Priyanka Srivastava Editor-In-Chief (ShabdAaweg Review): Rahul Sharma(Literary Impulse (Shabd Aaweg))

Our National Poetry month event is in progress. Please feel free to navigate to the below link and participate in any of the prompts that ring a bell with you. We would love to publish your work.

As always, we plan to publish a ShabdAaweg NaPoWriMo anthology featuring thirty best pieces from the overall event duration. More on the same below-

Do let us know in the comments if you want to be added as a writer. We always welcome new talent!

If you want to read our earlier anthologies ranging from Hiraeth to Andoumboulou / Vorfreude which too features some amazing writers, please follow the below link and grab a copy. It has been priced at a very nominal rate:

ShabdAaweg Review is entering the payments market with our upcoming summer issue. Please navigate to our Twitter and Instagram handles, and do give us a follow, to know more and stay updated on the planned surprises. We also, regularly promote the work of our writers, across these platforms.