18 August 2013
Call for submissions | The Literary Yard | India
The Literary Yard is an e-journal that aims at identifying and featuring the best literary works awaiting publication. The idea is to tender budding as well as established authors a constructive platform which helps them to reach out to a mass audience. An ever-increasing repository of quality, critical articles, poems, short fiction, literary essays and reviews on the e-journal is a living example of the committment.
Our effort is also to focus on new books and recognise fresh literary trends. The e-journal seeks to offer a constructive platform for booklovers’, readers, writers and creative artists. Our effort is to tender platform to budding and struggling authors from all over the world.
OS is the founder and owner of the e-journal who seeks to promote the literary arts in India, especially with a mix of folk culture.
SUBMISSIONS:
The Literary Yard invites stories, articles on literature, literary criticism, opinion articles on literature and literary trends and much more.
Send your best write-ups in a .doc, .docx, or .rtf file. If you’re sending poems, DO NOT make a separate submission for each individual poem. It makes my job as an editor difficult.
No need to send a cover letter, but a kind email with regular/formal courtesy will do. In addition, make sure your contact information appears either in your email or in the attachment.
Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please let us know as soon as any of your poems, stories, essays, reviews, critical pieces or non-fiction have been accepted elsewhere.
No previously published works.
We are currently unable to pay despite our understanding of the pain effort that goes into writing a good piece. But getting published in The Literary Yard will expose you as a writer to the world.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ submissions: onkar.sharma@outlook.com or onkar_sharma@live.com
Website: http://literaryyard.com
Read more
Our effort is also to focus on new books and recognise fresh literary trends. The e-journal seeks to offer a constructive platform for booklovers’, readers, writers and creative artists. Our effort is to tender platform to budding and struggling authors from all over the world.
OS is the founder and owner of the e-journal who seeks to promote the literary arts in India, especially with a mix of folk culture.
SUBMISSIONS:
The Literary Yard invites stories, articles on literature, literary criticism, opinion articles on literature and literary trends and much more.
Send your best write-ups in a .doc, .docx, or .rtf file. If you’re sending poems, DO NOT make a separate submission for each individual poem. It makes my job as an editor difficult.
No need to send a cover letter, but a kind email with regular/formal courtesy will do. In addition, make sure your contact information appears either in your email or in the attachment.
Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please let us know as soon as any of your poems, stories, essays, reviews, critical pieces or non-fiction have been accepted elsewhere.
No previously published works.
We are currently unable to pay despite our understanding of the pain effort that goes into writing a good piece. But getting published in The Literary Yard will expose you as a writer to the world.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ submissions: onkar.sharma@outlook.com or onkar_sharma@live.com
Website: http://literaryyard.com
19 June 2013
Call for submissions | Altogether Elsewhere anthology of literary non-fiction | Math Paper Press | Singapore
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
Read more
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
12 June 2013
Call for submissions | Jaggery DesiLit Journal
Deadline: 31 July 2013
Jaggery, a DesiLit arts and literature journal, connects South Asian diasporic writers and homeland writers; we also welcome non-South Asians with a deep and thoughtful connection to South Asian countries, who bring their own intersecting perspectives to the conversation. (By South Asia we mean Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, The Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.) Our hope with Jaggery is to create a journal that offers the best writing by and about South Asians and their diaspora. Dark, complex, intense — and totally delicious. For more information on the journal, visit: http://jaggerylit.com/
We publish ART, ESSAYS, FICTION, POETRY, REVIEWS, and an advice column. We prefer original, previously unpublished submissions; we solicit reprints only in exceptional cases. We accept simultaneous submissions, provided you let us know immediately if it is being published elsewhere. We’re purchasing ongoing worldwide digital rights, for use in web and possible downloaded forms (ebook, PDF, etc.). Six months after publication, you may request to have your work removed from our online archive. We follow a blind submission review process and pay $25 for prose/poetry/art.
The deadline for submissions for the inaugural issue is July 31st, 2013.
When you are ready to submit, please visit our submission system at https://jaggery.submittable.com/submit. Submittable will securely send Jaggery’s editors your work and e-mail you a confirmation that it has been received. Submittable will also allow you to include a short cover letter with your work; to facilitate our blind reading process, please omit the cover letter. If your piece is accepted, we will contact you to request a bio for publication. Once you have submitted your work, you can check the status of your submission by signing onto your Submittable account. We aim to respond to all submissions within three months.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:
FICTION: Jaggery seeks engrossing, entertaining, and enlightening fiction from or about South Asia and its diasporas. We wish to showcase fiction that moves minds and hearts, that takes risks in shedding new light on our lives, and is a pleasure to read and reread, from both emerging and established voices. We accept all types of stories, including excerpts from longer pieces. An excerpt should, however, stand alone as a complete work. We strongly prefer stories under 5000 words, but will consider longer pieces. There is no minimum length requirement. Payment is $25 / piece.
ESSAYS: Non-fiction contributions are invited for publication in Jaggery. Publishable pieces consider the changing, dynamic nature of South Asian society as reflected in its literature and other cultural productions such as art, film, and theatre, as well as more experimental genres and installations. We welcome innovative writing that finds new ways to see traditional issues. We are interested in reflections on identity and process, as well as contemporary ethical, spatial, or social concerns. We encourage an inter-disciplinary approach to cultural productions, reflecting the eclectic ways in which South Asia can be viewed: opinion pieces, literary criticism, interviews, editorial journalism, travel writing, memoir, and creative non-fiction. WORD LIMIT : 1000 – 5000 words. Payment is $25 / piece.
POETRY: Jaggery seeks poems inspired by South Asia and its diaspora that challenge, celebrate, ruminate, and advocate. Poets submitting pieces for consideration need not identify as South Asian or South Asian hyphenates; however, the poems submitted should. Jaggery welcomes original unpublished poems as well as translations of poems written in South Asian languages. SUB LIMIT: 3 poems (10 pages maximum total). Payment is $25 / piece.
REVIEWS: Jaggery solicits reviews of books on a wide range of subjects pertaining to South Asians, South Asia and South Asian diasporas. We seek fair and unbiased reviews of academic/popular-cultural books (creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry), film, music, and theater. Each review should be addressed to the general reader and should include a description of contents and a critical appraisal. WORD LIMIT: 1000 words. Payment is $25 / piece.
Again, please submit via Submittable, but specific questions may be directed to the following:
Submissions: via Submittable
Website: http://jaggerylit.com
Read more
Jaggery, a DesiLit arts and literature journal, connects South Asian diasporic writers and homeland writers; we also welcome non-South Asians with a deep and thoughtful connection to South Asian countries, who bring their own intersecting perspectives to the conversation. (By South Asia we mean Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, The Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.) Our hope with Jaggery is to create a journal that offers the best writing by and about South Asians and their diaspora. Dark, complex, intense — and totally delicious. For more information on the journal, visit: http://jaggerylit.com/
We publish ART, ESSAYS, FICTION, POETRY, REVIEWS, and an advice column. We prefer original, previously unpublished submissions; we solicit reprints only in exceptional cases. We accept simultaneous submissions, provided you let us know immediately if it is being published elsewhere. We’re purchasing ongoing worldwide digital rights, for use in web and possible downloaded forms (ebook, PDF, etc.). Six months after publication, you may request to have your work removed from our online archive. We follow a blind submission review process and pay $25 for prose/poetry/art.
The deadline for submissions for the inaugural issue is July 31st, 2013.
When you are ready to submit, please visit our submission system at https://jaggery.submittable.com/submit. Submittable will securely send Jaggery’s editors your work and e-mail you a confirmation that it has been received. Submittable will also allow you to include a short cover letter with your work; to facilitate our blind reading process, please omit the cover letter. If your piece is accepted, we will contact you to request a bio for publication. Once you have submitted your work, you can check the status of your submission by signing onto your Submittable account. We aim to respond to all submissions within three months.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:
FICTION: Jaggery seeks engrossing, entertaining, and enlightening fiction from or about South Asia and its diasporas. We wish to showcase fiction that moves minds and hearts, that takes risks in shedding new light on our lives, and is a pleasure to read and reread, from both emerging and established voices. We accept all types of stories, including excerpts from longer pieces. An excerpt should, however, stand alone as a complete work. We strongly prefer stories under 5000 words, but will consider longer pieces. There is no minimum length requirement. Payment is $25 / piece.
ESSAYS: Non-fiction contributions are invited for publication in Jaggery. Publishable pieces consider the changing, dynamic nature of South Asian society as reflected in its literature and other cultural productions such as art, film, and theatre, as well as more experimental genres and installations. We welcome innovative writing that finds new ways to see traditional issues. We are interested in reflections on identity and process, as well as contemporary ethical, spatial, or social concerns. We encourage an inter-disciplinary approach to cultural productions, reflecting the eclectic ways in which South Asia can be viewed: opinion pieces, literary criticism, interviews, editorial journalism, travel writing, memoir, and creative non-fiction. WORD LIMIT : 1000 – 5000 words. Payment is $25 / piece.
POETRY: Jaggery seeks poems inspired by South Asia and its diaspora that challenge, celebrate, ruminate, and advocate. Poets submitting pieces for consideration need not identify as South Asian or South Asian hyphenates; however, the poems submitted should. Jaggery welcomes original unpublished poems as well as translations of poems written in South Asian languages. SUB LIMIT: 3 poems (10 pages maximum total). Payment is $25 / piece.
