Call for “OF THE SEA” Portfolio
Submission period: 15 April - 15 June
Payment: USD100
Submit to Sharmini Aphrodite at suspect@singaporeunbound.org
Indigenous maritime communities know that the law of the sea is more ancient and powerful than the United Nations Convention of the same name. They know that the sea connects as well as divides. That the sea gives as much as it takes. That the sea is vast in its volume and tender in its tides. That in its eternal restlessness the sea contests fixed boundaries and national borders.
This August, SUSPECT will publish a special portfolio dedicated to indigenous perspectives on the region designated as maritime Southeast Asia. We invite the submission of fiction and poetry that explore the manifold effects of the sea on individuals and communities. We are particularly interested in indigenous voices but we welcome non-indigenous authors who have engaged in a significant and sustained manner with maritime Southeast Asian communities.
We are looking for:
Short fiction of 1,500 to 6,000 words
2-4 pieces of flash fiction that total 500 to 1,500 words
3-5 poems that total 3 to 10 pages
We welcome translated work, but translators must provide documentation of authorization from the original authors or their literary estates.
Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but please notify us immediately should they be accepted for publication elsewhere.
We only accept work that has not been previously published. For translations, the original work may be published, but not the translations.
