Asia Literary Review publishes fiction, non-fiction, reportage, memoir, travel writing, literary essays, humour, documentary and themed photographic essays, photography, art and poetry from and about Asia.

 

Pieces should be a minimum of 3,600 words and may range up to 16,000 words. Shorter ‘sketches’ and ‘vignettes’ will be considered. ALR does not publish academic work, book reviews, or travel writing without a narrative focus. Excerpts and adaptations from longer works should stand alone, complete in their own right. Simultaneous submissions and translations are acceptable.

 

Submissions are preferred by email as a Word attachment to subm@asialiteraryreview.com, formatted in Times New Roman 12pt with 1.5 line spacing.

 

Poetry submissions should be sent directly to the Poetry Editor. Each submission should be sent both in the body of the email and as Word or Pages file. The text of the submission should begin with contact details and a biographical note of not more than 80 words.

 

We aim to read each manuscript within four months but unfortunately can only respond individually to successful submissions.

 

All contributions accepted for publication will be subject to editing in collaboration with the author.

 

We ask that you familiarise yourself thoroughly with the magazine before making a submission and consider whether your piece meets our criteria. Discounted subscriptions are available here.