Asia Writes: Updated 2x daily, seven days/week, online 16 hours a day
We would like to introduce to you The Asia Writes Project, an independent initiative conceptualized to be the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource for writers in Asia-Pacific or of Asian origin. Our mission is to provide writers with legitimate and the most suitable opportunities to develop their craft and publicize their works; and keep them abreast with literary events in the region and elsewhere.
Accomplishments:
Asia Writes started out as a resource site. Originally hosted on Blogger, it later acquired the asiawrites.org domain on August 28, 2010. With no funding from any institution or organization, Asia Writes is able to continue to provide world-class and real-time service for free.
Network
* Asia Writes has a network of the most prominent writers, artists and publishers in/from the Philippines, India, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, the Middle East, etc. both on Facebook and Twitter. Visit our Facebook, Fanpage, and Twitter accounts. As of February 2011, the project has 7,800 followers.
Content
* The site is updated twice a day, seven days a week, with legitimate opportunities (residencies, scholarships, fellowships, and grants), calls for submissions, writing competitions, publication and media jobs, and employment opportunities in reputable universities. While other resource sites post everything that comes their way, it has been Asia Writes's policy to screen announcements to give writers only the most relevant opportunities. The posts are automatically socialized in Asia Writes's Facebook and Twitter accounts.
* Since its launch, it has been offering real-time accommodation of press releases, book reviews, and event announcements from Asian/mixed-Asian writers, writing institutions, journals, and literary groups. The Asia Writes team is online 16 hours a day.
* The Asia Writes Calendar (Around Asia) is updated daily to help Asian writers manage their schedules. The calendar, which is as comprehensive as the site itself, shows upcoming deadlines and events.
* Since February 2010, Asia Writes has been featuring select poems and short stories by prominent and emerging Asian/mixed-Asian writers. While other literary journals take months to reply to submissions, Asia Writes sends feedback to contributors within two days.
* As of February 2010, it has completed sorting its comprehensive directory of Asian/multicultural websites, containing (to date) 600 entries categorized into online journals/magazines, print journals, organizations, writers’ prize/awards, institutions, literary festivals, presses/publishers, blogs and other Asian resource sites.
Links
* Asia Writes has been cited as a reference in Wikipedia for two writer profiles.
* The site is also linked in various institutions in the region and worldwide such as the National Book Development Council of Singapore, The Asian Word in UK, Asia Pacific Writing Partnership in Australia, Australian Association for Literary Translation, La Muse Writers’ and Artists’ Retreat in Southern France; organizations such as Hong Kong Writers’ Circle and Ubud Literary Festival in Indonesia; resource such as Duotrope’s Digest and Every Writer’s Resource; Asian/mixed-Asian journals such as Asian Cha in Hong Kong, Postcoloniality, Pratilipi in India, Lantern Review of Asian American Poetry in the USA; and other writers’ blogs. See the complete list here.
Statistics
* The site currently averages 1,500 hits per day (as of February 2011) and its unique visitors is growing in number every week. Visitors do not come from Asia alone, but the Americas (29%) and Europe (12%) as well.
* All Asia Writes's pages (6,500 posts as of February 2011) are indexed by Google, currently registering a Page Rank of 4.
Pending Projects
* Building of profile directory of published Asian writers with their blog URLs, personal pages, and links to published works.
* Affiliation with other organizations, magazines, literary festival organizers, publication houses and resource sites.
* Inclusion of more Asian/mixed-Asian writers into the Facebook network.
We would like to introduce to you The Asia Writes Project, an independent initiative conceptualized to be the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource for writers in Asia-Pacific or of Asian origin. Our mission is to provide writers with legitimate and the most suitable opportunities to develop their craft and publicize their works; and keep them abreast with literary events in the region and elsewhere.
Accomplishments:
Asia Writes started out as a resource site. Originally hosted on Blogger, it later acquired the asiawrites.org domain on August 28, 2010. With no funding from any institution or organization, Asia Writes is able to continue to provide world-class and real-time service for free.
Network
* Asia Writes has a network of the most prominent writers, artists and publishers in/from the Philippines, India, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, the Middle East, etc. both on Facebook and Twitter. Visit our Facebook, Fanpage, and Twitter accounts. As of February 2011, the project has 7,800 followers.
Content
* The site is updated twice a day, seven days a week, with legitimate opportunities (residencies, scholarships, fellowships, and grants), calls for submissions, writing competitions, publication and media jobs, and employment opportunities in reputable universities. While other resource sites post everything that comes their way, it has been Asia Writes's policy to screen announcements to give writers only the most relevant opportunities. The posts are automatically socialized in Asia Writes's Facebook and Twitter accounts.
* Since its launch, it has been offering real-time accommodation of press releases, book reviews, and event announcements from Asian/mixed-Asian writers, writing institutions, journals, and literary groups. The Asia Writes team is online 16 hours a day.
* The Asia Writes Calendar (Around Asia) is updated daily to help Asian writers manage their schedules. The calendar, which is as comprehensive as the site itself, shows upcoming deadlines and events.
* Since February 2010, Asia Writes has been featuring select poems and short stories by prominent and emerging Asian/mixed-Asian writers. While other literary journals take months to reply to submissions, Asia Writes sends feedback to contributors within two days.
* As of February 2010, it has completed sorting its comprehensive directory of Asian/multicultural websites, containing (to date) 600 entries categorized into online journals/magazines, print journals, organizations, writers’ prize/awards, institutions, literary festivals, presses/publishers, blogs and other Asian resource sites.
Links
* Asia Writes has been cited as a reference in Wikipedia for two writer profiles.
* The site is also linked in various institutions in the region and worldwide such as the National Book Development Council of Singapore, The Asian Word in UK, Asia Pacific Writing Partnership in Australia, Australian Association for Literary Translation, La Muse Writers’ and Artists’ Retreat in Southern France; organizations such as Hong Kong Writers’ Circle and Ubud Literary Festival in Indonesia; resource such as Duotrope’s Digest and Every Writer’s Resource; Asian/mixed-Asian journals such as Asian Cha in Hong Kong, Postcoloniality, Pratilipi in India, Lantern Review of Asian American Poetry in the USA; and other writers’ blogs. See the complete list here.
Statistics
* The site currently averages 1,500 hits per day (as of February 2011) and its unique visitors is growing in number every week. Visitors do not come from Asia alone, but the Americas (29%) and Europe (12%) as well.
* All Asia Writes's pages (6,500 posts as of February 2011) are indexed by Google, currently registering a Page Rank of 4.
Pending Projects
* Building of profile directory of published Asian writers with their blog URLs, personal pages, and links to published works.
* Affiliation with other organizations, magazines, literary festival organizers, publication houses and resource sites.
* Inclusion of more Asian/mixed-Asian writers into the Facebook network.
