Asymptote Journal

How to submit

• Processs

  Submittable

• Cover letter

  Your submission must include the following: The original work and the translation (where applicable). A statement granting us permission to publish both the original work and the translation online, as well as declaring that you are in a position to grant us such rights (i.e., that you have the author’s permission—or the translator’s, if you are the author—and his/her publisher’s, if required). Biographical notes, written in the third person, for both author and translator(s), beginning with the name, no longer than 150 words per bio. Optional, but highly encouraged: A short write-up providing context and discussing the challenges of this particular translation; fewer than 300 words. An MP3 recording of a reading of the original non-English-language text (for poems and shorter pieces) or an excerpt of the original text (for longer creative work)—we usually ask for this only after acceptance is confirmed.

• Eligibility

  No specific eligibility requirements

• Formatting

  Microsoft Word .doc file For poetry submissions, please format your submission so that each original work follows after its translation. [Translation 1, Original 1; Translation 2, Original 2, etc.]

• Author's rights

  Rights to the work revert to the author and the translator after publication. We do hope to put out a print anthology one day. Contributors who have been chosen for such an anthology will be queried for permission.

• Additional info

  We are keeping submissions free for those based in sub-Saharan Africa or translating work from this region (we may offer exemptions for other regions in future, but right now, we are focused on increasing sub-Saharan African representation in our pages). By contrast, we will no longer be considering work by Singaporean authors or translators, due to discriminatory policies by Singapore’s National Arts Council (NAC) that do not serve the wider literary ecosystem. Translations must not have been previously published, although the source text may have been.