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Submission Guidelines

Read about Zhagaram Literary Magazine to understand what kind of work we look for. As long as your work explores some aspect of your culture and heritage, whichever part of the world you're from, we'd love to consider it for publication. Submission form is found below.

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IDENTITY

Though we're open to submissions from writers from all around the world, our ultimate goal is to amplify diverse and marginalised voices. If you are a writer who is a woman, a Person of Colour, belonging to any marginalised communities, we emphatically encourage you to submit. We highly prioritise these submissions and would be honoured to publish your work.  

GENERAL GUIDELINES

Tentative Submission Period 2024:

01 November - 31 January
01 May - 31 July

we also open for themed submission calls ocassionally

  • Submissions must be made using the Google Forms only. Email submissions won't be considered.

  • Don't overthink the cover letter too much! When we ask for a cover letter, we're just trying to get to know the person behind the words we've read. If your work needs any context or trigger warnings, you can mention it in your cover letter. Don't forget to include a short third person bio!

  • Written work must be primarily in English but can contain words and phrases from other languages.

  • Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Please make sure you withdraw your work as soon as possible if your work is accepted before we could.

  • Please submit only once per submission period in one category.

  • If your submission has been accepted, please submit again only after one year has passed. If your work was not accepted, you're free to submit again in the next submission period.

  • All submitted work must belong to the person making the submission. Any form of plagiarism won't be tolerated. We also do not appreciate work that promotes any form of hatred.

  • If you have any doubts regarding submissions, please feel free to email us with the subject: QUERY

POETRY GUIDELINES - CLOSED

  • Submit upto 3 poems in a single document. Each poem should begin in a new page. 

  • Poems must be single spaced, 12 pt and in Times New Roman font.

  • Document name must be your name as you want it published

  • If your poems have words from other languages, please include their meanings at the end of the page.

  • Provide necessary context and required trigger warnings. Asking for context might be a less common practice especially when blind reading of submissions is promoted as a solution for reducing bias. However, as a literary magazine that publishes work rooted in culture, it's important for us to be aware of the cultural context the poem originates from. It is impossible for a single person (the editor) to be aware of cultural nuances from all around the world and a blatant dismissal of these nuances in pursuit of supposed literary merit is not the solution. Zhagaram promises to treat your poem, and as an extension, your heritage, with care.

If you use ChillSubs, we'd be grateful if you track your submission to Zhagaram. Thank you! 

VISUAL ART GUIDELINES - CLOSED

​Out of all the submissions we receive, one piece of art will be selected to be featured as our magazine's cover page. While we cannot offer monetary compensation, the selected visual artist will be interviewed and featured in our digital magazine. Please follow the submission guidelines as below.

  • Submit a single visual art piece adhering to the theme Mythical Mosaics (mythology inspired)

  • Submission may be in ANY medium (physical or digital), photography or hybrid visual art pieces.

  • All submissions must be in .jpeg or .png format

  • Please submit through the Google Form below where we ask for an artist's statement and artist bio.

PAYMENT

Unfortunately, we are currently unable to pay our contributors but hope to change that soon.

PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED

We publish work that has been previously posted on the author's social media or personal blog. However, we request you take it down upon acceptance. Work previously published by other magazines will not be considered.

PUBLISHING RIGHTS

All rights belongs to the concerned contributor. We request for publication rights to print your work digitally and to promote it on social media. You may republish your work elsewhere as long as Zhagaram Literary is credited as the first publisher.

IMPORTANT TO NOTE

Zhagaram is run by a single editor and we hope to diversify our team as we keep growing. However, as of now, this means that our knowledge and understanding of the world and its cultures is very limited. This might lead to discrepancies in publishing and if any piece of work published by Zhagaram is ever found to have expressed problematic ideas and views, we kindly reserve the right to take it down. 

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