About
Ink N Quill
Our mission is simple:
To help intersectional minorities develop the skills to write bold fiction.
To provide education to help them create socially conscious narratives.
And to inspire them to make change through critically-engaged writing practice.
The Founding Story
About me
I’m Eri, otherwise known as E. J. Kingdom. I am a published novelist (The Burning Throne, 2024) and am currently writing a poetry collection (for release in May 2026).
Like so many others, it is painfully apparent that those who come from circumstances that are not widely celebrated or championed have increased chances of being denied a platform at multiple places in the journey. This status of being discarded and written off by traditional gatekeepers decreases their chances of success in the conventional industry.
However, they are human first and foremost, have innovative stories to tell, and deserve an opportunity and platform for which they don't have to fight tooth and nail. They are human first and foremost, entitling them to the same rights to become critically engaged and culturally conscious writers. They are more primed and perceptive due to the circumstances above. However, sometimes starting is the hardest part. To know where to start, stand, face rejection, and keep going.
Our Mission
As a result, Ink N Quill champions bold, brutal, societally-conscious stories which ask questions that beg to be asked and grappled with.
On this website, you will find three elements that the team and I are proud of:
A magazine (and press) to provide voices to these underrepresented individuals because they deserve the same chance as other writers, and bring a valuable perspective to the industry.
A podcast effort to provide a platform to promote budding intersectional writers and publishing professions. The point is to have a conversation, because they are human before labels.
An educational mission to equip disadvantaged, intersectional writers with skills needed for their writing as intersectional, intentionally disruptive practitioners: critical theory and wider social engagement, and craft skills to tell brutal stories that respond to society as we see it.
Imagine this
Only at eighteen, the last year of sixth form and first year of University, you realise that there are individuals like you who do great things. They're People who have overcome significant barriers – like you.
It has taken you 18 years to realise that there are successful people who happen not to fit the norm you've been told your whole life. The best part is that they show you that you can succeed and overcome your barriers. Maybe you can be successful too - whatever that looks like.
Fast-forward a few years
At twenty-one, you finish your undergraduate degree in English and produce a dissertation on disability in 21st-century young adult literature. This teaches you there is a long way to go for quality representation.
Now at 22
Your heart has been broken once, and you moved across the country to train as a teacher. You pass your teacher training course and have a drive for socially conscious storytelling, but you've only put a name on what you've been doing since the first year of your degree.
From the need to create much-needed conversation, to the discovery of their disabilities, sexuality, ADHD and Autism, I understand what it means to have to figure yourself out and tell stories which have identity at their heart.
Ink N Quill has become a deeply personal mission – especially post-teacher training. Stemming from my PGCE in Further Education, I have developed a deeper understanding of systems of oppression and how individuals have increased barriers to success.
As a founder from an intersectional background, as the story shows, I know first-hand the additional barriers standing in the way of the success of a minority writer. The three main ones are:
Rejection
Inaccessibility
Perceived incapability
Ink N Quill has become a deeply personal mission – especially post-teacher training. Stemming from my PGCE in Further Education, I have developed a deeper understanding of systems of oppression and how individuals have increased barriers to success.
From the need to create much-needed conversation, to the discovery of their disabilities, sexuality, ADHD and Autism, I understand what it means to have to figure yourself out and tell stories which have identity at their heart.
Ink N’ Quill has become a deeply personal mission – especially post-teacher training. Stemming from my PGCE in Further Education, I have developed a deeper understanding of systems of oppression and how individuals have increased barriers to success.
As a founder from an intersectional background, as the story shows, I know first-hand the additional barriers standing in the way of the success of a minority writer. The three main ones are:
Rejection
Inaccessibility
Perceived incapability
Ink N’ Quill has become a deeply personal mission – especially post-teacher training. Stemming from my PGCE in Further Education, I have developed a deeper understanding of systems of oppression and how individuals have increased barriers to success.
The Podcast
Talking to people is fun—for some more than others. Learning from others’ experiences makes us all more knowledgeable. If you agree, Eri has the podcast for you.
Currently on hiatus while seeking volunteers, Eri’s mission is clear:
to write, help others create, and inspire. As host, Eri draws on a deeply intersectional background, bringing honesty to the trials and triumphs of the creative journey.
The Writers' Den Podcast, featured on ComebaCK among others, was founded with a clear purpose: to educate and ensure that intersectional, underrepresented writers have a chance at success.
