Our Mission: 

The Lupa Newsletter features stories and poetry from Filipinos around the world.

Guidelines:

• Rolling submissions.

• One submission at a time.

• We accept nonfiction prose or poetry. 

• First-person account: must be from your (the writer’s) point of view. (Cannot be a story about someone else.) You may use pseudonyms. 

• In English. You may submit a piece in Filipino, as long as there is also an English translation.

• Tip: Consider writing about a specific instance or event instead of a thought piece.

• 1,000 words maximum. (You may submit a 1,000-word excerpt from a longer work, and we can provide a link for readers to “Read More” as they wish. You must provide the link to your longer piece.)

• For poetry: You may submit multiple poems as long as the total word count is
  <1,000 words.

• For images: You can submit an image to accompany your piece, but we won’t accept images with identifiable people in it. Bonus if the image is of your visual art piece; those are best.

On Compensation:

The Lupa Newsletter is not a profit-making endeavor but a community-building one. We are a volunteer-led crew, and we want to keep the newsletter free for readers. Therefore, there is not compensation for our writers at this time. In the meantime, we would love to support writers by sharing your work.

Frequency:

We post only as often as there are submissions, so please consider submitting and don’t forget to share with friends who may be interested in this content!

Submit:

Please email us at thelupanewsletter@gmail.com with the subject line “SUBMISSION: [NAME, LOCATION]” and the following information:

• Your piece as a .docx attachment OR Google Doc link OR copy/pasted in the body of the email.

• First Name/Name you would like us to use

  • By default, we will not include last names to maintain your privacy. However, if you would like people to find your page and more of your work online, please include all relevant links; see “Artist links” below.

• Location

  • City, State, Country OR City, Country OR Country—depending on how much you would like to share.

• Artist bio (2-3 sentences, in the third person)

  • Example: Jane is a writer based in Los Angeles. She enjoys baking, running, and sewing. Her works are heavily inspired by her childhood pet.

• Artist links you would like to share

Thank you so much for sharing your work with us! We will follow up soon.

Questions?

Contact us at thelupanewsletter@gmail.com.

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