SUSPECT

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After much deliberation, our team has landed on a name for our new journal of writing, and you're the first to know.

SUSPECT, as in "we suspect this work has qualities of greatness." As in looking from the ground up, and not top down. As in "incredulity towards metanarratives" (Lyotard) in favor of microhistories, subversive perspectives, and marginalized identities. We SUSPECT that a SUSPECT like you has something SUSPECT to say. Say it.

SUSPECT will be launched in February 2022. We're so excited to share the new writings with you. And art too, as the writings will be beautifully accompanied by images of work by Asian artists.

We invite all SUSPECT writers out there to submit work. We seek poetry, literary fiction, essays, and any kind of writings that do not fall into these categories, written or translated into English by authors who identify as Asian. We also publish reviews of books by Asian authors and interviews with Asian writers and artists.
 
Submit a group of 3-5 poems, a story, or an essay, with a brief cover letter, in MSWord format to Jee at jkoh@singaporeunbound.org.
 
We pay USD100.00 for an accepted contribution. We ask for the non-exclusive right to publish your work (1) on the website of SUSPECT accessible globally, and (2) in subsequent print anthologies.
 
SUSPECT grew out of SP Blog, the blog of the NYC-based literary non-profit Singapore Unbound. Started in 2016, Singapore Unbound champions freedom of expression and equal rights for all through our publications, events, and actions.
 
We can’t wait to read your SUSPECT writing!

We thank all our readers who submitted names for the new journal. We hope the name that we've chosen resonates with you. We welcome your thoughts on the resonance of the name and will publish the most interesting ones in our next newsletter. Send your thoughts to Jee at jkoh@singaporeunbound.org.

Our heartfelt thanks to all the donors to our EOY Fundraising Campaign. Because of your generosity, we are able to increase our payment to contributors and provide a modest monthly stipend to our editors. If you believe, like we do, that the creative word is vital to human flourishing, please consider making a generous donation to Singapore Unbound and our new journal of writing.


Jee Leong Koh
January 20, 2022

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