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2013 Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize | Call for entries | Rs. 10,000 top prize | India

2013-08-18T22:14:00.001-07:00

Deadline: 31 August 2013

Entries are invited from young poets in India writing in English for the fifth Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize.

The Prize was instituted by the Srinivas Rayaprol Literary Trust to recognize excellence in poetry written in English and is being administered jointly by the Department of English, University of Hyderabad. The prize consisting of a cash award of Rs.10,000 and a citation will be presented at a literary event in Hyderabad in the month of October 2013. The entries will be judged by a distinguished jury of poets and literary personalities.

Entries are invited from Indian citizens between 20-40 years and writing poetry in English.

ENTRIES MUST INCLUDE:

Three (3) different, unpublished poems written by the applicant;
Evidence of age; Scanned copy of passport/driver’s license/pan card/voter id/aadhar
Complete contact information (including phone numbers and email addresses).

Note: Please do not put your name on the poems to be submitted to the jury members.

ENTRIES MUST REACH:

Dr. Aparna Rayaprol
Convener, Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize
Director, Study in India Program
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad AP 500046
rayaproltrust@gmail.com

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Questions/ submissions: rayaproltrust@gmail.com

Website: http://www.uohyd.ac.in/

2013 - 2014 Charles Pick Creative Writing Fellowship | Call for applications | South Asia

2013-08-18T22:06:00.001-07:00

Deadline: 31 January 2014

The Charles Pick South Asian Fellowship is a six-month residential creative writing fellowship with an award of £10,000. The fellowship began in October 2002.

The Charles Pick South Asian Fellowship seeks to encourage the spirit of writing by giving support to the work of a new and, as yet, unpublished writer of fictional or non-fictional prose based in South Asia. The writer should be from South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Burma/Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan), but does not need to be domiciled there.

Application forms must be submitted with an original typescript of 2,500 words. All applicants must provide a reference from an editor, agent or accredited teacher of creative writing.

All application forms and full details are available here.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Questions: charlespickfellowship@uea.ac.uk

Applications: Fellowship Administrator, The Charles Pick Fellowship, South Asia School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom

Website: http://www.uea.ac.uk/literature/fellowships/

Freelance Singapore-Based Writers wanted | SG Hotels Guide

2013-08-18T21:53:00.002-07:00

SG Hotels Guide is looking for talented Singapore destination experts to join our team.

Our ideal candidates are Singapore-based writers or bloggers with experience in writing for the web and excellent command of the English language. You're an expert on your city, you know the ins and outs, the dos and donts, and you love sharing your knowledge with others.

Topics we cover include hotel reviews, event listings, and descriptions of sights and areas. We also plan to publish a few longer featured articles on a weekly basis.

Rates depend on article length and quality, but we typically pay 20-25U$D per 500-word article.

If you´re interested, please send an email to info@sghotelsguide.com with a brief introduction and a few links to your writing samples.

About us: SG Hotels Guide is a young travel startup aiming to make hotel search more efficiënt.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Questions/ applications: info@sghotelsguide.com

Website: http://www.sghotelsguide.com/

2013 NUHA Foundation Writing Competition | £150 top prize | worldwide

2013-08-18T20:34:00.001-07:00

Deadline: 1 November 2013 (confirmed deadline)

Whether you're from Mauritius, Mexico or Malaysia, we would like to hear what YOU have to say about 'education'. The competition has been established as an international platform to debate issues of education and development.

Absolutely anyone can participate, and three prizes are on offer:

Young Writers Prize, for those born between 1999 and 2003: £50
Youth Prize, for those born between 1995 and 1998: £100
Adult Prize, for those born before 1995: £150

It doesn't matter whether English is the authors' first, second, third or fourth language: articles are judged first and foremost on the quality of their argument and the originality of their ideas. To achieve this, the authors have to respond to one of the set statements within a 500 to 1,500 word-limit, by 1 November 2013.

Find out more by clicking on one of the links below.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Questions/ applications: editor@nuhafoundation.org

Website: http://www.nuhafoundation.org

Call for submissions | The Literary Yard | India

2013-08-18T20:17:00.003-07:00

The Literary Yard is an e-journal that aims at identifying and featuring the best literary works awaiting publication. The idea is to tender budding as well as established authors a constructive platform which helps them to reach out to a mass audience. An ever-increasing repository of quality, critical articles, poems, short fiction, literary essays and reviews on the e-journal is a living example of the committment.

Our effort is also to focus on new books and recognise fresh literary trends. The e-journal seeks to offer a constructive platform for booklovers’, readers, writers and creative artists. Our effort is to tender platform to budding and struggling authors from all over the world.

OS is the founder and owner of the e-journal who seeks to promote the literary arts in India, especially with a mix of folk culture.

SUBMISSIONS:

The Literary Yard invites stories, articles on literature, literary criticism, opinion articles on literature and literary trends and much more.

Send your best write-ups in a .doc, .docx, or .rtf file. If you’re sending poems, DO NOT make a separate submission for each individual poem. It makes my job as an editor difficult.

No need to send a cover letter, but a kind email with regular/formal courtesy will do. In addition, make sure your contact information appears either in your email or in the attachment.

Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please let us know as soon as any of your poems, stories, essays, reviews, critical pieces or non-fiction have been accepted elsewhere.

No previously published works.

We are currently unable to pay despite our understanding of the pain effort that goes into writing a good piece. But getting published in The Literary Yard will expose you as a writer to the world.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Questions/ submissions: onkar.sharma@outlook.com or onkar_sharma@live.com

Website: http://literaryyard.com

Asia Europe Foundation Short Story Contest | SG$1,000 top prize | Asia-wide

2013-07-07T21:59:00.001-07:00

Deadline: 3 August 2013

The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) is partnering with the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival to launch its first online short story contest, Long Way Home, via the culture360.org platform.

This initiative seeks to reinforce Asia-Europe exchanges and deepen mutual understanding between cultural communities in the two regions through creative storytelling based on travel experiences.

