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View fullsize We’re very pleased to announce the results of the 11th SUSPECT Poetry Contest. In conjunction with our launch of Mandy Moe Pwint Tu’s Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize Winner, Fablemaker, this year’s contest looked for poetic fables or po
View fullsize We'll be at the 2025 Singapore Independent Media Fair, organized by NIMBUS (Network of Independent Media for Better Understanding and Support) Saturday, July 26, 1-7 pm The Projector @ Golden Mile Tower Exhibition free and open to the public Panel t
View fullsize Beginning Poetry, Writing Workshop By Jee Leong Koh Wednesday, July 9th, 7.00 – 8.30 pm Book Bar, 57 Duxton Road, Singapore Free but Limited to 10 Places Applicants must be at least 15 years old Application Deadline June 30, 2025 Apply to J
View fullsize Singapore Unbound celebrates the launch of Jeremy Tiang’s novel State of Emergency (World Editions) and his translation of Hai Fan’s story collection Delicious Hunger (Tilted Axis Press). Thursday, June 26, 7pm KGB Bar, 85 E 4th St, New

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Opinion: Remove the Residency Requirement for Overseas Voting

As Singapore headed to the polls on May 3, nearly a quarter million of its citizens were unable to vote, shut out by an outdated rule: the residency requirement for overseas voting.

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Paradiso Resort
Paradiso Resort

A meeting at a bar, rites for departure: a short story by Rayji de Guia.

#YISHREADS July 2025
#YISHREADS July 2025

Southeast Asian monsters, unfaithful translations, and more – this July, Ng Yi-Sheng reviews short story collections from Hong Kong to the Filipino diaspora.

Winners of the 11th SUSPECT Poetry Contest
Winners of the 11th SUSPECT Poetry Contest

We’re very pleased to announce the results of the 11th annual SUSPECT Poetry Contest.

Kidneys and Other Poems
Kidneys and Other Poems

“A heart is an oversold gift […] But my kidney?” Four poems by Gretchen Filart.

A Self-explanatory Picture Reel
A Self-explanatory Picture Reel

An essay by Neethu Krishnan considers the contours of desire.

Wild Berries
Wild Berries

As rain pours into the valley, a boy sees the rest of his life. A short story by Gudhal.

#YISHREADS June 2025
#YISHREADS June 2025

This Pride month, Ng Yi-Sheng reviews five queer comic titles bringing readers from the Philippines to Indonesia, Japan to Singapore, and to the USA.

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After Watching E.T.

With three poems for Eco-, Dorian Merina explores when homecoming becomes possible for the displaced.

Roadkill
Roadkill

A dead fawn on the side of the road prompts an awakening in this short story by Mir Arif for Eco-.

Discovering Dewponds
Discovering Dewponds

What would an angry frog call “your problem”? Three poems for Eco- on amphibians and becoming by L Kiew.

Brothel in the Jungle
Brothel in the Jungle

Will the jungle offer an answer to a man’s deepest desire? Find out in Jon Gresham’s short story for Eco-.

The Tale of a Fading Islet
The Tale of a Fading Islet

A ship appears one day in a village. What does it bring? A story by Khải Đơn for Eco-.

Useful Life
Useful Life

As eggs boil in the morning, Maggie Wang gives us a bird’s eye view of the lives that we abandon and the ones to which we return. Three poems for Eco-.

Gatekeeping Eden
Gatekeeping Eden

Jess Jacutan considers power, agency, and tourism in the Philippines’ ‘Healing Island’ for Eco-.

Gaudy Boy

Gaudy Boy
Fablemaker
Fablemaker

by Mandy Moe Pwint Tu
978-1-958652-18-3
$16.00 / Paperback / 6” x 9” / 122 pages
Gaudy Boy, September 2025
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Eke: Poems
Eke: Poems

by Wahidah Tambee
ISBN: 978-1-958652-17-6
$16.00 / Paperback / 6” x 9” / 106 pages
Gaudy Boy, July 2025
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Memorial Club
Memorial Club

by Mozid Mahmud
ISBN: 978-1-958652-16-9
eISBN: 978-1-958652-15-2
$19.00 / Paperback / 5.5” x 8.5” / 138 pages
Gaudy Boy, January 2025
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The Way You Want to Be Loved
The Way You Want to Be Loved

by Aruni Kashyap
ISBN: 978-1-958652-08-4
eISBN: 978-1-958652-09-1
$19.00 / Paperback / 5.5” x 8.5" / 256 pages
Gaudy Boy, October 2024
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Singapore: Word Image
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Interrogation Records
Interrogation Records

by Jeddie Sophronius
ISBN: 978-1-958652-07-7
$16.00 / Paperback / 5.5” x 8.5" / 120 pages
Gaudy Boy, April 2024
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Singapore: Word Image
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Lovelier, Lonelier

by Daryl Qilin Yam
ISBN: 978-1-958652-04-6
eISBN: 978-1-958652-05-3
$24.00 / Paperback / 6” x 9" / 424 pages
Gaudy Boy, February 2024
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Bengal Hound
Bengal Hound

by Rahad Abir
9781958652022
$19.00 / Paperback / 5.5” x 8.5" / 228 pages
Gaudy Boy, October 1, 2023
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Waking Up to the Pattern Left by a Snail Overnight
Waking Up to the Pattern Left by a Snail Overnight

by Jim Pascual Agustin
978-1-958652-00-8
$16.00 / Paperback / 5.5” x 8.5" / 94 pages
Gaudy Boy, April 1, 2023
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SUSPECT: VOLUME 1, YEAR 1
SUSPECT: VOLUME 1, YEAR 1

978-1-958652-01-5
$16.00 / Paperback / 8.5" x 11" / 164 pages
February 22, 2022
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New Singapore Poetries
New Singapore Poetries

edited by Marylyn Tan and Jee Leong Koh
978-0-9994514-9-6
$22.00 / Paperback / 6" x 9" / 320 pages
Gaudy Boy, December 1, 2022
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Submissions

Opportunities
2nd SUSPECT Flash Fiction Contest
2nd SUSPECT Flash Fiction Contest

Deadline:  September 30th, 2025
Awards: USD300, 200, and 100
No entry fee

In conjunction with Gaudy Boy’s November 2025 publication of Sharmini Aphrodite’s THE UNREPENTANT, SUSPECT is holding its 2nd flash fiction contest with a call for submissions inspired by the title of this bold story collection. We are looking for flash fiction of 100-150 words on the theme of unrepentance interpreted in any imaginative way.

2025 Gaudy Boy Open Call for Novel Manuscripts
2025 Gaudy Boy Open Call for Novel Manuscripts

Deadline: July 31, 2025
Award: $1,500 advance + publication in US and SG

Gaudy Boy, a New York City -based independent press that publishes poetry, fiction, and non-fiction by extraordinary Asian voices, is open to submissions of unpublished adult novels by authors of Asian heritage residing anywhere in the world.

"It is difficult to overstate the importance of literary organizations like Singapore Unbound. The healthy mind is curious about the imagined worlds in which SU traffics. SU brings us literature of profound interest, lively debate, and beautiful sound."

—Harold Augenbraum, honorary advisor and Former Executive Director, National Book Foundation