Asymptote Journal
Literary Magazine
The premier site for world literature. London Book Fair Award winner. Free quarterly issues, daily blog.
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Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: one month*Editor reported data
- Acceptance rate: ?
PaysNo
Fee$10
Find more details in the Genres section
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 5000 words max
Max words: 5000
Sub Genres: Literary, Experimental
Submission fee: $ 10
Nonfiction - 5000 words max
Max words: 5000
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Submission fee: $ 10
Poetry
Submission fee: $ 10
Review
Interview
Translation
Submission fee: $ 10
Art
Submission fee: $ 10
Photography
Submission fee: $ 10
Play
Submission fee: $ 10
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.
Tracker statistics
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Total submissions tracked
33 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
8 days
Fastest response time
65 days
Slowest response time
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About
We take our name from the dotted line on a graph that a mathematical function may tend toward, but never reach. Similarly, a translated text may never fully replicate the effect of the original; it is its own creative act. Our mission is simple: to unlock the literary treasures of the world. To da...
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2010
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Lee Yew Leong
Editor-in-Chief