REVIEWS: Jaggery solicits reviews of books on a wide range of subjects pertaining to South Asians, South Asia and South Asian diasporas. We seek fair and unbiased reviews of academic/popular-cultural books (creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry), film, music, and theater. Each review should be addressed to the general reader and should include a description of contents and a critical appraisal. WORD LIMIT: 1000 words. Payment is $25 / piece.
Again, please submit via Submittable, but specific questions may be directed to the following:
- General: Mary Anne Mohanraj, editor-in-chief, editor.jaggery@gmail.com
- Art: Laura Hsieh, art.jaggery@gmail.com
- Essays: Fazeela Jiwa, essays.jaggery@gmail.com
- Fiction: Anjali Goyal, fiction.jaggery@gmail.com
- Poetry: Gowri Koneswaran, poetry.jaggery@gmail.com
- Reviews: Ravi Shenoy, reviews.jaggery@gmail.com
Submissions: via Submittable
Website: http://jaggerylit.com
10 June 2013
Call for poetry by women poets | Delhi anthology (Poets Printery) | India
Calling for submissions by women poets below the age of 30, to share their love for the beautiful city of Delhi. Talk about your love for the city of memories. Delhi belongs to everyone who lives in it, but no one belongs to Delhi- is this how we see this city?
Poets Printery, a publishing house based at East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa is planning to bring out an anthology of poems and invites women based in Delhi to pour out their fascination for the city in the form of poetry. To reveal the undying and relentless, razed and raging, crazed and craving, old and ageless, Hindu, Islamic, Sikh and in equal measure sufi and atheist soul or the spirit of Delhi.
A city revealed, is a personality understood: it is this relationship with Delhi which we at Poets Printery seek to look into and as an editor I am looking forward to reading your work.
Please send me your poems on this email id- semeenali3010@yahoo.co.in
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ submissions: semeenali3010@yahoo.co.in
Website: http://www.poetsprintery.co.za/
Read more
Poets Printery, a publishing house based at East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa is planning to bring out an anthology of poems and invites women based in Delhi to pour out their fascination for the city in the form of poetry. To reveal the undying and relentless, razed and raging, crazed and craving, old and ageless, Hindu, Islamic, Sikh and in equal measure sufi and atheist soul or the spirit of Delhi.
A city revealed, is a personality understood: it is this relationship with Delhi which we at Poets Printery seek to look into and as an editor I am looking forward to reading your work.
Please send me your poems on this email id- semeenali3010@yahoo.co.in
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ submissions: semeenali3010@yahoo.co.in
Website: http://www.poetsprintery.co.za/
Call for submissions | Indian LGBT anthology (Pink Pages) | paying market
Deadline: 30 June 2013
Our History, Our Lives, Our Narratives…
We’re glad to announce the launch of an exciting new project by Pink Pages. Titled “Different, But Equal”, we’re publishing a first of its kind anthology that chronicles the historical and cultural evolution of India’s queer community and its struggle for legal and social rights. Given the lack of similar comprehensive literature, we feel it’ll be a significant contribution to the genre of modern Indian writing.
ABOUT THE ANTHOLOGY:
We’re inviting articles in the non-fiction category from diverse sections of the Indian queer community- activists, lawyers, artists, students, or just common queer men and women- who have a story to tell. The articles are divided into three broad segments-
Identity – Writings on modern Indian queer identity- What it means to be LGBTI in a rapidly changing democracy, where old world socialism is being fast abandoned for fast paced capitalism, where the flood gates of globalization have been opened making way for hitherto western ideas of ‘individual identity’ to clash with the holy cows of family and religious values.
Culture – Writings on popular Indian gay culture- from films, music and literature; to the evolution of urban gay and lesbian sub-cultures, encompassing language, art and expression in the Indian context.
Politics – Manifestation of gender and queer issues in Indian society and their implications on national and regional politics, legislations, legal jurisdictions and in Government/Non-Government and Corporate organizations, especially in the context of the legal struggle against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.
WHO CAN CONTRIBUTE?
This anthology will feature both well-known and not so well-known voices from the Indian queer community, in order to make sure readers get a flavor of fresh ideas from the younger generation, besides the fascinating narratives and experiences of the more prominent activists.
Contribution to this anthology is by open, so please feel free to suggest names who would add value to the collection.
HOW TO CONTRIBUTE?
It’s fairly simple- just send an initial draft to anthology@pink-pages.co.in by 30th June, clearly mentioning the category under which you’re submitting. There is no word limit for the entries. After drawing up the shortlisted entries, our Editorial Board will work with you, in case there is need for editing it for final publication. We will also need a short bio of yours to go along with the article.
WHAT DO WRITERS GET?
Besides getting a chance to be published alongside some well known names in the Indian LGBT movement, and being able to voice your thoughts to readers across India and the world, all contributors will also be given a cash amount of Rs 1000, two free copies of the published book, and a surprise gift from the Pink Pages team.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ submissions: anthology@pink-pages.co.in
Website: http://pink-pages.co.in/
Read more
Our History, Our Lives, Our Narratives…
We’re glad to announce the launch of an exciting new project by Pink Pages. Titled “Different, But Equal”, we’re publishing a first of its kind anthology that chronicles the historical and cultural evolution of India’s queer community and its struggle for legal and social rights. Given the lack of similar comprehensive literature, we feel it’ll be a significant contribution to the genre of modern Indian writing.
ABOUT THE ANTHOLOGY:
We’re inviting articles in the non-fiction category from diverse sections of the Indian queer community- activists, lawyers, artists, students, or just common queer men and women- who have a story to tell. The articles are divided into three broad segments-
Identity – Writings on modern Indian queer identity- What it means to be LGBTI in a rapidly changing democracy, where old world socialism is being fast abandoned for fast paced capitalism, where the flood gates of globalization have been opened making way for hitherto western ideas of ‘individual identity’ to clash with the holy cows of family and religious values.
Culture – Writings on popular Indian gay culture- from films, music and literature; to the evolution of urban gay and lesbian sub-cultures, encompassing language, art and expression in the Indian context.
Politics – Manifestation of gender and queer issues in Indian society and their implications on national and regional politics, legislations, legal jurisdictions and in Government/Non-Government and Corporate organizations, especially in the context of the legal struggle against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.
WHO CAN CONTRIBUTE?
This anthology will feature both well-known and not so well-known voices from the Indian queer community, in order to make sure readers get a flavor of fresh ideas from the younger generation, besides the fascinating narratives and experiences of the more prominent activists.
Contribution to this anthology is by open, so please feel free to suggest names who would add value to the collection.
HOW TO CONTRIBUTE?
It’s fairly simple- just send an initial draft to anthology@pink-pages.co.in by 30th June, clearly mentioning the category under which you’re submitting. There is no word limit for the entries. After drawing up the shortlisted entries, our Editorial Board will work with you, in case there is need for editing it for final publication. We will also need a short bio of yours to go along with the article.
WHAT DO WRITERS GET?
Besides getting a chance to be published alongside some well known names in the Indian LGBT movement, and being able to voice your thoughts to readers across India and the world, all contributors will also be given a cash amount of Rs 1000, two free copies of the published book, and a surprise gift from the Pink Pages team.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ submissions: anthology@pink-pages.co.in
Website: http://pink-pages.co.in/
31 May 2013
Call for critical articles | Dr. Sarojini Sahoo: Trendsetter of Feminism | India
Deadline: 31 July 2013
Original scholarly and unpublished critical articles on the works of Dr. Sarojini Sahoo are invited for the book Dr. Sarojini Sahoo: A Trendsetter of Feminism which will be edited by me and published by
Authorspress, New Delhi by the end of this year. The submissions shall not be less than 2000 words and more than 6000 words. The anthology welcomes the submission of papers that meet the general criteria of significance and theoretical excellence. Authors are requested to emphasise on theoretical paradigm and feminine issues raised by Dr. Sahoo against the backdrop of proper objectification of suitable primary materials and documents. The papers should not be published in parts or whole or accepted for publication elsewhere. The documentation style to be used in the articles is strictly MLA style 7th Edition. The paper shall be accompanied by a declaration stating that the article is original, unpublished and no part of it is plagiarized. The submissions shall be sent by email to the editor.
The contributors will receive a copy each free from the publisher.
A NOTE ON DR. SAROJINI SAHOO:
Well known for her frankness, Dr. Sarojini Sahoo is a prime figure and trendsetter of feminism in contemporary Oriya literature. For her, feminism is not a gender problem or any confrontational attack on male hegemony. She accepts feminism as a total entity of female hood, which is completely separate from the man's world. She has an avant-garde idea in feminism. Kindle magazine from Kolkata, has enlisted her name among 25 exceptional women of India in its March 2010 Issue (http://www.scribd.com/doc/27460652/Kindle-Small-Book-56-Pages-240210).
She writes with a greater consciousness of women’s bodies, which would create a more honest and appropriate style of openness, fragmentation and non-linearity. Her fictions always project a feminine sensibility from puberty to menopause. The feminine feelings like restrictions in adolescence, pregnancy, fear factors like being raped or being condemned by society and the concept of a bad girl etc. always have thematic exposure in her novels and short stories.
