Call for Submissions: Katitikan Issue 4: Queer Writing

Katitikan provides a platform for both Southern voices as traditionally understood in the scholarship, but also about scholarship that engages with the idea of the Philippines as a discourse on the South. For the upcoming issue, Katitikan aims to explore queerness as modalities for both self-fashioning and self-discovery, learning to engage with identity through engagement…

Katitikan provides a platform for both Southern voices as traditionally understood in the scholarship, but also about scholarship that engages with the idea of the Philippines as a discourse on the South. For the upcoming issue, Katitikan aims to explore queerness as modalities for both self-fashioning and self-discovery, learning to engage with identity through engagement with the world and our place in it.

Contributors may submit the following:

*Poems of not more than 60 lines each

*Short stories ranging from 1,500 to 4,000 words

*Flash fiction pieces ranging from 100 to 1,000 words

*A chapter of a novel, including novel synopsis, ranging from 2000 to 4000 words

*Essay and creative nonfiction ranging from 2500 to 4000 words

*One-act play, screenplay or an excerpt from a full-length play ranging from 10 to 40 pages

*Critical essays about Philippine Literature and/or the Philippine South ranging from 1500-5000 words in MLA format.

Entries may be written in Filipino, Binisaya or in English. Works in other Philippine languages, with Filipino, Binisaya and/or English translation, are also welcome. Previously published writing is accepted, as long as you retain full publishing rights to the work. Exceptions may be made to the above guidelines with respect to both merit and the editorial boardโ€™s consideration. Please indicate publications and publication date where the work/s have appeared. For the works accepted, the authors will still have their full publishing rights.

Email your work in doc. or docx. format, with file name [Genre]_[Title]_[Author’s Last Name] (example: Poetry_Hello_Dela Cruz) to ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.๐ค๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐š๐ง@๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ฅ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ together with the author’s name, a short bionote and contact number (optional).



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