The online contest aims to support emerging writers from ASEM member countries and unveil new talents in the literary field from both regions. In August, ten contestants will be shortlisted by renowned literary judges after which one Asian and one European winner will be chosen by members of the public on culture360.org.

Awards include individual cash prizes of SGD 1000 each as well as travel and accommodation to attend the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival in October 2013.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:

The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and its partner the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival are now looking for submissions to Long Way Home, Asia-Europe Short Story Contest.

The theme of the Asia-Europe Short Story Contest is travel. In this framework, what is expected from writers is not travel writing but creative writing that uses the theme travel as the premise for a short fiction. It is of particular interest for ASEF to receive stories that highlight Asian perceptions of Europe and vice-versa . This competition seeks stories that give new perspectives on local culture, identities, and traditions in the context of contemporary societies and environments.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Requirements:

Applicants must be a national of one of the following ASEM member countries: Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Vietnam.
All submissions have to be in English
Only original works that have not been previously published will be accepted
To be at least 18 years of age at the time of submission

Length:

700-800 words maximum

2 Prizes:

Best short story from a European writer (SGD 1000 + travel and accommodation to attend the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival)
Best short story from an Asian writer (SGD 1000 + travel and accommodation to attend the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival)

To apply, complete and submit the application form to: asef.shortstories@culture360.org

SELECTION PROCESS:

Phase 1 (3-18 August 2013): Judging and shortlisting by prominent literary experts from Asia and Europe
Phase 2 (19 August to 1 September 2013): the shortlisted stories will be voted online on culture360.org at http://culture360.org/short-story-contest/

Download: submission guidelines, application form

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Questions/ submissions: asef.shortstories@culture360.org

Website: http://www.asef.org/

Work-from-home Content Editor wanted | Archana's Kitchen | India

2013-07-05T05:09:00.004-07:00

If you’re a whiz in the kitchen, Archana’s Kitchen needs you. Archana is on the hunt for a new content and recipe editor to join her team.

In this role, you’ll be in charge of editing all recipes and other content in the website for accuracy, clarity, brevity and style. As an editor you will also need to understand cooking well enough to know when a direction is incorrect. You may also make suggestions for revisions in order to make the directions clearer to the intended audience. You’ll coordinate recipe content with the guest chef’s at Archana’s kitchen and work closely with Archana to plan and execute monthly features. Are you getting hungry yet?

You’ll also be generating ideas and writing display copies for sidebars, calendars and newsletters relating to the website. Basically, you’ll need to be a never-ending source of ideas.

If you have at least two years of recipe writing experience and top-notch copy editing skills, have a solid foundation in cooking, be able to make meals, but also accurately record the steps and the amounts of each ingredients, then you are good to apply. Interested?

KEY SKILLS:

Should have strong writing skills.
The candidate should be available online while working.
Should be passionate about writing and cooking. Flexible with working of different niches like food, technology, product reviews, travel etc.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATION:

Degree
Strong Communication skills and writing skills
You can be a Food Blogger too!

EXPECTED WORKING HOURS: 12 to 15 hours a week

LOCATION: Remote or Bangalore

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Applications: via the online form

Website: http://www.archanaskitchen.com/

Call for submissions | Altogether Elsewhere anthology of literary non-fiction | Math Paper Press | Singapore

2013-06-19T13:34:00.001-07:00

Deadline: 30 September 2013

Math Paper Press and editor Pooja Makhijani are seeking previously-unpublished personal essays and memoirs from new Singaporeans (naturalized citizens), residents (Permanent or otherwise), and native-born Singaporeans and “as told to” accounts for an anthology of English-language literary nonfiction to be published in early 2014, tentatively titled Altogether Elsewhere.

Singapore, a self-proclaimed nation of immigrants, has begun to reexamine its policies, values, and in essence, itself, by scrutinizing immigration. Altogether Elsewhere is about the changing face of a nation told through the personal geographies of some of its residents.

Altogether Elsewhere reflects on what it means to be “foreign” in Singapore in the twenty-first century. It attempts to answer, “What is ‘home’?”, given the ways in which labor, capital, and ideas transcend borders. And it aims to re-examine the terms “integration” and “assimilation” and “naturalization” in a wired society where one’s homeland is never too far away.

GUIDELINES:

Accounts should speak of histories—personal, communal, national. Submissions should be honest, entertaining, and well-written. They should possess a command of language, an elegance of style, and a subtlety of thought and perception. Do not be moralistic or preachy; aim for wisdom.

Submissions for this anthology fall into three categories. Essays can tackle the topics posed above (what it means to be “foreign” in Singapore, what is “home”, etc.) or begin at the prompts suggested below.

First-person essays or memoirs written by new Singaporeans (naturalized citizens) and residents (Permanent or otherwise). Submissions in this category can address: Why Singapore? What brought you here? Why have you chosen (or not chosen or had chosen for you) to stay? What is Singapore’s version of citizenship and/or of “welcoming migrants” and how have attitudes to migrants changed over time?
First person “as told to” accounts of new Singaporeans (naturalized citizens) or residents (Permanent or otherwise) who may not feel comfortable and/or be able to write their story in English (i.e. a grandparent from China, a caretaker from Indonesia, a nanny from Sri Lanka). Submissions in this category can address the questions posed in Category 1. Writers whose accounts are selected for publication will also be asked to provide a 250-word reflection on their relationship with their subject.
First-person essays or memoirs written by native-born Singaporeans. Submissions in this category can address: What is your personal geography? Why have you chosen (or not chosen or had chosen for you) to stay in Singapore? If you hold multiple passports, what roots you to Singapore? What is Singapore’s version of citizenship and/or of “welcoming migrants” and how have attitudes to migrants changed over time?

LENGTH

2,000 to 5,000 words, negotiable.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

September 30, 2013. Please consult William Shunn’s article on Proper Manuscript Format. Send your piece in .DOC format as an attachment, along with a 50-100 word biography, to altogetherelsewheresubmission@gmail.com; submissions sent in other formats or in the body of the email will be deleted unread.

PAYMENT

SG$100; two contributor copies; and a 40% author discount on additional copies.