She writes her critical appraisals in English and her creative stuff in Odia. Sensible Sensuality (ISBN: 978-81-7273-541-8) is her famous collection of essays published by Authorspress, New Delhi. Her other works including novels and short stories in English are as follows: The Dark Abode (2008) (ISBN 978-81-906956-2-6), English translation of her Odia novel Gambhiri Ghara has gained a reputation for its feminist outlook and sexual frankness. The novel has also been published from Bangladesh in Bengali as Mithya Gerosthali (2007) (ISBN 984 404 287-9). Prameela K. P. has translated this novel into Malayalam and has been published as Irunda Koodaram by Chintha Publishers, Thiruvanthapuram. Rajpal & Sons, Delhi has published its Hindi version as Band Kamra (ISBN 978-81-7028-954-8). Besides her two short stories collections in English, such as: Sarojini Sahoo Stories (2006) (ISBN 81-89040-26-X) and Waiting for Manna (2008) (ISBN 978-81-906956-0-2), she has published a bunch of short stories at her blogScent of Own Ink at:
http://scentofownink.blogspot.in/ If a contributor needs Dr. Sarojini Sahoo’s novel and short story collections for primary source material, kindly write to me. I will request Dr. Sahoo to make the material available to him/her.
Submission should be made by post or email to:
Prof. Dr. K. V. Dominic
(English poet, critic, short story writer, editor)
Secretary, Guild of Indian English Writers, Editors and Critics (GIEWEC)
Editor and Publisher, International Journal on Multicultural
Literature (IJML) (ISSN 2231 - 6248)
Editor-in-Chief, Writers Editors Critics (WEC) (ISSN 2231 - 198X)
Publisher, New Fiction Journal (NFJ) (ISSN 0976 - 6863)
Address: Kannappilly House, Thodupuzha East P.O., Idukki Dist.,
Kerala, India, Pin: 685 585. Phone: 91+9947949159
Email: prof.kvdominic@gmail.com
Web Site: www.profkvdominic.com
Blog: www.profkvdominic.blogspot.in
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ submissions: prof.kvdominic@gmail.com
Read more
Original scholarly and unpublished critical articles on the works of Dr. Sarojini Sahoo are invited for the book Dr. Sarojini Sahoo: A Trendsetter of Feminism which will be edited by me and published by
Authorspress, New Delhi by the end of this year. The submissions shall not be less than 2000 words and more than 6000 words. The anthology welcomes the submission of papers that meet the general criteria of significance and theoretical excellence. Authors are requested to emphasise on theoretical paradigm and feminine issues raised by Dr. Sahoo against the backdrop of proper objectification of suitable primary materials and documents. The papers should not be published in parts or whole or accepted for publication elsewhere. The documentation style to be used in the articles is strictly MLA style 7th Edition. The paper shall be accompanied by a declaration stating that the article is original, unpublished and no part of it is plagiarized. The submissions shall be sent by email to the editor.
The contributors will receive a copy each free from the publisher.
A NOTE ON DR. SAROJINI SAHOO:
Well known for her frankness, Dr. Sarojini Sahoo is a prime figure and trendsetter of feminism in contemporary Oriya literature. For her, feminism is not a gender problem or any confrontational attack on male hegemony. She accepts feminism as a total entity of female hood, which is completely separate from the man's world. She has an avant-garde idea in feminism. Kindle magazine from Kolkata, has enlisted her name among 25 exceptional women of India in its March 2010 Issue (http://www.scribd.com/doc/27460652/Kindle-Small-Book-56-Pages-240210).
She writes with a greater consciousness of women’s bodies, which would create a more honest and appropriate style of openness, fragmentation and non-linearity. Her fictions always project a feminine sensibility from puberty to menopause. The feminine feelings like restrictions in adolescence, pregnancy, fear factors like being raped or being condemned by society and the concept of a bad girl etc. always have thematic exposure in her novels and short stories.
She writes her critical appraisals in English and her creative stuff in Odia. Sensible Sensuality (ISBN: 978-81-7273-541-8) is her famous collection of essays published by Authorspress, New Delhi. Her other works including novels and short stories in English are as follows: The Dark Abode (2008) (ISBN 978-81-906956-2-6), English translation of her Odia novel Gambhiri Ghara has gained a reputation for its feminist outlook and sexual frankness. The novel has also been published from Bangladesh in Bengali as Mithya Gerosthali (2007) (ISBN 984 404 287-9). Prameela K. P. has translated this novel into Malayalam and has been published as Irunda Koodaram by Chintha Publishers, Thiruvanthapuram. Rajpal & Sons, Delhi has published its Hindi version as Band Kamra (ISBN 978-81-7028-954-8). Besides her two short stories collections in English, such as: Sarojini Sahoo Stories (2006) (ISBN 81-89040-26-X) and Waiting for Manna (2008) (ISBN 978-81-906956-0-2), she has published a bunch of short stories at her blogScent of Own Ink at:
http://scentofownink.blogspot.in/ If a contributor needs Dr. Sarojini Sahoo’s novel and short story collections for primary source material, kindly write to me. I will request Dr. Sahoo to make the material available to him/her.
Submission should be made by post or email to:
Prof. Dr. K. V. Dominic
(English poet, critic, short story writer, editor)
Secretary, Guild of Indian English Writers, Editors and Critics (GIEWEC)
Editor and Publisher, International Journal on Multicultural
Literature (IJML) (ISSN 2231 - 6248)
Editor-in-Chief, Writers Editors Critics (WEC) (ISSN 2231 - 198X)
Publisher, New Fiction Journal (NFJ) (ISSN 0976 - 6863)
Address: Kannappilly House, Thodupuzha East P.O., Idukki Dist.,
Kerala, India, Pin: 685 585. Phone: 91+9947949159
Email: prof.kvdominic@gmail.com
Web Site: www.profkvdominic.com
Blog: www.profkvdominic.blogspot.in
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ submissions: prof.kvdominic@gmail.com
Call for submissions | The Four Quarters literary magazine | August 2013 issue | India
Deadline: 3 June 2013
The transferability of objects, images, landscapes and memories shapes much of our lived experiences in the presents that we inhabit. Monuments and streets–early symbols of permanence, constancy, and rootedness–have now taken on dimensions of flux and mutation. They journey with us and change with our changes. Our visual and verbal stories simultaneously monumentalise and shatter them. Our art(ifice) takes them away from where-they-were to where-they-are-now. Worlds shapeshift in a virtuality of post-processing and persistent reinvention.
The reincarnated Captain Cook in Margaret Atwood’s poem dreams of ‘a land cleaned of geographies’. The ungendered protagonist–in order to effectively claim the risk of rediscovery–desires an unmapped world: a world that is not bound within the fixities of time, space, body, and self. However, one can never be sure if this is possible. To figure out the tropes of this anxiety, The Four Quarters Magazine will try to trace the questions of mapping and unmapping, location and its lack, direction vs. destruction, variable spatiality, shifting things and events, altering structures, constructs of architecture, and flâneuring selves in its forthcoming issue: Portable Monuments, Wandering Streets.
We invite submissions of prose, poetry and artwork for this issue of The Four Quarters Magazine. Book reviews and translations are also welcome. Only emailed submissions will be considered. All submissions must be sent as word documents attached to the email. If it is artwork that you are sending us, then please do take care to attach a covering word file with details about the submission. For other details regarding submissions, please take a look at our submissions page. Please donot send submissions at fourquartersmagazine@gmail.com. This email address should only be used for general query.
The deadline for submissions is 3rd June 2013. The guest editor for this issue is Nitoo Das. General editors for the magazine are Arjun Chaudhuri, Arjun Rajendran and Samyak Ghosh.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions: fourquartersmagazine@gmail.com
Submissions: submissionsfqm@gmail.com
Website: http://tfqmagazine.org
Read more
The transferability of objects, images, landscapes and memories shapes much of our lived experiences in the presents that we inhabit. Monuments and streets–early symbols of permanence, constancy, and rootedness–have now taken on dimensions of flux and mutation. They journey with us and change with our changes. Our visual and verbal stories simultaneously monumentalise and shatter them. Our art(ifice) takes them away from where-they-were to where-they-are-now. Worlds shapeshift in a virtuality of post-processing and persistent reinvention.
The reincarnated Captain Cook in Margaret Atwood’s poem dreams of ‘a land cleaned of geographies’. The ungendered protagonist–in order to effectively claim the risk of rediscovery–desires an unmapped world: a world that is not bound within the fixities of time, space, body, and self. However, one can never be sure if this is possible. To figure out the tropes of this anxiety, The Four Quarters Magazine will try to trace the questions of mapping and unmapping, location and its lack, direction vs. destruction, variable spatiality, shifting things and events, altering structures, constructs of architecture, and flâneuring selves in its forthcoming issue: Portable Monuments, Wandering Streets.
We invite submissions of prose, poetry and artwork for this issue of The Four Quarters Magazine. Book reviews and translations are also welcome. Only emailed submissions will be considered. All submissions must be sent as word documents attached to the email. If it is artwork that you are sending us, then please do take care to attach a covering word file with details about the submission. For other details regarding submissions, please take a look at our submissions page. Please donot send submissions at fourquartersmagazine@gmail.com. This email address should only be used for general query.
