🇲🇾🇭🇰 🇨🇦Writer & Visual Storyteller/Inspired by Asian Culture & Universal Truths/ @ SCBWIHongKong /Rep’d by Karly Dizon /supervisor at Children’s Book Bank
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Our spring issue is live! Thanks to everyone who made this issue possible. Thinking of submitting? Our current submission period for all categories ends May 31. baltimorereview.org/
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It was a huge literary honor to guest edit the Murals Issue @HooghlyReview.
I’m so proud to share a gorgeous coffee table book in collaboration with Press Pause Press.
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Also in SD bookstores and museums. International folks see Hooghly post.
The free #Substack post for April is now available to read!
What do I see on my walk home on a blustery day in Hong Kong? More importantly, what do I learn? Find out in The Invisible at the link below:
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Thank you to all my existing subscribers ❤️❤️❤️
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The idea of THR in Print has been brewing for a while. Murals is just the beginning.
Prepared for print by US-based Press Pause Press with @FBereaud, Murals is in San Diego bookstores and museum gift shops, and can also be ordered worldwide.
Order here:
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Thank you Ankit and @TejaswineeRC for giving my words and photos a home in your refreshingly eclectic, deeply thought provoking and visually stunning literary journal @HooghlyReview 😍
In today's Weekly Features:
Michael Smith hops on a high-speed train to Hiroshima, and Maureen Tai discovers the divine in Hong Kong and Malaysia.
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Neda is 11 and lives in Afghanistan so she has to learn to wear the burqa when she is outside.
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🌷April, National Poetry Month- Celebrating and amplifying poetry by Afghan women and girls.
Afghan-American author @NadiaHashimi shares a poem by the late Nadia Anjuman.
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#endgenderapartheidinafghanistan #letherlearn #nationalpoetrymonth #breadworkfreedom #Afghanwomenpoets
Thank you @ShikhaSLamba and Shogofa Amini, for this wonderful opportunity ❤️💔
🌷April, National Poetry Month - Celebrating and amplifying poetry by Afghan women and girls.
Writer, author and visual storyteller @MaureenTai reads two poems by Shogofa Amini that were published in @usawamag ‘s Matchbox issue - WE ARE HERE, highlighting the works and voices of Afghan women. The issue can be found on the Usawa website.
Please share widely.
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🌷April, National Poetry Month- Celebrating and amplifying poetry by Afghan women and girls.
Kirsty Anne Richards, editorial director and founder of @redrosethorns publications, shares a poem by Afghan poet @soniabh05 “Ties to a Land I’ve Never Seen.”
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Sonia Bhojani is a soon-to-be NYU graduate who adores writing in all its forms! She is a practicing poet and screenwriter and is currently working on her first book, a lesbian thriller novel.
Sonia says, “This piece is about a lullaby I heard as a child from my mother often. She was immigrant from Afghanistan and for obvious reasons I’ve never been able to go. There is a theme of yearning in this piece with that, as well as babies yearning to be heard but without the words/skill to do so, and the yearning for a country and a people I might never get to see. Specifically elicited by the lullaby.”
#endgenderapartheidinafghanistan #letherlearn #nationalpoetrymonth #breadworkfreedom #afghanwomenpoets
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The April Lit List is here with 75+ calls for submissions to literary competitions, journals, residencies, mentoring, & funding opportunities for poetry, flash/fiction, creative nonfiction & visual art, all with deadlines by 1st May. Sign up at link.
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ALT Blue graphic with white text that reads: Publishing Your Work - April 2026, The Lit List - Journals, Competitions, Bursaries, Residencies. www.thisiswordbox.com
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The first time I read about Farah Ahamed ‘s campaign, Panties with Purpose, and her groundbreaking anthology, Period Matters: Menstruation in South Asia, I knew I wanted to learn more about her work.
I’m thrilled to share my interview with the inspiring writer, editor and lawyer for @usawamag , one of India’s leading feminist magazines.
In this in-depth conversation, Farah speaks about the significant work done by Panties with Purpose, in Kenya, and the inspiration and motivation behind putting together a comprehensive and necessary anthology that exposes the realities of menstruation in South Asian countries. With a background in human rights, Farah’s writing is often stirred by injustice and speaks to culture, religion, and politics.
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@FarahAhamed
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Woohoooo 🥳 You heard it from @chillsubs! Send us your work, you cool kids. 😄
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We got so many recommendations that we obviously had to make a sequel <3 Thank you to everyone who sent in their favorite mags!
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ALT Where the cool kids are submitting their writing (spring 2026 vol. 2) The Hooghly Review - Highlighting emerging & underrated creatives BULL lit mag - Rewriting modern masculinity fifth wheel press - Very queer lit & art publishing space Michigan Quarterly Review - Creative urgency & cultural relevance Rat Bag Lit - Fiction that crosses genres & blurs the lines electric pink - For language that lingers Trash Cat Lit - The unexpected place for treasured words Citron Review - A journal of brief literature Electric Literature - Making literature more exciting, relevant, & inclusive Cleveland Review of Books - A port of call for cultural exchange Dodo Eraser - Not academic, not alt lit, but a secret third thing Bottle Rocket - Work that soars before bursting into wild sounds & colors Scapegoat Review - Work that actively engages with the audience Saw Palm - Capturing the unique experience of Florida lives La Rotonde Review - Passionate, timeless poetry & prose poetry (1/2)
Maureen Tai retweeted
Thrilled to share this on the first day of April, National Poetry Month.
A huge thanks to @JackCaradoc The Candyman’s Trumpet, a Scotland based publication, and guest curator, the proficient @sanjeevpoems3 for including my poem, Unburdening, in their special India edition.
Congratulations to all the contributors. I’m grateful to be in the company of so many wonderful writers.
The paid #Substack post for March is now available to read!
The time I presented Yuzuki Asako with a pineapple bun, when milk tea met Butter. Read about it at the link below:
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The free #Substack post for March is now available to read!
A temple in the hills catches my attention on a sleepless night. Find out what I discover when I seek it out in The Invisible at the link below:
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@faribanawa is an acclaimed journalist, author, speaker, and podcaster whose career spans more than 25 years, bringing powerful, human-driven stories to light from around the world.
In a candid conversation Fariba opens up about her groundbreaking work.
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On today's Weekly Features:
Maureen Tai bids a reverent farewell to a deity cast away, and Apoorva Shekher shows the lengths one would go to for faith.
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Our poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction doors are now open in Submittable. baltimorereview.org/
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Dear friends, sharing my new interview with award winning documentary filmmaker and photographer Sonali Devnani -
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The Divine Hustle follows three performers — nine-year-old Khushi, legless Gopal, and 27-year-old Abhishek — who survive by embodying Hindu gods in crowded temples and streets. As they navigate poverty, performance, and power, the film reveals the business behind belief, and how blind faith feeds both hope and exploitation.
The film held its world premier at the Chicago South Asian film festival in September 2025.
➡️ Watch the trailer attached to the interview.
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Award winning documentary filmmaker and photographer, Sonali Devnani, speaks to @ShikhaSLamba about her new, powerful documentary film, The Divine Hustle, that explores the monetisation of faith and spirituality in India.
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