Deadline: 30 September 2013
Math Paper Press and editor Pooja Makhijani are seeking previously-unpublished personal essays and memoirs from new Singaporeans (naturalized citizens), residents (Permanent or otherwise), and native-born Singaporeans and “as told to” accounts for an anthology of English-language literary nonfiction to be published in early 2014, tentatively titled Altogether Elsewhere.
Singapore, a self-proclaimed nation of immigrants, has begun to reexamine its policies, values, and in essence, itself, by scrutinizing immigration. Altogether Elsewhere is about the changing face of a nation told through the personal geographies of some of its residents.
Altogether Elsewhere reflects on what it means to be “foreign” in Singapore in the twenty-first century. It attempts to answer, “What is ‘home’?”, given the ways in which labor, capital, and ideas transcend borders. And it aims to re-examine the terms “integration” and “assimilation” and “naturalization” in a wired society where one’s homeland is never too far away.
GUIDELINES:
Accounts should speak of histories—personal, communal, national. Submissions should be honest, entertaining, and well-written. They should possess a command of language, an elegance of style, and a subtlety of thought and perception. Do not be moralistic or preachy; aim for wisdom.
Submissions for this anthology fall into three categories. Essays can tackle the topics posed above (what it means to be “foreign” in Singapore, what is “home”, etc.) or begin at the prompts suggested below.
2,000 to 5,000 words, negotiable.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE
September 30, 2013. Please consult William Shunn’s article on Proper Manuscript Format. Send your piece in .DOC format as an attachment, along with a 50-100 word biography, to altogetherelsewheresubmission@gmail.com; submissions sent in other formats or in the body of the email will be deleted unread.
PAYMENT
SG$100; two contributor copies; and a 40% author discount on additional copies.
ABOUT THE EDITOR
Pooja Makhijani is the editor of Under Her Skin: How Girls Experience Race in America, an anthology of essays by women that explores the complex ways in which race shapes American lives and families. She is also the author of Mama’s Saris, a picture book.
Her bylines have also appeared in The New York Times, The Village Voice, Time Out New York, POSKOD.sg, and DesignSponge.com among others.
Pooja has taught writing and literature at Western Connecticut State University and Middlesex County College. She has also conducted writing workshops and presentations at a number of colleges and universities, schools, libraries, and other educational institutions all over the United States and Singapore.
She holds a B.S. from Johns Hopkins University and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. Pooja lives in Singapore with her husband, her daughter, an antique typewriter, and too many books.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ submissions: altogetherelsewheresubmission@gmail.com
Website: http://booksactually.com/mathpaperpress.html
Math Paper Press and editor Pooja Makhijani are seeking previously-unpublished personal essays and memoirs from new Singaporeans (naturalized citizens), residents (Permanent or otherwise), and native-born Singaporeans and “as told to” accounts for an anthology of English-language literary nonfiction to be published in early 2014, tentatively titled Altogether Elsewhere.
Singapore, a self-proclaimed nation of immigrants, has begun to reexamine its policies, values, and in essence, itself, by scrutinizing immigration. Altogether Elsewhere is about the changing face of a nation told through the personal geographies of some of its residents.
Altogether Elsewhere reflects on what it means to be “foreign” in Singapore in the twenty-first century. It attempts to answer, “What is ‘home’?”, given the ways in which labor, capital, and ideas transcend borders. And it aims to re-examine the terms “integration” and “assimilation” and “naturalization” in a wired society where one’s homeland is never too far away.
GUIDELINES:
Accounts should speak of histories—personal, communal, national. Submissions should be honest, entertaining, and well-written. They should possess a command of language, an elegance of style, and a subtlety of thought and perception. Do not be moralistic or preachy; aim for wisdom.
Submissions for this anthology fall into three categories. Essays can tackle the topics posed above (what it means to be “foreign” in Singapore, what is “home”, etc.) or begin at the prompts suggested below.
- First-person essays or memoirs written by new Singaporeans (naturalized citizens) and residents (Permanent or otherwise). Submissions in this category can address: Why Singapore? What brought you here? Why have you chosen (or not chosen or had chosen for you) to stay? What is Singapore’s version of citizenship and/or of “welcoming migrants” and how have attitudes to migrants changed over time?
- First person “as told to” accounts of new Singaporeans (naturalized citizens) or residents (Permanent or otherwise) who may not feel comfortable and/or be able to write their story in English (i.e. a grandparent from China, a caretaker from Indonesia, a nanny from Sri Lanka). Submissions in this category can address the questions posed in Category 1. Writers whose accounts are selected for publication will also be asked to provide a 250-word reflection on their relationship with their subject.
- First-person essays or memoirs written by native-born Singaporeans. Submissions in this category can address: What is your personal geography? Why have you chosen (or not chosen or had chosen for you) to stay in Singapore? If you hold multiple passports, what roots you to Singapore? What is Singapore’s version of citizenship and/or of “welcoming migrants” and how have attitudes to migrants changed over time?
2,000 to 5,000 words, negotiable.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE
September 30, 2013. Please consult William Shunn’s article on Proper Manuscript Format. Send your piece in .DOC format as an attachment, along with a 50-100 word biography, to altogetherelsewheresubmission@gmail.com; submissions sent in other formats or in the body of the email will be deleted unread.
PAYMENT
SG$100; two contributor copies; and a 40% author discount on additional copies.
ABOUT THE EDITOR
Pooja Makhijani is the editor of Under Her Skin: How Girls Experience Race in America, an anthology of essays by women that explores the complex ways in which race shapes American lives and families. She is also the author of Mama’s Saris, a picture book.
Her bylines have also appeared in The New York Times, The Village Voice, Time Out New York, POSKOD.sg, and DesignSponge.com among others.
Pooja has taught writing and literature at Western Connecticut State University and Middlesex County College. She has also conducted writing workshops and presentations at a number of colleges and universities, schools, libraries, and other educational institutions all over the United States and Singapore.
She holds a B.S. from Johns Hopkins University and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. Pooja lives in Singapore with her husband, her daughter, an antique typewriter, and too many books.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ submissions: altogetherelsewheresubmission@gmail.com
Website: http://booksactually.com/mathpaperpress.html
