Emily Clemente is a third-year M.F.A. candidate in fiction at Florida State University, where she serves as Assistant Fiction Editor for the Southeast Review. She is currently working on her master's thesis, a collection of interconnected fictional vignettes. Her fiction and creative nonfiction have been published in literary journals such as Deep South Magazine and Jellyfish Review, and her short story, "Alaskan Folk Song" was nominated for the 2024 Pushcart Prize by december.

During her time at Florida State, Emily has taught undergraduate courses in English as a composition instructor, and advanced creative writing as a graduate teaching assistant. She has also volunteered with initiatives such as the Reading-Writing Center and the Incarcerated Writer's Program, through which she has led workshops in creative writing at the Gadsden Correctional Facility. Additionally, she has written for periodicals such as STRIKE, Her Campus, and Atwood Magazine, as well as served as a visiting author at UNC Greensboro's Young Writers Camp. 

In 2022, Emily graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Highest Distinction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. in English & Comparative Literature and Honors in Creative Writing. Her senior thesis, California Landing and Other Stories earned the 2022 Max Steele Award in Fiction. As an undergraduate, her flash fiction piece, "Me and Jeannie" received Honorable Mention for the 2021 Mini-Max Short Fiction Prize, and her short story, “Poppy” was a finalist for the statewide 2021 Shorter Fiction Prize from North Carolina State University. She served on the executive board for CampWrite UNC for three years, where she organized and taught lessons in creative writing for middle and high school students.