ABOUT THE EDITOR

Pooja Makhijani is the editor of Under Her Skin: How Girls Experience Race in America, an anthology of essays by women that explores the complex ways in which race shapes American lives and families. She is also the author of Mama’s Saris, a picture book.

Her bylines have also appeared in The New York Times, The Village Voice, Time Out New York, POSKOD.sg, and DesignSponge.com among others.

Pooja has taught writing and literature at Western Connecticut State University and Middlesex County College. She has also conducted writing workshops and presentations at a number of colleges and universities, schools, libraries, and other educational institutions all over the United States and Singapore.

She holds a B.S. from Johns Hopkins University and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. Pooja lives in Singapore with her husband, her daughter, an antique typewriter, and too many books.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Questions/ submissions: altogetherelsewheresubmission@gmail.com

Website: http://booksactually.com/mathpaperpress.html

Job Vacancy | Full-Time Middle East and Asia Reporters | BuzzFeed.com

2013-06-18T12:25:00.002-07:00

BuzzFeed is looking for sharp, intrepid, and plugged-in reporters to join our foreign news team. The successful candidate will have experience as reporters covering both breaking news and in-depth stories, and will also be totally native to the social conversations where foreign news increasingly lives. She or he will be hard-working, ambitious, and competitive team players with broad interests and an established social media presence.

Reporters will be expected to travel extensively, and attach a thematic beat to their location.

Precise locations to be determined, based in part on the reporter's skills, but we are looking for reporters in the Middle East and Asia. This is a full-time position and we offer competitive compensation.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Cover breaking news with an eye toward advancing stories.
Write unique features that help illuminate major regional and
international stories.
Produce work that becomes a vital part of the international
conversation around the stories you cover.

REQUIREMENTS:

Extensive experience in and knowledge of key countries.
Solid list of contacts and sources.
Language skills.
Established social media presence.

ABOUT BUZZFEED:

BuzzFeed is a new kind of media company for the social world. Our technology powers the viral distribution of content, detects what is trending on the web, and connects people in realtime with the hottest content of the moment. Our site is a rapidly growing hub for viral media that reaches over 60 million monthly unique visitors and our viral media network reaches an additional 300M.

BuzzFeed is at the forefront of a major shift in the advertising industry away from traditional banner ads towards "social advertising" that engages consumers, inspires sharing, and produces viral lift, or "earned media."

BuzzFeed's industry leading technology and unique social distribution engine is used by top brands such as GE, Kraft, and Coca Cola to go beyond banners, turbo charging their social advertising and branded content initiatives.

Jonah Peretti, founder & CEO of BuzzFeed, previously cofounded the Huffington Post and is a graduate of the MIT Media Lab.

BuzzFeed is backed by: NEA, Softbank, Hearst, RRE, Lerer Ventures, SV Angel and Founder Collective.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Applications: via Jobscore (the official recruitment platform of BuzzFeed)

Website: http://www.buzzfeed.com/

Job Vacancy | Senior Writer & Researcher l Smarter Good, a global social enterprise l Philippines

2013-06-17T12:13:00.004-07:00

The Senior Writer & Researcher will create persuasive, uniquely customized and exacting proposals that will highlight our client's strengths and make a strong case for funding. He/She will conduct research, analyze data and apply strategic thought in the construction of reports and letters that will lead to compelling grant proposals. The ideal candidate will have a global mindset and a commitment to helping social sector organizations make their work in various parts of the world more efficient. The post will be based in Manila, and will provide grants research, proposal writing and management support to non-profit organizations located in the US (clients). This is an excellent opportunity for bright and driven professionals to learn about the non-profit sector and to receive quality training and knowledge in fundraising and grant writing.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Analyze data and statistics to come up with application strategies to make a tailored, compelling proposal
Use your creativity to craft effective, fact-based arguments for funders to support a non-profit
Conduct extensive research and develop strategies to construct reports and letters
Have a keen sense of the language that would appeal to funders and foundations
Combine your flair for the creative with an analytical approach
Research on foundations, both private and corporate
Research and gather data on pressing global issues

REPORTING RESPONSIBILITIES:

Supervisor: Manager for Non-Profit Services
May supervise: Research and Writing Associate

QUALIFICATIONS:

A university degree from a top-ranked university, preferably Communication Research, Development Communication, Psychology, Journalism, International Relations and other related fields. Relevant experience and training are considered in lieu of a relevant university degree.
Experience and/or genuine interest in international development, community development, and the social sector
A strong command of the English language, with excellent grammatical standards and solid writing skills
Comfortable working with office systems including document management systems
Independent thinker, team player, open to peer-sharing and brainstorming idea
Minimum 3-5 years of solid writing experience preferred
A natural flair for writing beyond report writing and fact-delivery
Creativity in finding critical information and adept at data analysis
Leadership qualities, high integrity, strong work ethic

ABOUT SMARTER GOOD:

Smarter Good is a sustainable, ethical global services firm with a strong social mission and a focus on systemic change. We partner with non-profits and social sector organization to help them attain more change and more social impact in various communities in the US, Asia and Africa. Smarter Good envisions a social sector that: creates more impact, scales solutions to the size of the need, and solves our world's most intractable problems once and for all.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Applications: via the online form

Website: http://smartergood.com

Call for submissions | Jaggery DesiLit Journal

2013-06-12T13:51:00.004-07:00

Deadline: 31 July 2013

Jaggery, a DesiLit arts and literature journal, connects South Asian diasporic writers and homeland writers; we also welcome non-South Asians with a deep and thoughtful connection to South Asian countries, who bring their own intersecting perspectives to the conversation. (By South Asia we mean Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, The Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.) Our hope with Jaggery is to create a journal that offers the best writing by and about South Asians and their diaspora. Dark, complex, intense — and totally delicious. For more information on the journal, visit: http://jaggerylit.com/

We publish ART, ESSAYS, FICTION, POETRY, REVIEWS, and an advice column. We prefer original, previously unpublished submissions; we solicit reprints only in exceptional cases. We accept simultaneous submissions, provided you let us know immediately if it is being published elsewhere. We’re purchasing ongoing worldwide digital rights, for use in web and possible downloaded forms (ebook, PDF, etc.). Six months after publication, you may request to have your work removed from our online archive. We follow a blind submission review process and pay $25 for prose/poetry/art.

