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Literature, Culture & Arts | Estd. 2022

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    • Issue 3 (April 2024)
    • Wee Hooghly, Issue 1 (January 2024)
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  • Submissions - Updates

    Announcement: Current and Forthcoming Submission Calls

    14 August 2025

    Weekly Features submissions are closed until further announcement. Submissions for our ASAP Corner remain open. And other updates.

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  • Submissions - Updates

    Call for Submissions: The Many Lives of Atlas A (July 1 – August 15, 2025)

    1 July 2025

    This winter, we are publishing The Many Lives of Atlas A, a collection of your finest short stories where the main character or a supporting character of your story is one Atlas A. Submissions open on July 1, 2025.

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  • Submissions

    ASAP Corner Submission Guidelines

    12 March 2025

    The ASAP Corner is our new home for reviews. Earlier a part of the Weekly Features, we have now freed reviews from the queue, for they are best served hot.

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  • Submissions

    Weekly Features Submission Guidelines

    29 October 2024

    Fast, Free, Rolling. Please read the full guidelines before sending new work.

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Winter Weeklies

Edition 1, November 16: Saeed Ibrahim reminisces a trip to an Indian cantonment hill town in the early 60s, and Michael Smith’s early-90s Eastern Bloc adventures find him in Leningrad.

“GOING DOOLALLY!” — Memories of an Idyllic Childhood Vacation by Saeed Ibrahim

Drawing Back the Curtain: Russia 1991 & Eastern Europe 1992 (Part 2 – Leningrad) by Michael Smith

Edition 2, November 23: Sabyasachi Roy plumbs the depths of antagonists’ hearts, and Kathleen Fullerton finds humanity in the unlikeliest of places.

Unlikable Characters: Understanding the Appeal and Building Empathy by Sabyasachi Roy

Gratitude Found Inside the Fence by Kathleen Fullerton

Edition 3, November 30: Catherine Rossi commits unsung human acts like a beloved sitcom character, and Mike Nagel ponders the conjunction of humans and animals, trying to save the latter in the process.

Franklin is the Big Salad by Catherine Rossi

Man Vs. Wild by Mike Nagel

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Fictile Feelings, guest-edited by Sanjeev Sethi

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Issue 4 (April 2025)

Murals, guest-edited by François Bereaud

current submission calls

ASAP Corner — Free, Fast, Rolling

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Special Issue: The Many Lives of Atlas A (TBA)

upcoming weekly features

Mike Nagel, Humour/Culture, Nov 30
Catherine Rossi, Humour/Culture, Nov 30

Sarah Das Gupta, Travel/Culture/Humour, Dec 7
MJ Huntsgood, Craft/Culture, Dec 7

Panchami, Culture/Literature/Society, Dec 14
Michael Smith, Culture/Travel/ Photo Essay, Dec 14

Devin James Leonard, Humour, Dec 21
Sabyasachi Roy, Humour, Dec 21

Sayan Sarkar, Travelogue, Dec 28
Michael Smith, Culture/Travel/ Photo Essay, Dec 28

Rohit Karir, Humour, Jan 4
Sabyasachi Roy, Humour, Jan 4

Jeremy Turner, Travelogue, Jan 11
Michael Smith, Culture/Travel/ Photo Essay, Jan 11

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