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E-mailThe launch of The POC Review has been moved to the first week of September. We are dealing with some issues, technical and otherwise, that have forced us to delay the launch of the magazine. We apologize for the delay.
What to expect? The first two months of weekly issues include these:
In our commentary pieces, Edgar Calabia Samar writes on the silencing power of best-of lists, Katrina Stuart-Santiago rails against the state's neglect of arts and culture while chiding that sector's neglect of the Philippine audience, and Gemino Abad meditates on the nature and possibility of new writing.
Fiction by Jerome Chua tells of an unlikely friendship between two unusual youths, one of whom imagines that the fastfood joint she works in has been putting strange things in its products. In a story by Celestine Trinidad, a mountain diwata pays a farmer a visit to investigate the mysterious death of a nuno sa punso.
In nonfiction, Carina Manglapus reconstructs her grandfather's escape from the clutches of Martial Law, Sandra Roldan recounts how she never quite learned how to dance, Germaine Santos reflects on her recovery from a botched suicide attempt, and Violeta de Guzman looks at her hometown with nostalgia but also with the wizened eyes of an activist.
We also review Miguel Syjuco's Ilustrado, Yvette Tan's Waking the Dead and Other Horror Stories, The Lost Language by Marianne Villanueva, Looking for the Philippines by Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo, and The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata by Gina Apostol.
Submissions are still welcome. Those who wish to be published in time for the last quarter of 2010 should submit their work by September 15. (The guidelines remain unchanged.)
The POC Review, a new online magazine of Philippine literature, is now accepting submissions. We will publish short fiction, creative nonfiction, and criticism in English.
Criticism is broadly defined as essays on Philippine books and literature as well as on writing and reading. These essays include reviews of recently published books, interviews, re-evaluations of neglected works or authors, and think-pieces on the state of literature and its relationship to the culture at large. Unless necessary, critical essays should eschew academic jargon and dispense with critical apparatus. Critical pieces should be some 1,000 to 3,000 words.
Submissions must be previously unpublished, in print or online. Works submitted simultaneously to other publications will be considered, but let us know that you have submitted your work elsewhere, and inform us promptly if your work is accepted for publication. By submitting, you guarantee that your work is entirely your own original creation.
Send your work as an email attachment to thepocreview (at) thepoc (dot) net with “submission:” in the subject line followed by the genre. The document should be a .doc or .rtf file. Please include a short description of the work you are submitting and a brief note about yourself.
We will pay a fee for each work we publish. The rights we purchase are these: first and exclusive online rights for one year, the right to place your work in an online archive (though you may have the work removed one year after publication), and first (but not exclusive) right to publish your work in a print anthology.
Our maiden issue should be online in July. We hope to publish new material every week.
The POC Review is published by the Vibal Foundation and edited by Exie Abola.
Please address all comments and questions to thepocreview(at)thepoc(dot)net.
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