The deadline for submissions for the inaugural issue is July 31st, 2013.

When you are ready to submit, please visit our submission system at https://jaggery.submittable.com/submit. Submittable will securely send Jaggery’s editors your work and e-mail you a confirmation that it has been received. Submittable will also allow you to include a short cover letter with your work; to facilitate our blind reading process, please omit the cover letter. If your piece is accepted, we will contact you to request a bio for publication. Once you have submitted your work, you can check the status of your submission by signing onto your Submittable account. We aim to respond to all submissions within three months.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

FICTION: Jaggery seeks engrossing, entertaining, and enlightening fiction from or about South Asia and its diasporas. We wish to showcase fiction that moves minds and hearts, that takes risks in shedding new light on our lives, and is a pleasure to read and reread, from both emerging and established voices. We accept all types of stories, including excerpts from longer pieces. An excerpt should, however, stand alone as a complete work. We strongly prefer stories under 5000 words, but will consider longer pieces. There is no minimum length requirement. Payment is $25 / piece.

ESSAYS: Non-fiction contributions are invited for publication in Jaggery. Publishable pieces consider the changing, dynamic nature of South Asian society as reflected in its literature and other cultural productions such as art, film, and theatre, as well as more experimental genres and installations. We welcome innovative writing that finds new ways to see traditional issues. We are interested in reflections on identity and process, as well as contemporary ethical, spatial, or social concerns. We encourage an inter-disciplinary approach to cultural productions, reflecting the eclectic ways in which South Asia can be viewed: opinion pieces, literary criticism, interviews, editorial journalism, travel writing, memoir, and creative non-fiction. WORD LIMIT : 1000 – 5000 words. Payment is $25 / piece.

POETRY: Jaggery seeks poems inspired by South Asia and its diaspora that challenge, celebrate, ruminate, and advocate. Poets submitting pieces for consideration need not identify as South Asian or South Asian hyphenates; however, the poems submitted should. Jaggery welcomes original unpublished poems as well as translations of poems written in South Asian languages. SUB LIMIT: 3 poems (10 pages maximum total). Payment is $25 / piece.

REVIEWS: Jaggery solicits reviews of books on a wide range of subjects pertaining to South Asians, South Asia and South Asian diasporas. We seek fair and unbiased reviews of academic/popular-cultural books (creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry), film, music, and theater. Each review should be addressed to the general reader and should include a description of contents and a critical appraisal. WORD LIMIT: 1000 words. Payment is $25 / piece.

Again, please submit via Submittable, but specific questions may be directed to the following:

General: Mary Anne Mohanraj, editor-in-chief, editor.jaggery@gmail.com
Art: Laura Hsieh, art.jaggery@gmail.com
Essays: Fazeela Jiwa, essays.jaggery@gmail.com
Fiction: Anjali Goyal, fiction.jaggery@gmail.com
Poetry: Gowri Koneswaran, poetry.jaggery@gmail.com
Reviews: Ravi Shenoy, reviews.jaggery@gmail.com

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Submissions: via Submittable

Website: http://jaggerylit.com

Job Vacancy | Features Editor at InsideOut Magazine | Dubai

2013-06-10T08:50:00.000-07:00

Do you know your Egg chair from your Swan? Would you be able to ask Philippe Starck probing design questions and craft an intelligent, insightful article on his inspirations? Could you source luxury homes and gardens one day and the next write about all the latest launches and collections from the region’s top interior brands? Do you have a keen interest in interior design and an engaging writing style? InsideOut– the UAE’s premier home interiors magazine – is looking for an exceptional features editor to join its team. You should have at least four years’ experience on a national or international title and be passionate about interior design. Ideally, you’ll be a multi-tasker who has social media, digital and app experience too and is committed to creating a world-class product.

To apply please send a covering letter saying why you’d be perfect for InsideOut and your CV to Munsif Molummolu@gulfnews.com and Charlotte Butterfield cbutterfield@gulfnews.com

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Questions/ applications: Molummolu@gulfnews.com and cbutterfield@gulfnews.com

Website: http://insideoutmagazine.ae/

Call for poetry by women poets | Delhi anthology (Poets Printery) | India

2013-06-10T05:27:00.002-07:00

Calling for submissions by women poets below the age of 30, to share their love for the beautiful city of Delhi. Talk about your love for the city of memories. Delhi belongs to everyone who lives in it, but no one belongs to Delhi- is this how we see this city?

Poets Printery, a publishing house based at East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa is planning to bring out an anthology of poems and invites women based in Delhi to pour out their fascination for the city in the form of poetry. To reveal the undying and relentless, razed and raging, crazed and craving, old and ageless, Hindu, Islamic, Sikh and in equal measure sufi and atheist soul or the spirit of Delhi.

A city revealed, is a personality understood: it is this relationship with Delhi which we at Poets Printery seek to look into and as an editor I am looking forward to reading your work.

Please send me your poems on this email id- semeenali3010@yahoo.co.in

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Questions/ submissions: semeenali3010@yahoo.co.in

Website: http://www.poetsprintery.co.za/

Call for submissions | Indian LGBT anthology (Pink Pages) | paying market

2013-06-10T05:22:00.000-07:00

Deadline: 30 June 2013

Our History, Our Lives, Our Narratives…

We’re glad to announce the launch of an exciting new project by Pink Pages. Titled “Different, But Equal”, we’re publishing a first of its kind anthology that chronicles the historical and cultural evolution of India’s queer community and its struggle for legal and social rights. Given the lack of similar comprehensive literature, we feel it’ll be a significant contribution to the genre of modern Indian writing.

