This special 20th anniversary anthology invites you to journey outside float in a capsized rowboat, downward-dog through a yoga studio adapting to covid-19, reflect on the legacy of residential schools, find purpose on the Camino de Santiago, and make peace with your raccoon neighbours. These are stories of ego, loss, birth, renewal - the salient issues of our time.In emerge 20, stories in fiction, narrative non-fiction, speculative fiction, young adult fiction, poetry, and lyric prose isolate the everyday tales of human resilience and solidarity that will leave you wanting more from these emerging writers.CONTENTSBetsy Warland - ForewordFICTIONDora Joella Prieto - The Last Wisdom ToothElliott Gish - Grey DogB. B. Randhawa - The Woman Who Thought She Was a CowTeminey Beckers - My Name Is BadgerDora Larson - The ApartmentPrachi Kamble - World Class EducationBarbara Cameron - Unconsecrated GroundAngela Kruger - Hotel StoriesFrederic Sahyouni - The Fragrant HarbourColleen Doty - All About IsaacLibby Soper - The Anniversary Cakeeve nixen - Two storiesSarah Phillips-Thin - Grasping at the PineappleFrancesca Mauri - The Day of Her DisappearanceAnya Wyers - DowntownUttara Krishnadas - InfectiousJudy Dercksen - Not the Namib DesertMagnus Lu - Ten Days of UndoingStephanie Peters - The UpsetDK Eve - Lunch Shift at the Castle CafeTanya Belanger - The Last StopVisnja Milidragovic - Happy HourRebecca Chan - An Unnatural WidowHugh Griffith - The Snake ClubSandra Sugimoto - SistersChristina Kruger-Woodrow - Lie FallowNON-FICTIONKatie Lewis - NutsWilliam W. Campbell - Amusia and Ravel's BoleroKim Spencer - Two piecesLori Greenfield - The Tuesday LadiesEmily Chan - Living in Ms. Shauna Roberts's ApartmentJustyna Krol - System FailureEmma Brady - The BedroomNancy Jin - GuifangDeborah Folka - Dessert in the DesertShenul Dhalla - Hope for a CureChristine Pilgim - GoodbyeMaryanna Gabriel - Get Thee to a NunneryOla Szczecinska - Big SurCalvin McShane - Catching the Way ZendoMargaret Miller - Two piecesAnne Rosenberg - Two piecesKate Covello - Disruption and Yoga Teacher Training After covid-19Ankush Chopra - Stay the CourseSPECULATIVE AND YA FICTIONJenn Marx - Electric Blue TongueJess Wesley - The Curse of the Fairy QueenHannah Costelle - The Dressmaker of DrumchapelDiane Dubas - EnoughClare McNamee-Annett - We Are Doing FineLibby McKeever - What Came BeforeKatherine Fawcett - Ursula MediumSky Regina - We Are ApricotsTim J. O'Connor - Kath's PartyErin Pettit - Gilded CityElizabeth Page - Price of PrivilegeDaniel Ortiz Rubio - Purple StainSofia Pezentte - The Blameless OneStephanie Charette - To Hunt the MountainLea Taranto - Kiss the GroundSusan Taite - GlimmersJack Murphy - Hyper Neon CowboyBailey Bjolin - DomeDanica Longair - Hope Is a Necessary DelusionRobert Weber - The End Is... Mundane?POETRYAlana Cheyne - Three poemsEla Przybylo - Two poemsAnna Lee-Popham - Three poemsBrandon Houston - Can I Pray for YouKuldeep Singh - Five poemsPinki Li - To the Family of Raccoons Who Moved in Late Last WeekSarah Jessie Tucker - Four poemsF. J. Erica Yang - The Frightfully Pale YellowLaura McGavin - Two poemsClare Adam - Two poemsAmrit Kaur Sanghera - Moving Another WayMarco Melfi - A Model From Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights ReminiscesMichael Edwards - Two poemsTharuna Abbu - Three poems