The deadline for submissions is 3rd June 2013. The guest editor for this issue is Nitoo Das. General editors for the magazine are Arjun Chaudhuri, Arjun Rajendran and Samyak Ghosh.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions: fourquartersmagazine@gmail.com
Submissions: submissionsfqm@gmail.com
Website: http://tfqmagazine.org
Deadline today | Call for submissions | The Missing Slate literary magazine| Pakistan/ Asis-wide
Deadline: 31 May 2013
The Missing Slate, a Pakistan-based online magazine, is seeking submissions of new poetry and fiction from across Asia.
GUIDELINES FOR ENGLISH SUBMISSIONS:
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions: j.silkstone@themissingslate.com
Submissions: poetry@themissingslate.com or fiction@themissingslate.com
Website: http://themissingslate.com
Read more
The Missing Slate, a Pakistan-based online magazine, is seeking submissions of new poetry and fiction from across Asia.
GUIDELINES FOR ENGLISH SUBMISSIONS:
- Please write to either poetry@themissingslate.com or fiction@themissingslate.com
- Send up to 3 pieces of fiction, or 3 poems, either in the body of your e-mail or in a single Microsoft Word file.
- Label all submissions as 'Your Name - TMS Poetry/Fiction'
- Please include a short third-person bio (50-100 words)
- We welcome fiction and poetry of all genres and forms
- Please include a copy of the work in its original language
- Please include short third-persion bios for both the author and the translator
- A short note providing context and discussing the translation process is preferable, but not mandatory
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions: j.silkstone@themissingslate.com
Submissions: poetry@themissingslate.com or fiction@themissingslate.com
Website: http://themissingslate.com
30 May 2013
Deadline May 31st | Call for submissions | The Silliman Journal | Philippines
Deadline: 31 May 2013
The Silliman Journal (SJ) of Silliman University is calling for contributions for its special literary issue, the Tiempo Centenary Issue, to be dedicated to Dr. Edilberto K. Tiempo and to Dr. Edith L. Tiempo. The journal is accepting works in poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction and literary criticism. The deadline for submission has been set on 31 May 2013. The journal is scheduled to come out in August, in time for the birth centenary of Dr. Edilberto K. Tiempo, and second death anniversary of Dr. Edith L. Tiempo.
Please submit your literary contribution online to the following genre-specific email addresses, using MS Office Word 2007, Times New Roman, 12 pts., double spaced:
Please join this laudable undertaking. Any writer who has been connected to the Tiempos, to Silliman University, to Dumaguete City, to the Silliman Writers Workshop, to writing in general, to art and music, please be among those who want to remember the Tiempos. And when you are published in this special literary issue, you in turn will be long remembered.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Submissions: see list of Editors above
Read more
The Silliman Journal (SJ) of Silliman University is calling for contributions for its special literary issue, the Tiempo Centenary Issue, to be dedicated to Dr. Edilberto K. Tiempo and to Dr. Edith L. Tiempo. The journal is accepting works in poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction and literary criticism. The deadline for submission has been set on 31 May 2013. The journal is scheduled to come out in August, in time for the birth centenary of Dr. Edilberto K. Tiempo, and second death anniversary of Dr. Edith L. Tiempo.
Please submit your literary contribution online to the following genre-specific email addresses, using MS Office Word 2007, Times New Roman, 12 pts., double spaced:
- Poems to Poetry Editor Grace Monte de Ramos: graceamos@gmail.com
- Essays (Creative Nonfiction & Literary Criticism) to Essay Editor Marjorie Evasco: marj.evasco@gmail.com
- Short fiction to Fiction Editor and Issue Editor-in-Chief Anthony L. Tan: anthonytan826@gmail.com: sisangat@yahoo.com
Please join this laudable undertaking. Any writer who has been connected to the Tiempos, to Silliman University, to Dumaguete City, to the Silliman Writers Workshop, to writing in general, to art and music, please be among those who want to remember the Tiempos. And when you are published in this special literary issue, you in turn will be long remembered.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Submissions: see list of Editors above
Call for contributions to Literophile | From liminal spaces: androgyny/ androgynous positions in literature | India/ Asia-wide
Deadline: 15 July 2013
“Two powers preside, one male, one female; and in the man’s brain, the man predominates over the woman and in the woman’s brain, the woman predominates over the man. The normal and comfortable state of being is when the two live in harmony together, spiritually cooperating.”
- Virginia Woolf in A Room of One’s Own (1922).
As Carl Jung adequately put it, “animus is within women as their repressed masculinity and anima is within male as their repressed femininity.” A classic, enduring example of this is the titular deity Ardhanarishvara, symbolising the amalgamation of Shiva and Parvait, the masculine and feminine energies of the universe, and demonstrating how the latter is inseparable from the former. This androgynous principle may also be located in the works of Virginia Woolf, a Modernist for whom androgyny serves as a metaphor to indicate acumen that is luminous, creative, and unconstrained by parochialism and grievances: for her, a purely feminine or purely masculine mind cannot create or generate a great work of art, a truly incandescent mind being one which is not limited by narrow prejudices.
Of course, far more than in so-called canonical or high culture, gender is being redefined – gender bending as it is known – in what is called popular culture. From the early 1920s, figures like Louise Brooks have been seen as popularising themselves as flappers by virtue of their bobbed haircuts and raw sexuality. Throughout the twentieth century, performance artists like Annie Lennox, Michael Jackson and Boy George have, through their works and the sheer preponderance of their persona, fused the masculine with the feminine in ways which have given an unsurprising leeway to the androgynous in contemporary urban vocabulary. In our own times, the likes of Justin Bieber and Kailash Kher – allowing for the injustice of this medley – too may be seen as gender bending in interesting and insightful ways.
Ultimately, it is this sense of bending, of fusion, which this issue of Literophile is interested in. For Issue 2, Volume 6, we invite original and annotated papers and/or semi-academic articles and commentaries of not more than 3,000 words on androgyny in literature and the performative arts in the century past and present by the 15th of July, 2013. Submissions, which must be mailed in MS word format to literophile@gmail.com, may focus on, but need not be limited to, the following:
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ applications: literophile@gmail.com
Website: http://literophilejournal.blogspot.com/
Read more
“Two powers preside, one male, one female; and in the man’s brain, the man predominates over the woman and in the woman’s brain, the woman predominates over the man. The normal and comfortable state of being is when the two live in harmony together, spiritually cooperating.”
- Virginia Woolf in A Room of One’s Own (1922).
As Carl Jung adequately put it, “animus is within women as their repressed masculinity and anima is within male as their repressed femininity.” A classic, enduring example of this is the titular deity Ardhanarishvara, symbolising the amalgamation of Shiva and Parvait, the masculine and feminine energies of the universe, and demonstrating how the latter is inseparable from the former. This androgynous principle may also be located in the works of Virginia Woolf, a Modernist for whom androgyny serves as a metaphor to indicate acumen that is luminous, creative, and unconstrained by parochialism and grievances: for her, a purely feminine or purely masculine mind cannot create or generate a great work of art, a truly incandescent mind being one which is not limited by narrow prejudices.
Of course, far more than in so-called canonical or high culture, gender is being redefined – gender bending as it is known – in what is called popular culture. From the early 1920s, figures like Louise Brooks have been seen as popularising themselves as flappers by virtue of their bobbed haircuts and raw sexuality. Throughout the twentieth century, performance artists like Annie Lennox, Michael Jackson and Boy George have, through their works and the sheer preponderance of their persona, fused the masculine with the feminine in ways which have given an unsurprising leeway to the androgynous in contemporary urban vocabulary. In our own times, the likes of Justin Bieber and Kailash Kher – allowing for the injustice of this medley – too may be seen as gender bending in interesting and insightful ways.
Ultimately, it is this sense of bending, of fusion, which this issue of Literophile is interested in. For Issue 2, Volume 6, we invite original and annotated papers and/or semi-academic articles and commentaries of not more than 3,000 words on androgyny in literature and the performative arts in the century past and present by the 15th of July, 2013. Submissions, which must be mailed in MS word format to literophile@gmail.com, may focus on, but need not be limited to, the following:
- Androgyny and Bi: convergences, if any
- Androgyny as (literary and/or performative) narrative technique
- Ardhanarishvara: myth and comics
- Androgyny: third gender?
- “Baby, baby, baby ohh!”
- Cross-dressing and Comedy Circus: androgyny and typecast
- Male gaze: gay = feminine ≠ androgynous?
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ applications: literophile@gmail.com
Website: http://literophilejournal.blogspot.com/
Call for fiction submissions | StupidBird magazine | Indian subcontinent
Deadline: 14 June 2013
StupidBird is an online zine started by a group of people that loves reading humor in all its forms. We are trying to put together a magazine that showcases the works of writers who have a flair for writing humor. We seriously feel there is fast developing a taste for such writing and we'd like to see that for ourselves through this magazine.
Only a few days old, StupidBird is currently seeking writers to contribute to its first edition with short humorous stories. We are seeking previously unpublished work. Stories published only on your personal blog can be sent as well.
Here's a link to the e-zine: www.stupidbird.in. It's still in the developing stages and we should be up and running by July, which is when we plan to roll out the first edition. Please refer to the complete set of guidelines given below.
GUIDELINES:
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ submissions: edit@stupidbird.in
Website: http://www.stupidbird.in/
Read more
StupidBird is an online zine started by a group of people that loves reading humor in all its forms. We are trying to put together a magazine that showcases the works of writers who have a flair for writing humor. We seriously feel there is fast developing a taste for such writing and we'd like to see that for ourselves through this magazine.