ABOUT THE ANTHOLOGY:

We’re inviting articles in the non-fiction category from diverse sections of the Indian queer community- activists, lawyers, artists, students, or just common queer men and women- who have a story to tell. The articles are divided into three broad segments-

Identity – Writings on modern Indian queer identity- What it means to be LGBTI in a rapidly changing democracy, where old world socialism is being fast abandoned for fast paced capitalism, where the flood gates of globalization have been opened making way for hitherto western ideas of ‘individual identity’ to clash with the holy cows of family and religious values.

Culture – Writings on popular Indian gay culture- from films, music and literature; to the evolution of urban gay and lesbian sub-cultures, encompassing language, art and expression in the Indian context.

Politics – Manifestation of gender and queer issues in Indian society and their implications on national and regional politics, legislations, legal jurisdictions and in Government/Non-Government and Corporate organizations, especially in the context of the legal struggle against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.

WHO CAN CONTRIBUTE?

This anthology will feature both well-known and not so well-known voices from the Indian queer community, in order to make sure readers get a flavor of fresh ideas from the younger generation, besides the fascinating narratives and experiences of the more prominent activists.

Contribution to this anthology is by open, so please feel free to suggest names who would add value to the collection.

HOW TO CONTRIBUTE?

It’s fairly simple- just send an initial draft to anthology@pink-pages.co.in by 30th June, clearly mentioning the category under which you’re submitting. There is no word limit for the entries. After drawing up the shortlisted entries, our Editorial Board will work with you, in case there is need for editing it for final publication. We will also need a short bio of yours to go along with the article.

WHAT DO WRITERS GET?

Besides getting a chance to be published alongside some well known names in the Indian LGBT movement, and being able to voice your thoughts to readers across India and the world, all contributors will also be given a cash amount of Rs 1000, two free copies of the published book, and a surprise gift from the Pink Pages team.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Questions/ submissions: anthology@pink-pages.co.in

Website: http://pink-pages.co.in/

Job Vacancy | Performing Arts Editor at BLOUIN ArtInfo China | competitive salary

2013-06-08T10:11:00.000-07:00

BLOUIN ARTINFO China seeks an experienced arts and culture journalist to fill the role of Performing Arts Editor.

Based in either Shanghai or Beijing, the Performing Arts Editor will lead the site's coverage of film, music, theater, and dance in China with a mix of news, interviews and reviews.

The successful candidate will be a native English speaker with good or fast-improving Mandarin. He or she will also have strong journalism training and/or experience that enables him/her to research well, and write fast, clearly and succinctly in a way that is both informative and interesting.

As well as writing articles, the position brings with it opportunities to develop web and image editing skills, shoot photographs and videos, and build our social media presence.

In addition to producing content for the website, the Performing Arts Editor will have opportunities to contribute to BLOUIN Media's print publications.

The job brings with it a competitive salary. To apply for the position, send your CV and examples of past articles to jobs.artinfo@gmail.com

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Questions/ applications: jobs.artinfo@gmail.com

Website: http://encn.blouinartinfo.com/

Ræd Leaf Poetry India Award 2013 | INR 20,000 top prize

2013-06-08T10:08:00.005-07:00

Deadline: 6 August 2013

Dear Poet, we thank you for choosing to participate in the RædLeafPoetry-India Award 2013. Please check our FAQ if you have any contest related queries before approaching us. Certainly, we would answer your query if it is not answered already.

RÆDLEAFPOETRY-INDIA AWARD 2013 IS OPEN IN TWO CATEGORIES:

Long Poems (Rhyme, Freeverse, Prose poem, Doggerel etc.)
Short Poems (haiku & tanka only)

CRITERIA FOR LONG POEMS:

Entries must be original poems written in English only (no translations)
Maximum length of each entry: 40 lines.
Contestants may send up to 5 entries each.
Age limit: 18 and above.
OPEN TO INDIAN NATIONALS ONLY
Please do not enter any previously published poems (publication includes, facebook, personal blogs and websites, journals or books)
The contestant’s name must not appear on the poem(s) entered for the Award; instead, a separate sheet listing the titles of all poems entered should accompany the entries.
The judges will recognize formal dexterity and innovation, stylistic energy, literary inventiveness, and refreshing originality of conception and composition, among other merits.
20 best poets will be Shortlisted. All Shortlisted candidates will be duly notified of what follows next.
Make the best use of this opportunity.
To check for expected quality standards, please refer to Poetry Lounge.

CRITERIA FOR SHORT POEMS - GENERAL GUIDELINES:

Entries to be original poems written in English only (no translations)
Send best 5 of haiku or best 5 of tanka or a combination of both.
Please do not enter any previously published poems (publication includes, facebook, personal blogs and websites, journals or books)
The contestant’s name must not appear on the poem(s) entered for the Award; instead, a separate sheet listing the titles of all poems entered should accompany the entries.
5 best poets will be Shortlisted in each Haiku/Tanka category or of the combination of both. All Shortlisted candidates will be duly notified of what follows next.

SPECIFIC GUIDELINES:

For Tanka

“In form, technique, and subject matter, the modern English-language tanka shows wide variation and invention and appears disinclined to observe any rigid set of “rules” or conventions”
– Michael McClintock

Tanka is deeply grounded in concrete images, and also is laden with lyrical intensity and musicality.
It would be good to see your poem in s/l/s/l/l format, but we are not very particular about syllable count, as long as the poem comes together in a nice way to make it memorable for your reader.
A few examples of what we are looking for:

I’ve this memory–
riding my father’s shoulders
into the ocean,
the poetry of things
before I could speak – Michael McClintock

moonbathing
this autumn eve
my body
and mind float free
in a river of stars – Karen Ceser

For Haiku

Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather, it is the deep breath of life.
-Santoka Taneda

One to four lines, no strict syllable count, but do be brief. Seasonality is appreciated but not compulsory. Your poem should come together as a work of art, unity and resonance being integral to it.

