$5k Contest Countdown
Aemula Writer Spotlight - 10.30.25
24 hours to go in our $5,000 Essay Contest! The post that receives the most support by 12:00am ET on 11/1 wins $5,000!
Check out our live leaderboard to see the top posts and vote your support to help decide the winner!
If you are writing, it is not too late to enter!
To get started, head to https://aemula.com/platform/write, where you can publish directly or connect your Substack to automatically cross-post your most recent content from Substack. All posts are entered to win! View full contest terms here.
Creating an account and connecting your Substack takes less than 30 seconds. Seriously:
Once your Substack is connected to Aemula, you can continue publishing to Substack as usual and your posts will automatically be published to Aemula as well!
We promote your work to a new audience, monetize all interactions with your content for you, and you retain full ownership. It is completely free for our first 100 writers and you can stop at any time.
More importantly, when you publish on Aemula, you become part of the movement to build a healthier media ecosystem, free of outside influence, with aligned incentives to promote discovery of new perspectives.
If you are new to Aemula, you can learn more about our mission and our platform here.
This week, to maintain neutrality through the final day of the essay contest, we are not spotlighting any specific writers. However, you can find the readers we enjoy reading on Aemula!
To stay up to speed on platform updates and the writers we are adding to our community, Follow us on X or subscribe to our Substack!
Any writers you want to see featured here? Send them our way! We are always searching for great new publications.





