Manuscript Bootcamp 2025 (Poetry)

In the sixth edition of Manuscript Manuscript Bootcamp (Poetry), 4-6 finalists will have their work critiqued by a selection of Singapore’s most preeminent and influential poets.

To maintain our priority on new voices, two-thirds of the Bootcamp finalists will always comprise of writers who are either unpublished or who have yet to publish a manuscript; longlisted participants will also be allowed it sit in and observe our Bootcamp panels.

Bootcamp will take place over an intense weekend on 6-7 Sep, designed to take our finalists through the stages of (poetic) revision, thinking through core aspects of poetic technique while learning to identify the through-lines of their poetry collections. 

Each participant is required to submit an anonymised manuscript of 20-25 pages / poems; once longlisted, that manuscript will be judged by an external panel of 3 judges, chaired by AFTERIMAGE's Chief Publisher Pooja Nansi. For more on our submission criteria, visit: <afterimage.press/bootcamp>

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AFTERIMAGE (est. Oct 2024) is a Singapore-based publisher of local literature focussed on poetry. As the publishing arm of the literary non-profit Sing Lit Station, the press is committed to supporting impactful and efflorescent work that extends and renders anew the country’s rich literary lineage. For more info, visit: <afterimage.press>

SING LIT STATION LTD (est. July 2016) is a non-profit organisation, registered charity and Institution of Public Character (IPC). Our core mission is to grow the local literary community. Through our programmes and initiatives, we aim to be a platform where readers and writers can meet. For more info, visit: singlitstation.com

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PR&TA Issue 5: RE: _____

The journal invites submissions of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, essays, visual work, reviews and research articles, particularly if they feature a Southeast Asian focus or re:sonance.

New year, Re:birth. Re:peat. Now is a re:cursive moment when history re:coils and re:lapses. Crisis seems permanent; the old regimes and the robots are back, re:booted. The latter is AI. Yet we re:ad and write to re:flect; to re:view; to re:sist and to re:dress.

As with our inaugural Issue, all submissions should be complete with a brief Critical Praxis. For an example, see here.

Submission guidelines for genre, length and cover letter are found here on our website.