Call for Submissions in English/ Bengal: Inaugural Issue of Shoptodina Magazine

31 January 2013
Call for Submissions in English/ Bengal: Inaugural Issue of Shoptodina Magazine
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/
  • Vacancy: Chinese Civilization and Humanities, Barnard College
    Deadline: 30 October 2010Barnard College, Asian and Middle Eastern CulturesFull-time teacher-scholar at the junior, tenure-track rank in Chinese civilization and…
  • Babaylan Files
    Babaylan FilesWebsite: http://babaylanfiles.blogspot.com/Email Address: admin@babaylan.netEditor/Consultant: Leny StrobelCountry: PhilippinesType: BlogDescription:…
  • Call for Papers: Philippine Literature in Spanish (special issue of Kritika Kultura)
    Deadline: 1 February 2012To the rare extent to which Philippine literature in Spanish is recognized to exist, the tradition is almost entirely identified with the…
Related Opportunities:
Ranked: 500 highest-paying publications for freelance writers
The Freelance 500 Report (2015 Edition, 138 pages) profiles the highest-paying markets, ranked to help you decide which publication to query first. The info and links in this report are current. Details here.