A few examples of what we are looking for:

between the sky
and the spin of the earth
this falling leaf -Laryalee Fraser

migrating geese —
the things we thought we needed
darken the garage – Chad Lee Robinson

temple path
the dust i kick up
sticks to me – Ed Markowski

When composing a verse let there not be a hair’s breadth separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done in an instant, like a woodcutter felling a huge tree or a swordsman leaping at a dangerous enemy.
-Matsuo Basho

AWARDS:

Long poems:

1st Prize – INR 20000 + Manuscript (Soft copy)
2nd Prize- INR 10000 + Manuscript (Soft copy)

Short Poems:

Haiku Prize – INR 5000 + Manuscript (Soft copy)
Tanka Prize- INR 5000 + Manuscript (Soft copy)

And there is a bonus to be shared collectively by all winners!

Email your entries to awardsubmissions@rlpoetry.org

Address them as per your submission.

Submit RLP AWARD 2013- General poems
Submit RLP AWARD 2013- Haiku
Submit RLP AWARD 2013- Tanka
Submit RLP AWARD 2013- Haiku/Tanka (If sending both)

Disclaimer: In all conditions, Prize amount will remain the same. But subjected to quality submissions, the prize money can be modified, combined (in case of short poems) and awarded to only one deserving candidate if there is no fair second challenger. Similarly, in the case of long poems, if we have no poets deserving highest award recognition, the award may then be withheld. Only deserving works will be recognized else RædLeafPoetry-India is under no obligation to award below average work.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Questions/ submissions: awardsubmissions@rlpoetry.org

Website: http://rlpoetry.org/

Copy Editor wanted | Cenveo Publisher Services | India

2013-05-31T09:30:00.002-07:00

Greetings from Cenveo Publisher Services! We have got an urgent opening with us for a role in Copyediting. Kindly run-through the below mentioned details the about the opportunity

COPY EDITOR (NOIDA)

No of positions: 10
Qualification: BA/Bcom/Bsc or post graduate in English literature
Experience: 1 to 4 years

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

A copyeditor makes sure that a text is readable, accurate, and ready for publication.
He/she must have excellent written English, including good spelling and grammar a meticulous approach to their work and an eye for detail and the ability to maintain high-quality work while meeting deadlines.
A copyeditor should:

Check text to ensure it is well written and logically structured.
Correct grammar, spelling, and errors in punctuation.
Ensure the text is in line with the publishers house style.
Check facts and raise queries with the author.
Check illustrations and captions are correct.
Query factual inconsistencies
Remove repetitions and redundancies

For all of these tasks, the copyeditor should be familiar with major style guides, dictionaries, and general reference works, and know when to use them.

PROFILE/ SKILLS REQUIRED:

A graduate, preferably with degree in English, science, or languages, with an excellent English vocabulary and understanding of English grammar rules
Careful attention to detail/strong proofreading skills ability to recognize and correct style errors, as well as to rewrite and reframe content to improve clarity and readability
Must be a highly motivated team member with superior communication skills
Research expertise is a plus

If interested please email your updated resume at the following email address: jobs.india(at)cenveo.com

ABOUT CENVEO:

Cenveo Publisher Services, formerly KnowledgeWorks Global Limited, is a fast-growing knowledge process outsourcing company that provides content management, page design, and data management services to scientific, technical, and medical (STM), educational, and magazine publishers. In India, our facilities are located in Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, and Noida, with more than 1500 professionals employed. Cenveo Publisher Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cenveo, Inc. and is increasingly the hub of the companys global content production services. Cenveo has provided services to the publishing industry for more than 100 years. Cenveo, Inc. is a $2.1 billion US-based organization and is the third largest graphic communications company in North America. The company is a leading provider of print and visual communications, with one-stop services from design through fulfillment. Cenveos broad portfolio of services and products includes commercial printing, envelopes, labels, packaging, publishing, and business documents delivered through a network of production, fulfillment, and distribution facilities throughout North America.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Questions/ applications: jobs.india@cenveo.com

Website: http://www.cenveo.com/

Content Editor wanted | Yamsafer.me | Lebanon

2013-05-31T08:51:00.001-07:00

Yamsafer is looking for a Content Editor (Beirut). Qualified candidates will posess:

Good language skills (Arabic + English)
Ability to start work immediately
Process building and team management skills
A passion for the digital world
The ability to work long hours

We offer:

Become part of a young team in a rapidly growing internet startup
A casual work environment
A competitive salary
Stock options
Health insurance
Personal phone and laptop

Submit your resume to: hr@yamsafer.me

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Questions/ applications: hr@yamsafer.me

Website: http://www.yamsafer.me/

Call for critical articles | Dr. Sarojini Sahoo: Trendsetter of Feminism | India

2013-05-31T02:20:00.002-07:00

Deadline: 31 July 2013

Original scholarly and unpublished critical articles on the works of Dr. Sarojini Sahoo are invited for the book Dr. Sarojini Sahoo: A Trendsetter of Feminism which will be edited by me and published by
Authorspress, New Delhi by the end of this year. The submissions shall not be less than 2000 words and more than 6000 words. The anthology welcomes the submission of papers that meet the general criteria of significance and theoretical excellence. Authors are requested to emphasise on theoretical paradigm and feminine issues raised by Dr. Sahoo against the backdrop of proper objectification of suitable primary materials and documents. The papers should not be published in parts or whole or accepted for publication elsewhere. The documentation style to be used in the articles is strictly MLA style 7th Edition. The paper shall be accompanied by a declaration stating that the article is original, unpublished and no part of it is plagiarized. The submissions shall be sent by email to the editor.

The contributors will receive a copy each free from the publisher.

A NOTE ON DR. SAROJINI SAHOO:

Well known for her frankness, Dr. Sarojini Sahoo is a prime figure and trendsetter of feminism in contemporary Oriya literature. For her, feminism is not a gender problem or any confrontational attack on male hegemony. She accepts feminism as a total entity of female hood, which is completely separate from the man's world. She has an avant-garde idea in feminism. Kindle magazine from Kolkata, has enlisted her name among 25 exceptional women of India in its March 2010 Issue (http://www.scribd.com/doc/27460652/Kindle-Small-Book-56-Pages-240210).

