Embark cover illustration in black and white line drawing style. In the background we see Carleton University campus, looking at the Library and Dunton Tower, with the water in the bottom left corner. In the foreground is EMBARK in all-caps bubble letters. Inside the letters are select clippings of illustrations featured alongside the issue 1 pieces.

Issue 1: Embark

Published April 2023

Start

Issue 1: Embark – The Team

Letter From the Editors

ISSUE 1 BROADSIDES

Poetry

DIMA ZAID-KILANI – WHO AM I

LI CONDE – TRYING TO MOLT WHEN YOUNG

REBECCA KEMPE – 12/11/2020 – 2:31 (am)

ABIGAIL RABISHAW – ERRANT SATELLITES

ABIGAIL RABISHAW – ROAD TO RESOURCES

ALICIA FEIZO – MEET THE EDGE

DESSA BAYROCK – PABLO

MAIA CORSAME – TALES OF WILD RICE

SIMON TURNER – BABA YAGA’S BREAKFAST CEREAL

DANIELLE PYBUS – DO WE EVER REALLY FORGET OUR PARENTS?

DANIELLE PYBUS – GROCERY LIST

JENNIFER GOODMAN – YOUR FAVOURITE RED PEN

MAYA MELOCHE – WISTFUL SEASONS

NATHAN ERB – HOW FAR WE’VE COME


Prose

MAYA MELOCHE – UNPUNCTUAL BUSES AND GROWING SIDEWAYS

ANDREW RIDDLES – THE KING OF ITHACA

SEAN MUNCASTER – THE FEVER GROVE

COLIN SOSTAR – AMONG THE STONES

OLUTAYO BABASUYI – TUNNEL MARKET

NATHAN ERB – US KIDS

ROSEMARIE D’AMICO – FAMILY CHRONICLES: COLD WAR EUROPE ON $5 A DAY

VICTOR VIGAS – THE COMMON DENOMINATOR

FARANE ZAIDI – DEATH INCARNATE

JACLYN LEGGE – YARN

EMMA BIDER – TO MAKE A RASPBERRY

LINDSAY WYMARK – THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CREDENCE CROW

The logo for Issue 1: Embark. In the background is a bright purple circle, overtop of which is a green minimalist outline of Carleton University's campus. In the foreground is a minimalist outline of a sumac plant with a green stem and red flower.