building support for South Asian and diasporic writing

DesiLit Magazine

Founded by like-minded activists, writers, and readers in 2006, DesiLit Magazine will be a biannual online magazine, publishing in Summer and Winter. We are committed to creating a forum for exceptional contemporary writing and art focused on South Asia* and the diaspora.

Our magazine will print essays, fiction, humor, poetry, reviews, and art. We plan to attract, nurture, and promote artists whose work breaks established molds attached to definitions of South Asia, and hope to showcase their material so that it is accessible to all audiences. We are also interested in pieces that celebrate traditional art forms.

Submissions for the 2006 Summer Issue now closed but do review guidelines below for future submissions (next issue: 2006 Winter)

Guidelines

For more info, please contact Sumita Sheth, Executive Editor.


Management (management@desilit.org)

  • Sumita Sheth, Executive Editor
  • Sunanda Mongia, Managing Editor
  • Soumya Sundaresh, Associate Editor
  • Satya Gummuluri, Associate Editor
  • Mary Anne Mohanraj, Consulting Editor

Articles (articles@desilit.org)

  • Sethu Nair, Senior Editor
  • Tamara Bhalla
  • Sujata Bhat
  • Pranav Jani

Fiction (fiction@desilit.org)

  • Anita Kesavan, Senior Editor
  • Anjali Goyal
  • Lakshmi Juneja

Humor (humor@desilit.org)

  • Bushra Rehman, Senior Editor

Poetry (poetry@desilit.org)

  • Prayas Abhinav, Senior Editor
  • Ikhtiar Kazi

Reviews (reviews@desilit.org)

  • Anita Raichand, Senior Editor
  • Satya Gummuluri
  • Neela Paykel

Art (art@desilit.org)

  • Prayas Abhinav, Senior Editor
  • Sophia Sheikh
  • Diksha Basu

Magazine / Website Design (design@desilit.org)

  • Satya Gummuluri, Senior Editor
  • Shaila Abdullah
  • Sujata Bhat
  • Sethu Nair
  • Sophia Sheikh

Publicity/Marketing (pandm@desilit.org)

  • Soumya Sundaresh, Senior Editor
  • Parvati Madduri
  • Sethu Nair

Copyeditors (copyeditors@desilit.org)

  • Sujata Bhat
  • Tamara Bhalla
  • Anjali Goyal
  • Sunanda Mongia

Webmasters (webmasters@desilit.org)

  • Kaolin Fire
  • Radha Gummuluri
  • Saira Qureshi
  • Monisha Singla
* South Asia is defined as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, The Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan & Sri Lanka.
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