Submission Guidelines
Thank you for your interest in Kitaab!
We want to provide a platform to Asian writers as well as to writers of any ethnicity writing on Asian themes (no matter where you live). As such, we welcome you to submit your work for publication here.
What are we looking for
- Short Stories
- Essays on Literary Criticism
- Poetry (Update: Poetry Submissions are currently on hold)
- Non-fiction – Travelogues, Memoirs, Personal essays
- Book Reviews (Please note, we accept book reviews only for books not older than 6 months from the date of submission.)
- Author Interviews
Short Story Submissions
We are looking for stories that are set in Asia, are about Asia, or by Asians anywhere in the world.
We invite unsolicited submissions of short stories including excerpts from novels in progress (if they stand alone as stories) no longer than 3,000 words.
We request writers to submit only one story at a time and no more than two stories a year.
Poetry Submissions
*** Currently we are not accepting Poetry Submissions till further notice***
Please submit 1 to 4 poems of moderate length at one go. They should not be of more than 60 lines each.
Non fiction Submissions
Literary Criticism – We are looking at literary essays that are more than a book review and a little less than an author interview. We want to know about literary pilgrimages, the stories behind the book, or the confessions of a heartbroken book-lover after their favourite character died.
Essays (Musings/ Memoirs) – Write your heart out about the most personal memory or share a part of your childhood through this essay.
Travelogues – Make us travel to your favourite destination or allow us a peek into your favourite holiday moment.
Books Reviews and Author Interviews
- Book-Lovers &/ Reviewers – If you want to review a book for Kitaab, please send us your suggestions with a brief note on yourself and links to any previous work.
- Authors &/ Poets – If you would like to submit a book (or books) for us to review, please drop us an email at editor@kitaabinternational.com.
- Please note, book reviewers are not paid any honorarium but they get to keep the review copy. They are also given the honorary title, Kitaab Dost (Friend of Kitaab).
- Author Interviews: If you would like to interview an author for Kitaab, please drop us an email at editor@kitaabinternational.com with a brief note on the author you wish to interview and their works along with any links to their website or social media handles.
Important points for submissions
- We accept submissions only in English.
- We do not accept simultaneous submissions.
- All submissions must be exclusive, original, and not previously published, in print or online
- Please include your brief bio(in about 100 words), a picture (not mandatory), and any relevant social media handles along with your contribution
How to submit?
We accept submissions via e-mail only. Send stories/poems/non-fiction pitches to: editor@kitaabinternational.com.
All submissions should be sent both in the body of the email and as a Word document, with the title and author’s name at the top of the first page.
Contributions accepted for publication may be subject to editing in collaboration with the author. Authors retain all rights, but stories published here could be included in future print or e-book anthologies by Kitaab.
Payment
We are not able to offer any honorarium/compensation for your submission. However, if we accept to publish your submission, you will get the annual membership of Kitaab.org free for one year.
Some of the stories will go into the upcoming anthologies/journals by Kitaab and authors will be paid royalties for their contributions.
Publishing
*** Currently we are not accepting unsolicited manuscript submissions till further notice***
2013 marked Kitaab’s foray into publishing. As a publishing house, Kitaab publishes original/translated contemporary literature in English and other Asian languages which illuminates the minds and hearts of readers.
We aim to be a publishing house with titles that will serve our broad theme: empowering and connecting Asian writers and readers. However, the books that we publish must be able to travel around the world. We love short stories, and we hear that most mainstream publishers are not too keen to publish collections of short stories. Therefore, to begin with, we are paying special attention to short fiction. However, we are now open to all kinds of work: fiction, non-fiction, and poetry (both original and in translation).
How to submit your manuscript
You have to be an annual member of Kitaab to be able to submit your contributions to Kitaab. It only costs S$10 a year and shows your support for our work. If you have not subscribed to Kitaab.org yet, pls subscribe here.
Send us a pitch (2-3 chapters with a synopsis and author bio) and we will get back to you within a couple of weeks. Drop us a note at kitaab.sg@gmail.com today.
Fiction and poetry submissions are closed now until further announcement.