Only a few days old, StupidBird is currently seeking writers to contribute to its first edition with short humorous stories. We are seeking previously unpublished work. Stories published only on your personal blog can be sent as well.
Here's a link to the e-zine: www.stupidbird.in. It's still in the developing stages and we should be up and running by July, which is when we plan to roll out the first edition. Please refer to the complete set of guidelines given below.
GUIDELINES:
- Only short fiction stories, not exceeding 2000 words in length will be accepted. Types of humor can range from anecdotal and situational to satirical, tongue-in-cheek parodies.
- Writers must be from/based in the Indian subcontinent.
- Writers will retain all rights to their submitted stories. We are seeking previously unpublished work. Stories published only on your personal blog can be sent as well.
- If you are writing in, kindly let us know before the deadline by mailing us at edit@stupidbird.in.
- Final entries should be sent to edit@stupidbird.in on or before June 14th, 2013. Please state your full name in your email. Do include a photograph and a short bio of yourself (two or three lines; written in third-person).
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ submissions: edit@stupidbird.in
Website: http://www.stupidbird.in/
27 May 2013
Call for Submissions | VOLUME: An Anthology of Contemporary Fiction | honorarium: P5,000 | Philippines
Deadline: 30 June 2013
VOLUME holds several meanings. First, that there is an abundant amount of excellent fiction in English currently being written by the younger generations. Second, that these stories must be read and shared. And third, that they deserve a place in bookcases and classrooms all over the country.
VOLUME 1 will be the first book in an anthology series that will showcase fiction by Filipino writers, age 45 and under, selected without regard for boundaries or genres. VOLUME 1 will be launched in September 2013.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ submissions: dean@kestrel.ph or sargelacuesta@gmail.com
Read more
VOLUME holds several meanings. First, that there is an abundant amount of excellent fiction in English currently being written by the younger generations. Second, that these stories must be read and shared. And third, that they deserve a place in bookcases and classrooms all over the country.
VOLUME 1 will be the first book in an anthology series that will showcase fiction by Filipino writers, age 45 and under, selected without regard for boundaries or genres. VOLUME 1 will be launched in September 2013.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
- Submissions are open to all Filipino citizens 45 years and younger as of the end of 2013.
- Submit only original unpublished short fiction written in English. ‘Unpublished’ is defined as not having previously appeared in part or in full in any print or digital media (including online refereed markets, blogs or any social media).
- No multiple submissions. Submit only one piece of fiction for consideration.
- Short stories only. Open theme, any genre.
- Story word count cannot exceed 7500 words. Our preferred word count is in the range of 3500 to 5000 words.
- Submissions should be formatted as Word Document files (.doc, .docx) or in Rich Text Format (.rtf) in simple fonts.
- Submissions must be accompanied by a cover letter that includes your name, your preferred byline and contact information.
- Send your submissions to dean@kestrel.ph or sargelacuesta@gmail.com. We will confirm receipt of your work within 24 hours.
- Deadline for submissions is midnight of June 30, 2013. Our reading period begins immediately afterwards. Letters of acceptance or regret will follow.
- Contributors will be paid Php5000.00, as well as 2 copies of the book, for the exclusive first print rights to their story, as part of the anthology.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ submissions: dean@kestrel.ph or sargelacuesta@gmail.com
25 May 2013
Book manuscript submission guidelines | VisPrint Inc. | open to all literary genres | Philippines
VISPRINT, Inc. is open to publishing a variety of literary genres, both in English and in Filipino. However, we favor works that are very Pinoy in taste, evocative of our society and culture, and/or set in Philippine background.
The manuscript should be at least 90% complete upon submission of the proposal.
Intially, a Letter of Proposal is required, sent through email [bestbookproposal@visprint.net] or via postal mail.
Included in the proposal are the following:
Allow us 60 days, at least, before sending a follow-up on your proposal.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ submissions: bestbookproposal@visprint.net
Website: http://visprint.net/
Read more
The manuscript should be at least 90% complete upon submission of the proposal.
Intially, a Letter of Proposal is required, sent through email [bestbookproposal@visprint.net] or via postal mail.
Included in the proposal are the following:
- Relevant information about the author, background in writing/publishing, contact details
- Information about the manuscript:
- Brief summary
- 2 sample chapters, or sample pages not more than 10 pages
- Proposed design of the physical layout of the book
- Sales pitch
- Target market of the book
- Marketability
Allow us 60 days, at least, before sending a follow-up on your proposal.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ submissions: bestbookproposal@visprint.net
Website: http://visprint.net/
22 May 2013
Call for poetry/ fiction submissions: New Writing Volume 3 (India)
Deadline: 7 July 2013
New Writing is an initiative by Helter Skelter to promote emerging writers and poets in India; to create a space for original, fresh short fiction and poetry.
Volume One of New Writing was published in May 2012, and featured submissions based around a visual cue—a photograph depicting a telephone with its receiver off the hook. We published 15 of the best short stories and poems we received, along with original artwork inspired by each of the pieces.
For our second edition, we invited entries based on multiple visual cues. We provided writers with nine photographs of everyday objects—all submissions were required to incorporate at least three of the depicted objects.
For volume three, we decided to change things up a little. For one, we have a trio of external judges this time around. And for the first time, we’re moving away from visual cues to a theme that perhaps allows for greater creative freedom—Strange Love.
Use the theme as a starting point, an ending, or as the nucleus, but just ensure that the connection is clear. You’re free to interpret it in your own way. In fact, we want you to. Do the write thing.
THE JUDGES:
There are a few guidelines that we expect writers to follow—
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ submissions: write@helterskelter.in
Website: http://helterskelter.in/
Read more
New Writing is an initiative by Helter Skelter to promote emerging writers and poets in India; to create a space for original, fresh short fiction and poetry.
Volume One of New Writing was published in May 2012, and featured submissions based around a visual cue—a photograph depicting a telephone with its receiver off the hook. We published 15 of the best short stories and poems we received, along with original artwork inspired by each of the pieces.
For our second edition, we invited entries based on multiple visual cues. We provided writers with nine photographs of everyday objects—all submissions were required to incorporate at least three of the depicted objects.
For volume three, we decided to change things up a little. For one, we have a trio of external judges this time around. And for the first time, we’re moving away from visual cues to a theme that perhaps allows for greater creative freedom—Strange Love.
Use the theme as a starting point, an ending, or as the nucleus, but just ensure that the connection is clear. You’re free to interpret it in your own way. In fact, we want you to. Do the write thing.
THE JUDGES:
- Krishna Udayasankar: Krishna Udayasankar’s debut novel The Aryavarta Chronicles Book 1: Govinda (Hachette, 2012) is the first in a series of mytho-historical novels. The book has received critical acclaim and has also featured on bestseller lists. She is also the author of Objects of Affection, a full-length collection of poetry (Math Paper Press, 2013). Krishna’s current projects include working on Book 2 of The Aryavarta Chronicles, as well as a mytho-historical novel that is based on the origin story of the island-nation of Singapore. She is also the Guest Editor of Body Boundaries: The Etiquette Anthology of Women’s Writing (The Literary Centre, Forthcoming, 2013.)
- Sharanya Manivannan: Sharanya Manivannan is the author of a book of poems, Witchcraft. She has received the Lavanya Sankaran Fellowship, an Elle Fiction Award, and been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize. Her fiction, poetry, and essays have appeared in Drunken Boat, Hobart, Wasafiri, Cerise Press, Killing the Buddha, the Best of The Net anthology and elsewhere. She lives in India and can be found online at sharanyamanivannan.com.
- Jai Arjun Singh: Jai Arjun Singh is a New Delhi-based freelance writer and journalist. He has authored a monograph about the cult comedy film Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro and edited an anthology of film writing, titled The Popcorn Essayists: What Movies do to Writers.He has written for Yahoo! India, Business Standard, The Hindu, The Caravan, Tehelka, and The Sunday Guardian, among other publications. He blogs at Jabberwock, where he writes mainly about literature and cinema.
There are a few guidelines that we expect writers to follow—
- All entries should be sent to write@helterskelter.in on or before July 7, 2013. Please be sure to state your full name, age, location, and occupation in your email. Emails should be sent using the subject line ‘Submission: Volume Three’ and should also include a photograph and a short bio of yourself (two or three lines; written in third-person).
- Writers must be Indian citizens and/or based in India.
- All entries must be sent to us as email attachments in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) format only. Do not send us documents in PDF, TXT, or RTF format. Do NOT paste your entry in the body of the email.
- Short fiction pieces should not exceed 2,000 words in length.
- Poems should not exceed in length two pages of a standard Microsoft Word document (Times New Roman/Arial; font size 12pt; double-spaced). If the poem you have written exceeds these specifications, send us an extract for approval.
- Writers retain all rights to their submitted pieces. However, we insist that all submissions (short fiction or poetry) be previously unpublished—this includes your blog, and any other online or print publications. Once published in Helter Skelter, should writers seek to publish the same work elsewhere, it must be accompanied by a note stating that it was originally published in Helter Skelter Magazine along with the date of publication and a link to the piece.
- For writers who intend to submit the same short story/poem to other publications at the same time: please let us know immediately if your work gets accepted for publication elsewhere (before we accept/reject the story, that is).
