Sep8

Issue #1 Table of Contents

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Since submissions were opened in June, I’ve been gratified at the interest LONTAR has received thus far, and am very happy to announce that the first issue is “in the can”. It will be released in March May 2013 by Math Paper Press; we had hoped to launch it by November 2012, but financial and editorial issues led to the slight delay.

This premiere issue of LONTAR showcases speculative writing from and about the Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Laos, and Vietnam. Showcased are a post-apocalyptic Manila from Kate Osias, a utopian Kuala Lumpur from Zen Cho, a haunting military excursion down the Yellow River from Elka Ray Nguyen, and a reprinted novelette about a young Laotian journalist’s place in the sensationalist future of news reporting from award-winner Paolo Bacigalupi; speculative poetry from Chris Mooney-Singh, Ang Si Min, and Bryan Thao Worra; and an unusual exploration of Philippine magic systems from Paolo Chikiamco.

I can’t wait to show it to you all.

Issue #1 Contents
01. Etching the Lontar | Jason Erik Lundberg (Editorial)
02. Departures | Kate Osias (Fiction)
03. Love in the Time of Utopia | Zen Cho (Fiction)
04. Philippine Magic: A Course Catalogue | Paolo Chikiamco (Non-Fiction)
05. Jayawarman 9th Remembers the Dragon Archipelago | Chris Mooney-Singh (Poetry)
06. The Immortal Pharmacist | Ang Si Min (Poetry)
07. Stainless Steel Nak | Bryan Thao Worra (Poetry)
08. The Yellow River | Elka Ray Nguyen (Fiction)
09. The Gambler | Paolo Bacigalupi (Fiction Reprint)

Please note: we’re now looking for fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and sequential art for issue #2; our submissions work on a rolling basis, so we will consider them all year long. If you think you might have a piece that would fit our journal, submit that sucker to us!

Jul14

Renewed Call For Sequential Art

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We’ve been getting a lot of submissions in for LONTAR, which I’m very happy to report. However, I would like to renew the call for sequential art. Singapore and the Philippines in particular boast healthy communities of comic book writers and artists, and we would love to see black-and-white contributions from all over Southeast Asia. Take a look at Sonny Liew’s Malinky Robot and some of the more fantastical stories in the two Liquid City anthologies for an idea of what I’d like to see.

Here’s one example, from “Memory” by Drewscape, published in Liquid City Vol. 2:

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Jun1

LONTAR Now Open For Submissions!

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LONTAR is now open for submissions! Do please read the submission guidelines carefully at the Submittable portal, and be sure to send your very best work.

There is no deadline, since we will look at submissions on a rolling basis. Be sure to give us 90 days to consider your work before querying us.

We’re hoping to launch the inaugural issue in November at the Singapore Writers Festival, so if you want your piece to be considered for our very first issue, make sure to submit it by mid-July; any later than that, and we can’t guarantee inclusion in Issue #1, even if we accept your piece.

Best of luck!