Queries to submit your work under our Simurg imprint (curated publishing programme) are open.
Spread the word
We invite writers to spread the word about Kitaab through social media and by recommending our weekly newsletter to your friends. Your support is important for Kitaab and for ensuring that a forum like this exists for the publication of new and emerging writers.
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greetings kitaab org I am an amateur poetess n an avid reader too . I have recently completed reading the alchemist n would love to write a review of it . As i have never tried my hand on writing a book review i would want to write one and send it to your org . can u guide me with the length part as in how long or short the review should be
thanks in advance .
I am a poet. I have published 75 poems on my FB page. I have not given any specific copyright etc.to FB and also have served a separate notice regarding materials put in my page as my materials. In the light of this can I send some of poems for consideration by Kitabb?
Hi! Do you consider Poetry in Hindi ?
Is this a platform for
Urdu writers ?
I can write on different ideas
,novels ,short stories.. If not then kindly suggest me the right place for Urdu writers..
Can i submit my hindi poems??
Sorry, we don’t publish Hindi poetry.
I write poems. I want to publish it.
sadcsd
Can I submit my Haiku poems for a book? They are in english.
Pls check our submissions guidelines.
Dear editor,
Do you publish Hindi/Urdu poems too? If yes please provide your submission guidelines.
Regards,
Mufazzal
Pls check our submissions guidelines at Kitaab.org
Amazing & very informative article. Thanks for the information! Love it
sory this kind plateform is not for us who are actuly urdu writers ,, but the name this plateform is kitaaab??? then why you give a name of urdu that urdu wirters are not allowed???? zafar sahab ???
This is quite a good question! Wow
Hey! What does Asian themes mean? Can’t we submit poems on nature and romance?
माननीय महोदय,
नमस्ते. 🙏
मैं Kaizad B. Irani, पुणे से.
मैं एक Freelance कवि एवं लेखक हूँ.
मैं पिछले तीन वर्षों से इस व्यवसाय में कार्यरत हूँ.
मैंने दीपावली के अवसर पर एक “उचित एवं अर्थपूर्ण” कविता लिखी है.
उसमें कहे गए “नैतिक मूल्यों” को आपके सभी पाठक अवश्य पसंद करेंगे.
आपसे नम्र निवेदन है कि इसे एक बार अवश्य पढ़ें.
वह निम्न-लिखित है:
*एक “सफल” दीपावली*
दिवाली का त्योहार है सबसे खास,
सब के दिलों में जगाए हर्ष और उल्लास.
हर तरफ रोशनी जगमगाए,
उम्मीदों का उजाला फैलाए.
पटाखों के शोर से सारा समा गूंज उठे,
मिठाइयों के स्वाद से सबका मन झूम उठे.
पटाखे सिर्फ “थोड़े” ही जलाएंँ,
प्रकृति में ज़हर न फैलाएंँ.
अपनी साँसों पर तरस खाएँ,
बीमारियों से सबको बचाएँ.
अपने धन का सदुपयोग करें,
अपने परिवार का कल “सुरक्षित” करें.
थोड़ी सी खुशियाँ वंचितों में भी बांँटें,
उनकी दुवाओं से अपना जीवन “धन्य” करें.
यह संदेशा सब लोगों में फैलाएंँ,
इस त्योहार को सही मायनों में “सफल” बनाएँ.
उम्मीद है आपको कविता पसंद आई होगी.😊
आपके हार्दिक स्वीकृति की अपेक्षा.😊
आपके बहुमूल्य प्रतिक्रिया की प्रतीक्षा. 🙏
आपका आभारी,
कैज़ाद बी. ईरानी
कैंप, पुणे.
Hi sir I have submitted a short story. could you please let me know your feedback on that.
Enquire about book review
Do you accept Hindi novel?
Do you pay writers if the books they submit are published?
Hello,
I had sent in a pitch, via email, for your review services regarding my self-published poetry book(s) 10 days ago. I was wondering by when I could expect a response to the same.
Regards,
Shabnam
IS SHORT STORIES SUBMISSION OPENED ?