- We reserve the right to edit all submissions for language and grammar, and to suit the presentation and available space. Wherever possible, the author will be consulted on any additions or changes. In any disputes, the judgement of the editors/judges will be final.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ submissions: write@helterskelter.in
Website: http://helterskelter.in/
20 April 2013
Call for Papers: Indian Response to World Literature (series of 5 volumes | India)
Deadline: 30 April 2013
Vishwanath Bite is pleased to forward this call for his 8th book tentatively titled Indian Response to World Literature. Scholarly articles/ papers are invited from scholars, critics and academicians on or before 30th April. 2013. The book will be published by well-known publisher with ISBN.
CALL FOR PAPERs: Indian Response to World Literature
MODE OF SUBMISSION:
Each contributor is advised to send full paper with brief bio-note, declaration and abstract as a single MS-Word email attachments to email addresses: vishwanathbite@gmail.com up to 30th April, 2013. No Need to send hard copy of your paper
SELECTION PROCEDURE:
All submissions will be sent for blind peer reviewing. Final selection will be made only if the papers are recommended for publication by the reviewers. The details of the selection of your paper will be informed to you telephonically or on your email. The editor has the right to make necessary editing of selected papers for the sake of conceptual clarity and formatting. Non-selected papers will not be sent back to the contributor in any form. So, all contributors are advised to keep a copy of their submission with them.
PLAGIARISM ALERT:
All submissions should be original. Contributors are advised to adhere to strict academic ethics with respect to acknowledgment of original ideas borrowed from others. The editor(s) / publisher will not be responsible for any lapse on part of the contributor. If plagiarism found an author will be blacklisted and will be disclosed publically.
Dr. Vishwanath Bite
Assistant Professor,
Department of English,
Government of Maharashtra's
Ismail Yusuf College, Jogeshwari (E),
Mumbai, 60.
Maharashtra, India.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries/ submissions: vishwanathbite@gmail.com
Read more
Vishwanath Bite is pleased to forward this call for his 8th book tentatively titled Indian Response to World Literature. Scholarly articles/ papers are invited from scholars, critics and academicians on or before 30th April. 2013. The book will be published by well-known publisher with ISBN.
CALL FOR PAPERs: Indian Response to World Literature
- To be published in series of 5 Volumes
- Editor: Dr. Vishwanath Bite
- No Publication fee and Free Contributor's Copy is assured from Publisher
- Paper size: A4, Font & size: Times New Roman 12, Spacing: Single line, Margin of 1 inch on all four sides.
- Title of the paper: bold, Sentence case (Capitalize each word), centered.
- Text of the paper: justified. Font & size: Times New Roman 12.
- References: Please follow MLA style (Only Author-Date or Number System) strictly. Don’t use Foot Notes, Use End Notes
- Titles of books: Italics.
- Titles of articles from journals and books: “quoted”.
- Articles should be submitted as MS Word 2003-2007attachments only.
- The paper should not usually exceed 11 pages maximum, 6 pages minimum in single spacing.
- A declaration that it is an original work and has not been published anywhere else or sent for publication
- A short bio-note of the contributor(s) indicating name, institutional affiliation, brief career history, postal address, mobile number and e-mail, in a single attachment. Please don’t send more attachments.
MODE OF SUBMISSION:
Each contributor is advised to send full paper with brief bio-note, declaration and abstract as a single MS-Word email attachments to email addresses: vishwanathbite@gmail.com up to 30th April, 2013. No Need to send hard copy of your paper
SELECTION PROCEDURE:
All submissions will be sent for blind peer reviewing. Final selection will be made only if the papers are recommended for publication by the reviewers. The details of the selection of your paper will be informed to you telephonically or on your email. The editor has the right to make necessary editing of selected papers for the sake of conceptual clarity and formatting. Non-selected papers will not be sent back to the contributor in any form. So, all contributors are advised to keep a copy of their submission with them.
PLAGIARISM ALERT:
All submissions should be original. Contributors are advised to adhere to strict academic ethics with respect to acknowledgment of original ideas borrowed from others. The editor(s) / publisher will not be responsible for any lapse on part of the contributor. If plagiarism found an author will be blacklisted and will be disclosed publically.
Dr. Vishwanath Bite
Assistant Professor,
Department of English,
Government of Maharashtra's
Ismail Yusuf College, Jogeshwari (E),
Mumbai, 60.
Maharashtra, India.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries/ submissions: vishwanathbite@gmail.com
Call for Submissions for the 2nd Queer Ink Anthology: Celebratory LGBTI Stories of India
Deadline: 10 May 2013 (by post), 15 May 2013 (by e-mail)
Queer Ink, India’s only publisher specializing in Indian Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex literature seeks YOUR stories for its second anthology.
After our first anthology, Out! Stories from the New Queer India was published to critical acclaim in 2012, we continue our mission to build a compelling body of Indian queer literature and adding to existing, groundbreaking texts.
We seek stories of people who live in India and identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, hijra, kothi, queer, Genderqueer, Intersex and/or other sexuality and gender non-conforming identities. We hope to tell many stories, real or creatively inspired that celebrate queer lives, loves, lusts, hopes, dreams and utopias. Through these stories, we wish for readers to be inspired by people’s abilities to turn a tragedy into an opportunity and glimpse at lives that celebrate life. Through this anthology, we wish to show the importance of making the choice to be happy.
We urge writers to send in stories written in English that are well-rounded depictions of all that life has to offer, the bricks and bouquets, the nails and roses. Being queer may have its share of pain, but we commend, strength and the pursuit of happiness.
We expect the stories, both non-fiction and fiction, to be realistic. Desist from sending flights of fantasy or dispassionate recounting of facts. The turn of events, reactions and transformations must not only be believable, but doable, too. Passion must be the punctum of your tale. Your intensity must shatter the wall of silence around queer lives.
We encourage stories that cut across class, region, languages, caste and all the other cultural walls that exist in India. Not just Khar, but Kanjikode; not just Alipore, but Ashwaraopalli; not just Defence Colony, but Dhaamdhusad, too.
Writers may be of any gender identity, but the story must feature a queer character. Diaspora writings are also welcome as long as there is a strong connection to India in the main character’s life. Stand-alone excerpts from longer works (novels, memoirs) are welcome. We are seeking a mix of established and emerging writers.
Multilingual poet and author of Love? and Sham-e-raah Owais will edit the anthology with a small team of curators.
Regional language submissions are welcome. We will work with authors to translate selected stories. All stories in the anthology will undergo professional editing and writers will retain control of story content. Writers will be paid 1,000 rupees for their piece, and two copies of the anthology upon publication.
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION
Please email submissions@queer-ink.com no later than May 15, 2013, with the following:
(OPTIONAL) If completed, you may also attach the full story. Please follow these guidelines closely: Use a standard font, 12-point, double-spaced type. Include the word count of your story on the first page. On every page, please include your name (or pen name), story title, and page number. Submit your story as a .doc or .rtf file, and no other.
If you prefer to submit by mail, please send to: A2 Riviera CHS, 15th Road, Santa Cruz (W), Mumbai 400-054. Mailed submissions must be postmarked by May 10, 2013.
We will contact you by June 1 if we are interested in seeing the full story.
*A NOTE ON ANONYMITY: We welcome submissions by writers who prefer to use a different name in print. If your story is selected, we will need your real name for legal purposes, including copyright and payments. We will keep your name 100% confidential if you prefer.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries/ submissions: submissions@queer-ink.com
Website: http://queer-ink.com/
Read more
Queer Ink, India’s only publisher specializing in Indian Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex literature seeks YOUR stories for its second anthology.
After our first anthology, Out! Stories from the New Queer India was published to critical acclaim in 2012, we continue our mission to build a compelling body of Indian queer literature and adding to existing, groundbreaking texts.
We seek stories of people who live in India and identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, hijra, kothi, queer, Genderqueer, Intersex and/or other sexuality and gender non-conforming identities. We hope to tell many stories, real or creatively inspired that celebrate queer lives, loves, lusts, hopes, dreams and utopias. Through these stories, we wish for readers to be inspired by people’s abilities to turn a tragedy into an opportunity and glimpse at lives that celebrate life. Through this anthology, we wish to show the importance of making the choice to be happy.
We urge writers to send in stories written in English that are well-rounded depictions of all that life has to offer, the bricks and bouquets, the nails and roses. Being queer may have its share of pain, but we commend, strength and the pursuit of happiness.
We expect the stories, both non-fiction and fiction, to be realistic. Desist from sending flights of fantasy or dispassionate recounting of facts. The turn of events, reactions and transformations must not only be believable, but doable, too. Passion must be the punctum of your tale. Your intensity must shatter the wall of silence around queer lives.
We encourage stories that cut across class, region, languages, caste and all the other cultural walls that exist in India. Not just Khar, but Kanjikode; not just Alipore, but Ashwaraopalli; not just Defence Colony, but Dhaamdhusad, too.
Writers may be of any gender identity, but the story must feature a queer character. Diaspora writings are also welcome as long as there is a strong connection to India in the main character’s life. Stand-alone excerpts from longer works (novels, memoirs) are welcome. We are seeking a mix of established and emerging writers.
Multilingual poet and author of Love? and Sham-e-raah Owais will edit the anthology with a small team of curators.