As the original pillar of the organisation, the podcast is at the heart of every conversation, connection, and engagement with industry professionals. We pride ourselves in creating a welcoming, supportive environment, which is why we offer a spot on the podcast to all industry professionals, staff, volunteers, and those who are successful at publishing with us.
Some episodes have included:
Environment, Activism, and Culture
WIPS Trans Rights, Classics and Healthcare
Creativity, Education, and LGBTQ+ minority rights
Publishing and a small amount of marketing
Through the wide variety of topics we cover, primarily focused on the intersection between writing craft and social impact, the mission of empowering and educating a new generation of writers is at the heart of everything the podcast has achieved.
Our mission and calling are to create a new generation of diverse voices who are critically engaged, creative writers at the forefront of their craft. This is all fueled by the conversations we have had, and will continue to have, on the podcast.
This platform values the contributions of intersectional creatives, actively combating the systemic barriers that can often silence new voices.
Our notable podcast guests have included The Young Writers Initiative, The Willow Literary Magazine, and established publishing professionals and social activists, all of whom have helped us provide valuable insights to our community. We will continue to do so in the future because these conversations are vital to the developing intersectional writer.
The Press and Magazine
We all know the traditional publishing structure:
Get an agent
Spend your life marketing your work,
Wait two years for publication.
For some, this is the right process, but for others - especially intersectional writers - it isn't the right fit. With the process of rejection at every turn, drafting endless query letters, and the feeling of negativity which may befall the writer, Ink N' Quill (conceptualised in 2021) knows what rejection feels like.
Even for those who get through, it relies on luck, and most importantly, the successful prediction of quick-shifting market forces.
Ink N’ Quill has another, inventive way forward. With this feeling of rejection, the mission was clear: make space for storytelling which is five things: bold, brutal, boundary-breaking, and societally engaged.
With the knowledge that intersectional writers face more barriers to success, the press focuses on these individuals. As such, we are driven to publish the work of bold intersectional writers and empower them with the platform, support, and a positive experience of publishing that The Writers Den brings with it through the founder and active writer E. J. Kingdom.
The major difference between The Writers Den and traditional publishers is that we understand the traditional downfalls and inaccessibility of the publishing process, so by contrast we have an innovative process for submissions.
Provided the written work is strong, prospective writers have the option to pitch in a way which is thematic to their project and not necessarily the traditional way - for example an formal presentation or interactive website – it's all about putting your best foot forward.
You must be able to state a robust, evidence-first case. If you can do that, then we will give the time and space for you to shine.
The point, here, is to create space for diversity of experience and cater to the wide variety of intersectional writers that the charity is built to serve. Especially neurodivergent writers may find this way of submission helpful, as the fine-tuning of written format of a query letter is not for everyone.
Our mission to Educate
Education is a human right, and there is no denying that. Education and the power it brings, as Eri knows first hand, is central to our mission. As a qualified English teacher, our founder, Eri, understands the transformative power of learning and loves nothing more than to use knowledge to empower and cultivate critical, culturally-relevant inquiry in the minds of learners, and thus develop culturally aware writers.
This dedication to education is the foundation of our programs, which blend analysis of a wide variety of literature and creative writing to develop craft, critical analysis to understand and engage with critical theory, workshops to critique and build work, and are interwoven with an understanding (or willingness and commitment to) intersectionality in a way that empowers minority writers to write their truths.
Ink N' Quill offers a variety of interactive self-led and live online courses and engaging workshops that blend creative and critical theory practice.
Led by passionate tutor(s), our sessions are designed to help you develop your writing ability and familiarity with critical theory to help build you as a creatively conscious critical writer with a range of exciting techniques and exercises at your disposal, which is essential to be a quality, internationally disruptive practitioner.
Paid intensive twelve-week courses include (up to 20 students):
Disability and Queerness in Contemporary Creative Writing
Writing for Neurodiverse individuals
Our goal is to empower a new generation of creatively conscious critical writers who can contribute their unique voices to the world of literature and help create a more equitable society.
If you're not quite ready to take on a paid offering yet, we have a series of free live and recorded events for you to engage with and see if you enjoy the teaching style Eri is known for. The following is not an exhaustive list, and we are committed to creating more events for our supporters:
Writing For Change
Sculpting Facts and Narrative Shapes
The "Responsible storyteller": authorial responsibility and the art of fiction
We hope these sessions help you create and inspire you to write your truth and continue to write interesting stories.