Hello, i am an children’s book illustrator. I would like to work for Kitaab
So unfair,,the name of the platform is “kitaab”…and u cannot accept Urdu and Hindi written works…,,so clearly this platform becomes meaningless for Urdu and Hindi young writers,,,I’ll suggest to change the name or start to accept the language..from where u derived the word “kitab”…
I am a student .May I send you my stories.
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प्रिय महोदय,
नमस्ते. 🙏
मैं कैज़ाद बी. ईरानी, पुणे से.
मैं एक कवि एवं लेखक हूँ.
मैंने दीपावाली के त्योहार पर एक “अर्थपूर्ण” कविता तैयार की है.
नम्र निवेदन है कि इसे एक बार अवश्य पढ़ें.
वह निम्न-लिखित है:
*एक “सफल” दीपावली*
दिवाली का त्योहार है सबसे खास,
सब के दिलों में जगाए हर्ष और उल्लास.
हर तरफ रोशनी जगमगाए,
उम्मीदों का उजाला फैलाए.
पटाखों के शोर से सारा समा गूंज उठे,
मिठाइयों के स्वाद से सबका मन झूम उठे.
पटाखे सिर्फ “थोड़े” ही जलाएंँ,
प्रकृति में ज़हर न फैलाएंँ.
अपनी साँसों पर तरस खाएँ,
बीमारियों से सबको बचाएँ.
अपने धन का सदुपयोग करें,
अपने परिवार का कल “सुरक्षित” करें.
थोड़ी सी खुशियाँ वंचितों में भी बांँटें,
उनकी दुवाएँ हमारे सदा ही काम आते.
यह संदेशा सब लोगों में फैलाएंँ,
इस त्योहार को सही मायनों में “सफल” बनाएँ.
उम्मीद है आपको कविता पसंद आई होगी. 😊
आपके सम्माननीय प्रकाशन के “अनुकूल” बनाने का पूर्ण प्रयास किया है.
आपके सभी पाठक इसकी अवश्य “सराहना” करेंगे.
आपके “पूर्ण स्वीकृति” की अपेक्षा. 🙏
आपका आभारी,
कैज़ाद बी. ईरानी,
कैंप, पुणे.
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I have send an email of my poem and I wanted to know when will my poem be published?
Will my poems that appear in my blog considered published?? Am I eligible to send them?
Are you accepting short story submissions? Thanks Madhavi
Hi can I submit my urdu Ghazal and Nazm here?
My name is miss khaliq.i write Urdu poems translated in to English.i hav written 600 hundred poems.i would like some one to review them for me and tell me what they think and if their good enough to be published.
Hindi poem/story is not allowed?
I want to publish my poems and stories on your blog please direct me, it will be great help.
Is waqt ne yuhi Gujar jaana hai,
Tu phank fela le agar tuna kuch panaa hai !
Jindgi ka kathor sach hai ki muskil ne anaa, Tu hosle buland rakh agar tune uss paar jana hai !!
Is waqt ne yuhi Gujar jaana hai, Tu phank fela le agar tuna kuch panaa hai
Mausam Kabhi Garam hai, kabhi Thanda hai, Kabhi tufaan hai, Tu kyun chinta karta hai tu bahi isi se Taiyaar hai jo har waqt ek saa nahi yaar hai !
Is waqt ne yuhi Gujar jaana hai, Tu phank fela le agar tuna kuch panaa hai !!
I write my stories and want to publish them
Hi,
Do you publish short stories in Hindi?
No, we do not publish short stories in Hindi.
Hi,
Are you presently accepting English fiction manuscript?
Regards
As mentioned above, currently fiction submissions are closed for Kitaab publishing.
मुझे मेरी स्वरचित कविता प्रकाशित करना है,
कृपया मुझे दिशा दिखाएं 🙏
Hello! When would you be opening submissions for poetry? And would you accept poems in Hindi?
Thanks
Smita
hello ! I am mohammed sohail ahmed author, writer and urdu poet, i have prose for submission, can i submit here ? hoping to achieve excellent reviews from readers
Do you accept romantic stories as well ? What are the areas actually ?