Regional language submissions are welcome. We will work with authors to translate selected stories. All stories in the anthology will undergo professional editing and writers will retain control of story content. Writers will be paid 1,000 rupees for their piece, and two copies of the anthology upon publication.
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION
Please email submissions@queer-ink.com no later than May 15, 2013, with the following:
- 200-word description (synopsis) of your story. (This description should be in English and state the language of the original story, if other than English.)
- Your name*
- Your pen name, for publication purposes, if different
- Email address
- Phone number
- City, state, and country of current residence
- Brief biographical statement about you (4-5 sentences)
(OPTIONAL) If completed, you may also attach the full story. Please follow these guidelines closely: Use a standard font, 12-point, double-spaced type. Include the word count of your story on the first page. On every page, please include your name (or pen name), story title, and page number. Submit your story as a .doc or .rtf file, and no other.
If you prefer to submit by mail, please send to: A2 Riviera CHS, 15th Road, Santa Cruz (W), Mumbai 400-054. Mailed submissions must be postmarked by May 10, 2013.
We will contact you by June 1 if we are interested in seeing the full story.
*A NOTE ON ANONYMITY: We welcome submissions by writers who prefer to use a different name in print. If your story is selected, we will need your real name for legal purposes, including copyright and payments. We will keep your name 100% confidential if you prefer.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries/ submissions: submissions@queer-ink.com
Website: http://queer-ink.com/
Call for Papers on Performance Studies/ Performing Arts Theory: Rupkatha Journal
Deadline: 31 May 2013
We are going to publish a Special Issue (Vol V, No 2) from Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities (www.rupkatha.com) on the broad area of Performance Studies. For authors’ convenience we have selected certain topics/issues on which submission may be made. However, the list not exhaustive and is rather suggestive. We welcome submission on other suitable issues relating to the broad area from the contributors.
TOPICS:
Book Reviews: Reviews of books, Performance relating to Performance Studies are invited. Please read submission guidelines from the website.
Link: Submission Guidelines:
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries/ submissions: rupkathajournal@gmail.com, chiefeditor@rupkatha.com
Website: http://rupkatha.com/
Read more
We are going to publish a Special Issue (Vol V, No 2) from Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities (www.rupkatha.com) on the broad area of Performance Studies. For authors’ convenience we have selected certain topics/issues on which submission may be made. However, the list not exhaustive and is rather suggestive. We welcome submission on other suitable issues relating to the broad area from the contributors.
TOPICS:
- Scope and Nature of Performance Studies / Performing Arts Theory
- Interdisciplinarity: literature, theatre, cultural anthropology, social sciences, neuro-sciences and performance
- Genre and Politics
- Performance Theory and Criticism (Discussants may include Wallace Bacon, Robert Breen, Richard Schechner, Victor Turner, Dwight Conquergood, Bryan Reynolds, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Diana Taylor, Corinne Kratz and others)
- Performance, Text, Discourse
- Evolution, Bio-Aesthetics: Spectacle, rituals, theatre, game -theory etc.
- Encultaration
- Gender, Race, Culture Issues
- Performance/s (text), performance artist/s, group etc.
- History of Drama, Film & Digital Media.
Book Reviews: Reviews of books, Performance relating to Performance Studies are invited. Please read submission guidelines from the website.
Link: Submission Guidelines:
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries/ submissions: rupkathajournal@gmail.com, chiefeditor@rupkatha.com
Website: http://rupkatha.com/
Deadline Extended - Call for Submissions:Railonama Anthology of Short Stories (India)
Deadline: 31 May 2013 (extended from 31 March 2013)
Railonama is an anthology of short stories and poems of train travels in India. It aims to be a series of short stories that are emotionally engaging, inspiring, and unique. If you have taken even just one train journey in India, we invite you to share your story and get it published. This title will be released in paperback and e-book formats in 2013. Deadline for submission in May 31st, 2013. Those whose stories get published, will get a printed copy of the book. The book will be published in both US and India and the proceeds from the royalties will go back to India to the victims of train accidents or such via the non-profit PickaFight.in .
GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS:
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries: mail@railonama.com
For submissions: via Submittable
Website: http://railonama.com
Read more
Railonama is an anthology of short stories and poems of train travels in India. It aims to be a series of short stories that are emotionally engaging, inspiring, and unique. If you have taken even just one train journey in India, we invite you to share your story and get it published. This title will be released in paperback and e-book formats in 2013. Deadline for submission in May 31st, 2013. Those whose stories get published, will get a printed copy of the book. The book will be published in both US and India and the proceeds from the royalties will go back to India to the victims of train accidents or such via the non-profit PickaFight.in .
GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS:
- Contributions should be between approximately 750 and 5000 words in length.
- All manuscripts and story ideas must be submitted in English or Hindi. The book may be published in multiple languages.
- Manuscripts and story ideas must be original, unpublished works. By submitting a manuscript or story idea, writers warrant that their entry materials are original and do not infringe on any third party’s rights.
- It's fine to submit more than one story at a time. Please send them through the form separately, not together in one document.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries: mail@railonama.com
For submissions: via Submittable
Website: http://railonama.com
29 March 2013
Deadline for Submissions Extended - Rusted Radishes: Beirut Literary and Art Journal (Lebanon/ Asia-wide)
Deadline: 5 April 2013
Rusted Radishes, an annual literary and art journal based at the American University of Beirut, is extending its submission period for its 2013 issue to April 5th (from the previous deadline of March 15th).
Rusted Radishes seeks writing and art that is innovative, truthful, risk-taking, and engaged. Their contributors are largely from the American University of Beirut, but they welcome submissions from all around the world. Their only requirement is that you somehow are “related” to Lebanon.
The submission guidelines are detailed in our previous post.
Read more
Rusted Radishes, an annual literary and art journal based at the American University of Beirut, is extending its submission period for its 2013 issue to April 5th (from the previous deadline of March 15th).
Rusted Radishes seeks writing and art that is innovative, truthful, risk-taking, and engaged. Their contributors are largely from the American University of Beirut, but they welcome submissions from all around the world. Their only requirement is that you somehow are “related” to Lebanon.
The submission guidelines are detailed in our previous post.
28 March 2013
How to Pitch: Southeast Asia Globe Magazine (pays on per-word basis)
The Southeast Asia Globe found its beginnings as the Southeastern Globe in January 2007. It was rebranded as Southeast Asia Globe in 2009. As a comprehensive English-language news and lifestyle magazine about Cambodia and the wider Southeast Asia region particularly Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and Loas it also has evolved into an interactive website.
A wide range of relevant stories showing the modern face of Southeast Asia are presented in a photo-rich, entertaining and accessible format that has proved appealing to locals and visitors alike.
READERSHIP: Southeast Asia Globe has an established international readership made up of resident decision makers living in Southeast Asia and informed travellers. Our readership is interested in Southeast Asian society, politics, business/economy, lifestyle and culture. Readers value the integrity of the information found in the magazine, which is always displayed in a visually appealing format based on international standards of journalism.
DETAILS FOR SUBMITTING STORIES: Southeast Asia Globe seeks reputable international, regional and local journalists to research and write stories from across the region. Southeast Asia GLOBE authors have considerable editorial freedom to cover stories from an independent and analytical point of view. The priorities are that the article is unpublished, original, accurate, interesting and provides positive insight to a readership accustomed to quality content.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
It cannot be stressed strongly enough that style, accurate use of English as well as accurate use of facts, quotations and other information are the responsibility of the author.
It is highly unprofessional for any writer to leave any aspect of his or her work to be clarified by another journalist.
Before submitting copy, writers should utilise spelling and grammar checking programmes (such as that found in MS Word) and read through their own work to ensure that errors of form and fact are expunged. Failure to do so could result in rejection of copy.
No writer should rely on line editors to spot mistakes or correct them. While line editors will correct any errors that are spotted, the responsibility for any that get into the magazine lies solely with the author. By the same token, line editors will not change facts in the copy without checking with the writer. For this reason, after submission, authors should be available for follow-up discussions, clarification etc with the commissioning editor.
Prospective contributors doing preliminary research for a story must avoid giving the impression they represent Southeast Asia GLOBE. They may use the name of the magazine only if they have a definite assignment. We expect writers to be objective, to present arguments supported by fact and quoted statements and to adhere to journalistic codes of ethic. Authors will be held accountable for inaccurate or misleading information. Southeast Asia GLOBE authors must obey copyright laws.
STORIES:
Southeast Asia Globe Stories are not news stories: our readers read the news in daily newspapers. We encourage analytical and balanced stories that not only describe a situation or problem, but also offer solutions being undertaken or an outlook for future scenarios and solutions. We like a descriptive, engaging writing style focused on the human aspect of as story. We do not like pieces heavily narrated in the first-person the story is not about you.
Philosophical arguments, if cogent, are appreciated and so are historical and cultural references or quotes.
Think of a story more as an essay or short story rather than a news piece. Always take into mind that the publication seeks to offer the opinions of those it interviews, so as to leave the reader with fresh and enlightened information to base their decision making upon.
Southeast Asia Globe authors must communicate effectively, must be understood without difficulty, and must provide readers with an intelligent use of language.
Stories must be organised and have clear line of thought with a beginning, middle and end. They should be within 50-100 words of the agreed word limit. Article length and compensation vary depending on the type of feature. Most range from 500-1500 words, subject depending. Payment is by the edited word. Contact the editorial staff for current rates of pay. Deadlines, which will be set when the piece is commissioned, must be met. Failure to do so may result in the nonpublication of the article and payment being forfeited outright. The decision is subject to the editor’s sole discretion.
