General Guidelines: 

 

• Your piece(s) should acknowledge the cultural, linguistic, or otherwise distinct space between two (or more!) cultures.  We aim to publish unique perspectives on isolated cultures by situating them in a new context.  Your role, as the writer, is to provide that new context.

• The audience of this journal is primarily English-speaking (at least, for the current moment).  As such, we ask that prose contain sufficient English that the text may be understood by a reader who exclusively speaks this language—please do not take this as discouragement to submit multilingual works, only that explanations of non-English terms be available for the unfamiliar reader who’s interested in the languages and cultures you write about.

• All work must be written by you; we do not publish any AI or AI-assisted writing

 

Blog Submission Guidelines: 

Categories: Opinion, Literary Criticism, Poetry, & Prose,

• Submissions may not exceed 2000 words.

• Documents must be submitted in .pdf format.

• Poetry & Prose: may be multilingual--please inform us of the unabridged meaning with in-text descriptions, explanations, footnotes, or you may leave it unexplained on purpose, but please note that for the moment, this journal is designed for an English-speaking reader who is curious about exploring the cultures & languages you write about.

• We accept previously published work only if it was self-published online (e.g. personal blog, social media), not by any other official publication.

• You are welcome to submit multiple pieces! (Limit: 4 pieces across the four above genres per writer) (Note: submission limit to the blog is separate from issue 01 of unabridged)

• Simultaneous submissions are allowed; but please let us know if your work has been accepted elsewhere as soon as possible. 

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SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED ON A ROLLING BASIS