Elm Leaves Journal (ELJ) is a literary magazine that positions each edition around a thematic provocation. The current call, titled "The 'Me' Edition," asks writers to interrogate the concept of selfhood—identity, anonymity, and the liminal spaces between. The journal's description gestures toward a broad, essayistic interpretation: walls, membranes, borders, skulls; here, there, everywhere; past, present, and future. This is not a call for confessional diary entries but for work that thinks critically and creatively about what it means to be a self in the world. ELJ accepts short and flash creative nonfiction, with a limit of one submission per genre per reading cycle. For nonfiction, writers may submit a single work of up to 3,000 words, or up to three flash works totaling no more than 3,000 words. There is no submission fee. Simultaneous submissions are permitted, provided the journal is notified if the work is accepted elsewhere. Submissions must be sent as a single Word document or PDF, accompanied by a short third-person bio and mailing address. The journal does not publish work that has appeared previously. The editorial vision for this edition appears to favor writing that is formally inventive and intellectually curious, treating "Me" not as a fixed entity but as a site of inquiry. Writers should consider how their nonfiction might engage with the theme in ways that are surprising, rigorous, and resonant—whether through memoir, lyric essay, cultural criticism, or hybrid forms. The journal's openness to suggestion in interpretations of "Me" signals a desire for submissions that expand the conversation rather than merely illustrate it.