Deadline: 28 February 2013
Shoptodina magazine is of creative writing and literature with focus on Bengali identity, experience, culture, history, art and literature. Its main objective is to channelize creative talent to showcase Bengal. In order to do so the magazine will explore and exploit the creative talent in Bengal as well as encourage people living outside Bengal to give creative output to their experiences of Bengal. The magazine will have sections on poetry, drama, fiction, essays, memoir, travelogue, interviews, book reviews and translations apart from regular columns and features. The magazine intends to have bi-monthly publication that is six issues every year. There will two sister magazines bearing the same name Shoptodina, in English and in Bengali, though not twins since the content will be different. Both the magazines will be published online as webzines on this website where the Shoptodina Manifesto now appears. The magazines will have print avatars if and when adequate funding is available.
Submission guidelines: We solicit contributions from everyone and our only eligibility criterion is that the piece submitted has to be related in some way to Bengal and its people, history, geography, culture, literature, art, etc. All contributions must be original and must not have been previously published in any form. The contributions will be subject to editorial approval for maintaining literary quality and focus of the magazine but the views expressed in them will be solely that of the writers themselves. The copyright of every contribution will remain with the writer but the writer will grant Shoptodina the first publication, archiving and subsequent non-exclusive publication rights. If later on the same piece is to be published elsewhere then Shoptodina has to be acknowledged as its first publisher. Though no prior permission is needed it is courteous for the writer to inform Shoptodina of it. Shoptodina is unable to pay contributors any monetary compensation but will always be grateful for their patronage.
All contributions to the English magazine should be emailed as .doc file or .odt file or .rtf file attachment with the subject line reading “SUBMISSION:” followed by the contributor’s name.
All contributions to the Bengali magazine should be emailed as .doc file or .odt file or .rtf file or .pdf file or .jpg file attachment with the subject line reading “SUBMISSION:” followed by the contributor’s name.
The deadline for contribution in the inaugural issue is 28th February 2013.
Poetry contributions should be limited to a maximum of four poems from each contributor. Prose contributions, both fiction (stories, plays, translations) and non-fiction (essays, travelogue, memoirs, inter-views) generally should be of less than 4000 words. Longer pieces may be serialized in consecutive issues.
Executive Editor (English): Sourav Gupta
Executive Editor (Bengali): Rishi Ghosh
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries/ submissions: shoptodina@gmail.com
Website: http://shoptodina.org/
Shoptodina magazine is of creative writing and literature with focus on Bengali identity, experience, culture, history, art and literature. Its main objective is to channelize creative talent to showcase Bengal. In order to do so the magazine will explore and exploit the creative talent in Bengal as well as encourage people living outside Bengal to give creative output to their experiences of Bengal. The magazine will have sections on poetry, drama, fiction, essays, memoir, travelogue, interviews, book reviews and translations apart from regular columns and features. The magazine intends to have bi-monthly publication that is six issues every year. There will two sister magazines bearing the same name Shoptodina, in English and in Bengali, though not twins since the content will be different. Both the magazines will be published online as webzines on this website where the Shoptodina Manifesto now appears. The magazines will have print avatars if and when adequate funding is available.
Submission guidelines: We solicit contributions from everyone and our only eligibility criterion is that the piece submitted has to be related in some way to Bengal and its people, history, geography, culture, literature, art, etc. All contributions must be original and must not have been previously published in any form. The contributions will be subject to editorial approval for maintaining literary quality and focus of the magazine but the views expressed in them will be solely that of the writers themselves. The copyright of every contribution will remain with the writer but the writer will grant Shoptodina the first publication, archiving and subsequent non-exclusive publication rights. If later on the same piece is to be published elsewhere then Shoptodina has to be acknowledged as its first publisher. Though no prior permission is needed it is courteous for the writer to inform Shoptodina of it. Shoptodina is unable to pay contributors any monetary compensation but will always be grateful for their patronage.
All contributions to the English magazine should be emailed as .doc file or .odt file or .rtf file attachment with the subject line reading “SUBMISSION:” followed by the contributor’s name.
All contributions to the Bengali magazine should be emailed as .doc file or .odt file or .rtf file or .pdf file or .jpg file attachment with the subject line reading “SUBMISSION:” followed by the contributor’s name.
The deadline for contribution in the inaugural issue is 28th February 2013.
Poetry contributions should be limited to a maximum of four poems from each contributor. Prose contributions, both fiction (stories, plays, translations) and non-fiction (essays, travelogue, memoirs, inter-views) generally should be of less than 4000 words. Longer pieces may be serialized in consecutive issues.
Executive Editor (English): Sourav Gupta
Executive Editor (Bengali): Rishi Ghosh
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries/ submissions: shoptodina@gmail.com
Website: http://shoptodina.org/
