Call for Submissions

Translate Me Not

New Filipin/x Writing and Art

submissions open from June 1 - July 31, 2021

Zine #3 is edited by a community of filipin/x creatives, academics, and writers. 

decomp journal is now accepting unpublished submissions of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, art and media for its third themed zine, Translate Me Not: New Filipin/x Writing and Art.

What do we translate? When do we translate? Should we translate and what are we trying to pursue in translation? We welcome works that engage with translation in terms of and beyond language but also to recognize what gets lost (or illuminated) in translation across the Filipin/x diaspora. 

Submissions should respond to the theme of un/translatability in and of Filipin/x languages and experiences. The term “Filipin/x” itself is a purposeful act of (mis)translation, and inspires reinterpretation of the proximities and distances in our own communities. In imagining decolonial futures, what might be considered un/translatable in language, being, and/or space?


Some examples of questions that submitters might consider around un/translatability in the Filipin/x diaspora are:

  • What is it about your experience of being Filipin/x that you can’t quite translate or articulate? 

  • What is the embodied experience of translating and/or being translated?

  • How do we choose to make ourselves legible to one another in spaces of community?  

  • How does language and the process of translation change over time, spaces, and/or contexts, especially through migration and/or colonialism? 

We are accepting submissions from folks currently based in various locations around the globe, including the Philippines, where un/translatabilities circulate.

Artists, writers, and creators who are located in the multiplicities of Filipin/x identity and culture are encouraged to submit. 

Please send any questions to translatemenot.decompzine@gmail.com

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[decomp journal Guidelines]

We invite submissions of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and art and other media. All submissions should be sent in using our online submittable platform. 

  • For poetry: You can submit up to 3 poems at a time

  • For Prose: 8,000 words maximum. If you write pieces that are under 1,000 words, feel free to submit two.

  • Art/other media: We accept art across all mediums as long as they can be uploaded in JPG, mp3 or mp4 files

We only accept previously unpublished work and yes, we consider websites, blogs, youtube channels, etc, as previously published.

We readily encourage simultaneous submissions, all we ask is that you notify us when another market accepts your work.

We aim to respond to submission within 90 days. If you don’t hear from us at all please reach out.

Unfortunately, there is no payment at this time.

If your work is accepted, it is subject to minor editing and copyrighted upon publication, plus you automatically grant us First North American Serial Rights to publish it first and Archival Rights to archive it online. Rights revert back to the author upon publication. If a piece of yours is reprinted, please mention it appeared in decomp first.