She writes with a greater consciousness of women’s bodies, which would create a more honest and appropriate style of openness, fragmentation and non-linearity. Her fictions always project a feminine sensibility from puberty to menopause. The feminine feelings like restrictions in adolescence, pregnancy, fear factors like being raped or being condemned by society and the concept of a bad girl etc. always have thematic exposure in her novels and short stories.

She writes her critical appraisals in English and her creative stuff in Odia. Sensible Sensuality (ISBN: 978-81-7273-541-8) is her famous collection of essays published by Authorspress, New Delhi. Her other works including novels and short stories in English are as follows: The Dark Abode (2008) (ISBN 978-81-906956-2-6), English translation of her Odia novel Gambhiri Ghara has gained a reputation for its feminist outlook and sexual frankness. The novel has also been published from Bangladesh in Bengali as Mithya Gerosthali (2007) (ISBN 984 404 287-9). Prameela K. P. has translated this novel into Malayalam and has been published as Irunda Koodaram by Chintha Publishers, Thiruvanthapuram. Rajpal & Sons, Delhi has published its Hindi version as Band Kamra (ISBN 978-81-7028-954-8). Besides her two short stories collections in English, such as: Sarojini Sahoo Stories (2006) (ISBN 81-89040-26-X) and Waiting for Manna (2008) (ISBN 978-81-906956-0-2), she has published a bunch of short stories at her blogScent of Own Ink at:
http://scentofownink.blogspot.in/ If a contributor needs Dr. Sarojini Sahoo’s novel and short story collections for primary source material, kindly write to me. I will request Dr. Sahoo to make the material available to him/her.

Submission should be made by post or email to:
Prof. Dr. K. V. Dominic
(English poet, critic, short story writer, editor)
Secretary, Guild of Indian English Writers, Editors and Critics (GIEWEC)
Editor and Publisher, International Journal on Multicultural
Literature (IJML) (ISSN 2231 - 6248)
Editor-in-Chief, Writers Editors Critics (WEC) (ISSN 2231 - 198X)
Publisher, New Fiction Journal (NFJ) (ISSN 0976 - 6863)
Address: Kannappilly House, Thodupuzha East P.O., Idukki Dist.,
Kerala, India, Pin: 685 585. Phone: 91+9947949159
Email: prof.kvdominic@gmail.com
Web Site: www.profkvdominic.com
Blog: www.profkvdominic.blogspot.in

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Questions/ submissions: prof.kvdominic@gmail.com

Call for submissions | The Four Quarters literary magazine | August 2013 issue | India

2013-05-31T02:09:00.001-07:00

Deadline: 3 June 2013

The transferability of objects, images, landscapes and memories shapes much of our lived experiences in the presents that we inhabit. Monuments and streets–early symbols of permanence, constancy, and rootedness–have now taken on dimensions of flux and mutation. They journey with us and change with our changes. Our visual and verbal stories simultaneously monumentalise and shatter them. Our art(ifice) takes them away from where-they-were to where-they-are-now. Worlds shapeshift in a virtuality of post-processing and persistent reinvention.

The reincarnated Captain Cook in Margaret Atwood’s poem dreams of ‘a land cleaned of geographies’. The ungendered protagonist–in order to effectively claim the risk of rediscovery–desires an unmapped world: a world that is not bound within the fixities of time, space, body, and self. However, one can never be sure if this is possible. To figure out the tropes of this anxiety, The Four Quarters Magazine will try to trace the questions of mapping and unmapping, location and its lack, direction vs. destruction, variable spatiality, shifting things and events, altering structures, constructs of architecture, and flâneuring selves in its forthcoming issue: Portable Monuments, Wandering Streets.

We invite submissions of prose, poetry and artwork for this issue of The Four Quarters Magazine. Book reviews and translations are also welcome. Only emailed submissions will be considered. All submissions must be sent as word documents attached to the email. If it is artwork that you are sending us, then please do take care to attach a covering word file with details about the submission. For other details regarding submissions, please take a look at our submissions page. Please donot send submissions at fourquartersmagazine@gmail.com. This email address should only be used for general query.

The deadline for submissions is 3rd June 2013. The guest editor for this issue is Nitoo Das. General editors for the magazine are Arjun Chaudhuri, Arjun Rajendran and Samyak Ghosh.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Questions: fourquartersmagazine@gmail.com

Submissions: submissionsfqm@gmail.com

Website: http://tfqmagazine.org

Tagore-O'Henry Award for short fiction | $500 top prize | Asia-wide

2013-05-31T01:59:00.001-07:00

FinalDraft's annual short story contest invites submissions for the best original, unpublished, short story. Submissions to the short story category can be between 100 and 1,500 words. Entries are welcome from all over the world!

A panel of judges composed of well-known and respected authors from around the world will select the Grand Prize winner.

The Grand Prize winner will receive the Tagore-O'Henry Award of $500 and will have his/her story published in FinalDraft website, which will also be shared all over the social media.

The winner will be invited to attend the prize distribution event in Canada.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Questions/ submissions: contest@finaldraftedit.com

Website: http://www.finaldraftedit.com/

Deadline today | Call for submissions | The Missing Slate literary magazine| Pakistan/ Asis-wide

2013-05-31T01:41:00.001-07:00

Deadline: 31 May 2013

The Missing Slate, a Pakistan-based online magazine, is seeking submissions of new poetry and fiction from across Asia.

GUIDELINES FOR ENGLISH SUBMISSIONS:

Please write to either poetry@themissingslate.com or fiction@themissingslate.com
Send up to 3 pieces of fiction, or 3 poems, either in the body of your e-mail or in a single Microsoft Word file.
Label all submissions as 'Your Name - TMS Poetry/Fiction'
Please include a short third-person bio (50-100 words)
We welcome fiction and poetry of all genres and forms

ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES FOR WORK IN TRANSLATION:

Please include a copy of the work in its original language
Please include short third-persion bios for both the author and the translator
A short note providing context and discussing the translation process is preferable, but not mandatory

Any queries can be sent to j.silkstone@themissingslate.com. Full guidelines available at http://themissingslate.com/submit-work/

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Questions: j.silkstone@themissingslate.com

Submissions: poetry@themissingslate.com or fiction@themissingslate.com

Website: http://themissingslate.com

Deadline May 31st | Call for submissions | The Silliman Journal | Philippines

2013-05-30T06:17:00.001-07:00

Deadline: 31 May 2013

The Silliman Journal (SJ) of Silliman University is calling for contributions for its special literary issue, the Tiempo Centenary Issue, to be dedicated to Dr. Edilberto K. Tiempo and to Dr. Edith L. Tiempo. The journal is accepting works in poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction and literary criticism. The deadline for submission has been set on 31 May 2013. The journal is scheduled to come out in August, in time for the birth centenary of Dr. Edilberto K. Tiempo, and second death anniversary of Dr. Edith L. Tiempo.

