RUBY

<3 Just letting you know that we are open until 10/15 for our final issue. We hope you send something. Take Care!

SUBMISSIONS RUBY is a bi-annual literary magazine and press that publishes short-form food narratives that strive for voice, artistry, and character. We want work that grabs us and doesn’t let us go—fier…

“Food is alive. Food is us.” The upcoming issue will be our last. Submissions are now open until October 15. Thank you to all who’ve written, read, & edited. RUBY’s spirit continues in a hybrid cookbook antholgy.
rubyliterarypress.com/submissions/

Isn't it a gem, Tania? <3

The text reads: Kathryn Silver-Hajo Hybrid Prose You Are What You Eat What You Have What You’re Given That You Take and Try to Make Better ❦ When you were little, food was bountiful, your mother being an adventurous cook, who learned to prepare Mandarin dishes from the Chinese wife of your father’s colleague, Italian from an Umbrian friend she met at a gallery opening, Indian from a physicist from Calcutta (who married and divorced his German lover who wasn’t handy in the kitchen, but brought back marzipan pigs from visits home, an irony not lost on her Muslim husband) not to mention Sunday roasts, ham on Easter, meatloaves any old time, layer cakes robed in chocolate frosting, doughnuts hot out of bubbling oil, dunked in cinnamon sugar, fudge spread on a Currier-and-Ives platter, salads made from iceberg lettuce and tomatoes in cello-packs that didn’t give up any more than they had to and still it took many hollered reminders for your dad to come to the table, but he savored and praised everything your mother made, talked to you about the future of AI, how we’re all basically robots in flesh-and-blood bodies, and maybe he pointed out a rare conjunction of

Love this hybrid prose piece "You Are What You Eat What You Have What You’re Given That You Take and Try to Make Better" by @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social in the new issue of @literaryruby.bsky.social, a journal of food narratives. Read it here: rubyliterarypress.com/issue-five-i... #HybridWriting

We’ll be opening again soon on the 15th, and we’d be honored if you shared your work with us then. Please know you have our heartfelt condolences on the loss of your mother. Losing a mother is such a profound loss, and we’re sending you comfort and peace.

This is awesome! I love this for you. Congratulations again, Kathryn. It's such fantastic writing.

Thank you! It's always a delight to publish your work, Sudha. Thank you for sending it to us. <3

So happy to have a story up @literaryruby.bsky.social. I'm in awesome company, too. Thank you April Bradley👇

ISSUE SIX Sudha Balagopal | Allison Field Bell | Patricia Quintana Bidar | Joefel Bolo | Timothy Boudreau | Kim Magowan | Nora Esme Wagner | Elinor Ann Walker

I have two stories in the new issue of amazing @literaryruby.bsky.social! And even better, so does my ridiculously talented daughter Nora! Thank you @april-bradley.bsky.social for publishing these. :)

rubyliterarypress.com/259-2/issue-...

Always love a new issue of @literaryruby.bsky.social. What a great lineup of writers! Can't wait to read them all.

We are proud to have you! Thank you, Timothy! <3

So proud to be part of this issue 💙

Beyond thrilled to be in Ruby's pages. I hope you check it out. 🥧🍄🍾

We are too! Thank you for sending us your work, Patricia, and congratulations on your upcoming collection, Pardon Me For Moonwalking, by @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social Exciting! <3

Absolutely stunning issue!

Thank you, Ani! <3

As a person who is a firm believer in hot pickle in sandwiches, I related strongly to this story. It’s a wonder. @sudhab.bsky.social in @literaryruby.bsky.social ““I’m like this sandwich,” I say, hoping to convey my split-ness…” 🧡🧡🧡

@allisonfieldbell.bsky.social just read your gorgeous harrowing piece in @literaryruby.bsky.social—such bravery! such hope! 👏🤗

ISSUE SIX Sudha Balagopal | Allison Field Bell | Patricia Quintana Bidar | Joefel Bolo | Timothy Boudreau | Kim Magowan | Nora Esme Wagner | Elinor Ann Walker

Feast on RUBY Issue Six featuring delectable and piquant writing by Sudha Balagopal, Allison Field Bell, @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social Joefel Bolo @tcboudreau.bsky.social @kimmagowan.bsky.social Nora Esme Wagner & @elinorann.bsky.social rubyliterarypress.com/259-2/issue-... #foodwriting #flashfiction

ISSUE FOUR December 2023 ISSUE FOUR December 2023 RUBY Mikki Aronoff | Christine H. Chen | Jennifer Fliss Shelley Gaske | Beth Hahn | Emily Alice Katz Nazanin Knudsen | Linsey Liao | Andrea Marcusa Melissa...

We hope you love Issue Four as much as we do—such incredible writing ✨ rubyliterarypress.com/issue-four/