Articles must have a headline, stand first and strong lead.
Make sure quotations and opinions presented as reported speech are clearly indicated by quotation marks and attributed. If you are not sure about the accuracy of a quotation, check with the speaker afterwards.
Pay particular attention to the correct and consistent spelling of names of people and places.
All submissions must include contact numbers for individuals interviewed or used by the writer so that facts and statements can be confirmed by editorial staff if need be.
Don’t forget the basic rules of reporting: who, what, where, when, why and how.
Be clear and concise. Avoid long sentences with multiple subordinate clauses. Do not take the reader’s understanding of a subject for granted. At the same time, don’t patronise the reader. Ask yourself what a reader new to the subject might need to know.
If submitted copy, commissioned or not, requires extensive editing or rewriting, it may be returned to the author for improvement or it may be rejected out of hand.
RIGHTS: Southeast Asia Globe reserve exclusive rights for a piece of work for a period of 3 months following publication. Writers cannot sell the work elsewhere until the end of that period unless agreed otherwise. The piece will be published in print, in our eMagazine (emag.sea-globe.com) and posted on the Southeast Asia GLOBE website. Please see our current freelancer contract for further details.
HOW TO PITCH TO SOUTHEAST ASIA GLOBE:
If you are interested in writing for Southeast Asia Globe , please send ideas, outlines or completed features via email. We do commission writers we have not used before, but only those whose published clips demonstrate a high proficiency in magazine writing. If you have not worked with us before, please include examples of published work.
We do no accept pitches that aim to promote specific products or businesses. There must be a story. Pitches should be thought out and focused. Please do not send through lists of short, incomplete ideas. Like a completed story, the pitch should have a headline, standfirst and strong lead. A well-crafted pitch will usually run a paragraph or two in length, in which the writer should explain how they envision the completed story and why they think it works for Southeast Asia GLOBE. Please have a look at our website sea-globe.com for previously published articles.
SOME KEY ELEMENTS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA GLOBE’S HOUSE STYLE:
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries/ submissions: editor@sea-globe.com
Website: http://sea-globe.com
Read more
A wide range of relevant stories showing the modern face of Southeast Asia are presented in a photo-rich, entertaining and accessible format that has proved appealing to locals and visitors alike.
READERSHIP: Southeast Asia Globe has an established international readership made up of resident decision makers living in Southeast Asia and informed travellers. Our readership is interested in Southeast Asian society, politics, business/economy, lifestyle and culture. Readers value the integrity of the information found in the magazine, which is always displayed in a visually appealing format based on international standards of journalism.
DETAILS FOR SUBMITTING STORIES: Southeast Asia Globe seeks reputable international, regional and local journalists to research and write stories from across the region. Southeast Asia GLOBE authors have considerable editorial freedom to cover stories from an independent and analytical point of view. The priorities are that the article is unpublished, original, accurate, interesting and provides positive insight to a readership accustomed to quality content.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
It cannot be stressed strongly enough that style, accurate use of English as well as accurate use of facts, quotations and other information are the responsibility of the author.
It is highly unprofessional for any writer to leave any aspect of his or her work to be clarified by another journalist.
Before submitting copy, writers should utilise spelling and grammar checking programmes (such as that found in MS Word) and read through their own work to ensure that errors of form and fact are expunged. Failure to do so could result in rejection of copy.
No writer should rely on line editors to spot mistakes or correct them. While line editors will correct any errors that are spotted, the responsibility for any that get into the magazine lies solely with the author. By the same token, line editors will not change facts in the copy without checking with the writer. For this reason, after submission, authors should be available for follow-up discussions, clarification etc with the commissioning editor.
Prospective contributors doing preliminary research for a story must avoid giving the impression they represent Southeast Asia GLOBE. They may use the name of the magazine only if they have a definite assignment. We expect writers to be objective, to present arguments supported by fact and quoted statements and to adhere to journalistic codes of ethic. Authors will be held accountable for inaccurate or misleading information. Southeast Asia GLOBE authors must obey copyright laws.
STORIES:
Southeast Asia Globe Stories are not news stories: our readers read the news in daily newspapers. We encourage analytical and balanced stories that not only describe a situation or problem, but also offer solutions being undertaken or an outlook for future scenarios and solutions. We like a descriptive, engaging writing style focused on the human aspect of as story. We do not like pieces heavily narrated in the first-person the story is not about you.
Philosophical arguments, if cogent, are appreciated and so are historical and cultural references or quotes.
Think of a story more as an essay or short story rather than a news piece. Always take into mind that the publication seeks to offer the opinions of those it interviews, so as to leave the reader with fresh and enlightened information to base their decision making upon.
Southeast Asia Globe authors must communicate effectively, must be understood without difficulty, and must provide readers with an intelligent use of language.
Stories must be organised and have clear line of thought with a beginning, middle and end. They should be within 50-100 words of the agreed word limit. Article length and compensation vary depending on the type of feature. Most range from 500-1500 words, subject depending. Payment is by the edited word. Contact the editorial staff for current rates of pay. Deadlines, which will be set when the piece is commissioned, must be met. Failure to do so may result in the nonpublication of the article and payment being forfeited outright. The decision is subject to the editor’s sole discretion.
Articles must have a headline, stand first and strong lead.
Make sure quotations and opinions presented as reported speech are clearly indicated by quotation marks and attributed. If you are not sure about the accuracy of a quotation, check with the speaker afterwards.
Pay particular attention to the correct and consistent spelling of names of people and places.
All submissions must include contact numbers for individuals interviewed or used by the writer so that facts and statements can be confirmed by editorial staff if need be.
Don’t forget the basic rules of reporting: who, what, where, when, why and how.
Be clear and concise. Avoid long sentences with multiple subordinate clauses. Do not take the reader’s understanding of a subject for granted. At the same time, don’t patronise the reader. Ask yourself what a reader new to the subject might need to know.
If submitted copy, commissioned or not, requires extensive editing or rewriting, it may be returned to the author for improvement or it may be rejected out of hand.
RIGHTS: Southeast Asia Globe reserve exclusive rights for a piece of work for a period of 3 months following publication. Writers cannot sell the work elsewhere until the end of that period unless agreed otherwise. The piece will be published in print, in our eMagazine (emag.sea-globe.com) and posted on the Southeast Asia GLOBE website. Please see our current freelancer contract for further details.
HOW TO PITCH TO SOUTHEAST ASIA GLOBE:
If you are interested in writing for Southeast Asia Globe , please send ideas, outlines or completed features via email. We do commission writers we have not used before, but only those whose published clips demonstrate a high proficiency in magazine writing. If you have not worked with us before, please include examples of published work.
We do no accept pitches that aim to promote specific products or businesses. There must be a story. Pitches should be thought out and focused. Please do not send through lists of short, incomplete ideas. Like a completed story, the pitch should have a headline, standfirst and strong lead. A well-crafted pitch will usually run a paragraph or two in length, in which the writer should explain how they envision the completed story and why they think it works for Southeast Asia GLOBE. Please have a look at our website sea-globe.com for previously published articles.
SOME KEY ELEMENTS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA GLOBE’S HOUSE STYLE:
- Use British English spelling, not American
- Spell out numbers below ten and use numerals for 10 and up. Exceptions: in ages standing alone after a name (Melanie, 2, has two brothers); in monetary units preceded by a symbol ($5, not $5.00). Always spell out numbers at the start of a sentence and try to avid using a year to start a sentence
- Use the percent symbol (10%, not 10 percent)
- Convert all measurements and currency to metric and US dollars
- Use ‘$’, not USD$10
- Always spell out billion but use ‘million’ when quantifying humans and ‘m’ for inanimate (Last year, five million people lived on $1m a day.)
- Use metric, not imperial (hectares, not acres; metres, not feet; kilometres, not miles)
- Spell out metres, square metres, but use kph for kilometres per hour
- The general rule is to dignify with capital letters organisation and institutions, but not people’s positions
- For Westerners, use people’s last name once they have been identified. For Asians, use the name deemed most polite by the person
- Use single spaces between spaces, not double
- Full stops are used sparingly (Dr Jones, Mr Smith etc)
- Use the em dash with a space before and after (To make a radio station work even to start one experience is needed.)
- Do not use accents on words accepted as English (chateau, cafe), use accents when they make a crucial difference to pronunciation (exposé)
- Use italics for main event (album name, not song titles)
- Acronyms and abbreviations – unless an abbreviation or acronym is so familiar that is used more often than the full form (BBC) – write the words in full on first appearance. After the first mention, try not to repeat the abbreviation too often. If an acronym can be pronounced, it should be spelt out in upper and lower case (Unicef, Nepad, Asean)
- If you are tempted to use a superlative, think about it. Is it really the first, the worst, the heaviest? Do not try to add impact to your stories by using superlatives you cannot justify.
- Use the active voice wherever possible
- Subject-verb-object structure is the basis of the English language
- Use simple, concise language
- Check the meanings of words you are not sure of, many words are frequently confused
- Avoid jargon and explain specialist terms and ideas in terms the reader will comfortably understand
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries/ submissions: editor@sea-globe.com
Website: http://sea-globe.com
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.