Please submit your literary contribution online to the following genre-specific email addresses, using MS Office Word 2007, Times New Roman, 12 pts., double spaced:

Poems to Poetry Editor Grace Monte de Ramos: graceamos@gmail.com
Essays (Creative Nonfiction & Literary Criticism) to Essay Editor Marjorie Evasco: marj.evasco@gmail.com
Short fiction to Fiction Editor and Issue Editor-in-Chief Anthony L. Tan: anthonytan826@gmail.com: sisangat@yahoo.com

Please include a biography (200 words maximum) so we can introduce you to the reader who may want to know more about you.

Please join this laudable undertaking. Any writer who has been connected to the Tiempos, to Silliman University, to Dumaguete City, to the Silliman Writers Workshop, to writing in general, to art and music, please be among those who want to remember the Tiempos. And when you are published in this special literary issue, you in turn will be long remembered.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Submissions: see list of Editors above

Call for contributions to Literophile | From liminal spaces: androgyny/ androgynous positions in literature | India/ Asia-wide

2013-05-30T05:29:00.003-07:00

Deadline: 15 July 2013

“Two powers preside, one male, one female; and in the man’s brain, the man predominates over the woman and in the woman’s brain, the woman predominates over the man. The normal and comfortable state of being is when the two live in harmony together, spiritually cooperating.”

- Virginia Woolf in A Room of One’s Own (1922).

As Carl Jung adequately put it, “animus is within women as their repressed masculinity and anima is within male as their repressed femininity.” A classic, enduring example of this is the titular deity Ardhanarishvara, symbolising the amalgamation of Shiva and Parvait, the masculine and feminine energies of the universe, and demonstrating how the latter is inseparable from the former. This androgynous principle may also be located in the works of Virginia Woolf, a Modernist for whom androgyny serves as a metaphor to indicate acumen that is luminous, creative, and unconstrained by parochialism and grievances: for her, a purely feminine or purely masculine mind cannot create or generate a great work of art, a truly incandescent mind being one which is not limited by narrow prejudices.

Of course, far more than in so-called canonical or high culture, gender is being redefined – gender bending as it is known – in what is called popular culture. From the early 1920s, figures like Louise Brooks have been seen as popularising themselves as flappers by virtue of their bobbed haircuts and raw sexuality. Throughout the twentieth century, performance artists like Annie Lennox, Michael Jackson and Boy George have, through their works and the sheer preponderance of their persona, fused the masculine with the feminine in ways which have given an unsurprising leeway to the androgynous in contemporary urban vocabulary. In our own times, the likes of Justin Bieber and Kailash Kher – allowing for the injustice of this medley – too may be seen as gender bending in interesting and insightful ways.

Ultimately, it is this sense of bending, of fusion, which this issue of Literophile is interested in. For Issue 2, Volume 6, we invite original and annotated papers and/or semi-academic articles and commentaries of not more than 3,000 words on androgyny in literature and the performative arts in the century past and present by the 15th of July, 2013. Submissions, which must be mailed in MS word format to literophile@gmail.com, may focus on, but need not be limited to, the following:

Androgyny and Bi: convergences, if any
Androgyny as (literary and/or performative) narrative technique
Ardhanarishvara: myth and comics
Androgyny: third gender?
“Baby, baby, baby ohh!”
Cross-dressing and Comedy Circus: androgyny and typecast
Male gaze: gay = feminine ≠ androgynous?

Please note that papers must be annotated in accordance with MLA regulations. Contributors must also submit short bio-notes – not more than 300 words – along with submissions. Contributors will be intimated by last week of July regarding acceptance/rejection.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Questions/ applications: literophile@gmail.com

Website: http://literophilejournal.blogspot.com/

Call for fiction submissions | StupidBird magazine | Indian subcontinent

2013-05-30T05:24:00.000-07:00

Deadline: 14 June 2013

StupidBird is an online zine started by a group of people that loves reading humor in all its forms. We are trying to put together a magazine that showcases the works of writers who have a flair for writing humor. We seriously feel there is fast developing a taste for such writing and we'd like to see that for ourselves through this magazine.

Only a few days old, StupidBird is currently seeking writers to contribute to its first edition with short humorous stories. We are seeking previously unpublished work. Stories published only on your personal blog can be sent as well.

Here's a link to the e-zine: www.stupidbird.in. It's still in the developing stages and we should be up and running by July, which is when we plan to roll out the first edition. Please refer to the complete set of guidelines given below.

GUIDELINES:

Only short fiction stories, not exceeding 2000 words in length will be accepted. Types of humor can range from anecdotal and situational to satirical, tongue-in-cheek parodies.
Writers must be from/based in the Indian subcontinent.
Writers will retain all rights to their submitted stories. We are seeking previously unpublished work. Stories published only on your personal blog can be sent as well.
If you are writing in, kindly let us know before the deadline by mailing us at edit@stupidbird.in.
Final entries should be sent to edit@stupidbird.in on or before June 14th, 2013. Please state your full name in your email. Do include a photograph and a short bio of yourself (two or three lines; written in third-person).

In case of any questions, feel free to get in touch with us at edit@stupidbird.in. We are eager to flag this journey off with a lot of keen writers. Looking forward to your submissions!

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Questions/ submissions: edit@stupidbird.in

Website: http://www.stupidbird.in/