Submissions

Upcoming Editions:

November 2009: No theme. The last date of submission is October 15.

December 2009: The tentative theme is DEPARTURES. We are looking for articles, stories, poetry, art, photography and anything in between that explore and express the myriad forms of celebration. The last date of submission is November 15.


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Submission Guidelines:

  • All submissions should be sent to submit@kinaaramagazine.org.
  • Kinaara is a themed magazine. We aim to publish people who identify as South Asian and/or work that relates to South Asia. If your work is of a different concentration, we will be unable to accept or publish your work.
  • The upper age limit of submission to Kinaara is 30 years. Please mention your age along with your submission. (Add a note if you don’t want us to publish it.)
  • We are looking for around a limit of 3000 words for prose fiction, 2000 words for articles, and 60 lines for poetry per feature. The limit for comics is 5 pages, with each page being of A4 size. For a photo or art feature, send in no more than 10 images. Each image file must be no larger than 500 kbs.
  • Add a two-sentence introduction to yourself along with your submission, possibly mentioning location, occupation and age. This is important, because we will not publish a submission without it. It is also important that you keep your introduction to two sentences. We will edit it to that size otherwise.
  • Send in your work as MS Word (.doc or .docx), MS Text (.txt) or JPEG (.jpg) files, or files that open with similar applications. If your work is shorter than 1000 words, you can also paste it in the mail body. Send Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) files only if you require specific image-text arrangements. Refrain from sending unfamiliar file formats. Please remember that if we cannot open your file, we may not consider publishing it.

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Additional Guidelines:

  • If you have used secondary information in your article, add a reference to the source.
  • If you want to be published in a particular edition, it would help to send in your submission as early as possible. We don’t make the final selection till the deadline is crossed, but we may start forming a vague idea of what we like as the submissions come in.
  • Please check your spellings, punctuations, grammar and formatting as much as possible. No writing comes entirely in bold or italics. No writing comes in green or violet or other random colours either. Don’t use a formatting you don’t have an explanation for.
  • Please don’t flood us. Send in one set of submission at a time.
  • Please don’t send us your work asking for critique. If we select your work we will get in touch with suggestions, if any, but we cannot be expected to provide critical analysis for every submission.

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