Popular Asian Creative Writing: Eastlit

Popular Asian Creative Writing

Popular Asian Creative Writing: Eastlit November 2014 Cover. The latest lists of popular Asian creative writing in Eastlit are finally available! As per normal we include the most popular Asian poetry and fiction of the past seven and thirty days. Our all time list gets an update too. We are going to  continue providing direct links to the pieces in the current list of popular Asian creative writing to make reading them easier.

The creative writing and artwork can be accessed from the links on the page or by navigating using the links in the top bar or from the Eastlit archive. Why not also take a look at some of the other poems, prose and artwork too? We all have different tastes, and let’s be honest, quality does not always mean popularity!

The next issue of Eastlit will be out on December 1.

Please note that we have a policy of excluding all the covers, content pages, contributor lists etc from these statistics.

Popular Asian Creative Writing Last Seven Days

  1. Unit 136 by China De Vera (November 2014).
  2. A Veil of Silk by Jared Angel (June 2014).
  3. Monkey Business by Ashwin Mudigonda (December 2012).
  4. The Old Hibachi by Peter Mallett (September 2014).
  5. Chit Phumisak by Wayne Deakin (March 2014).

Popular Asian Creative Writing Last Thirty Days:

  1. One Day Friends by Ralph Catedral (February 2014).
  2. Two Poems on Moonlit Nights… by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (November 2014).
  3. Unit 136 by China De Vera (November 2014).
  4. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
  5. Dragon’s Lover by Deborah Wong (November 2014).

Popular Asian Creative Writing All Time:

  1. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
  2. The Foreign Man Is Prepared to Take Everything in His Stride by Connla Stokes (July 2014).
  3. Smoke and Mirrors by Sayantan Ghosh (April 2014).
  4. The Bicentennial by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (June 2014).
  5. Going Back to Emerald Hill by Chew Yi Wei (April 2013).
  6. The Puppet Tree by Andrew J. West (October 2013).
  7. Bluebird Island by Pauline Lacanilao (December 2013).
  8. One Day Friends by Ralph Catedral (February 2014).
  9. A Veil of Silk by Jared Angel (June 2014).
  10. Why I Write by Qui-Phiet Tran (April 2014).

Year on Year Readership Change

  • + 46% December 2013 on December 2012.
  • +172% January 2014 on January 2013.
  • +161% February 2104 on February 2013.
  • +242% March 2014 on March 2013.
  • +64% April 2014 on April 2013.
  • +8% May 2014 on May 2013.
  • +69% June 2014 on June 2013.
  • +17% July 2014 on July 2013.
  • +33% August 2014 on August 2013.
  • +21% September 2014 on September 2013.
  • +2% October 2014 on October 2013.

Top Ten Countries in Alphabetical Order:

  • China & Hong Kong
  • India
  • Japan
  • Malaysia
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • Thailand
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Vietnam

Cheers and Enjoy.

Graham

Popular Asian Poetry and Fiction: Eastlit

Popular Asian Poetry & Fiction

Eastlit October 2014 Cover. Picture: Canton Tower in the Mist by Miodrag Kostadinovic. Cover design by GrahamLawrence. Copyright photographer, Eastlit and Graham Lawrence.The latest lists of popular Asian poetry and fiction in Eastlit are now ready! As usual we are including the most popular Asian poetry and fiction over the last seven and thirty days. And the all time list is updated too. For the first time we are providing direct links to the pieces in this list of popular Asian poetry and fiction to make viewing them easier.

The poems, prose and artwork can be found from the supplied links or by navigating via the links in the top bar or from in our Eastlit archive. Why not also take a look at some of the other poems, prose and artwork too? We all have different tastes, and let’s be honest, quality does not always mean popularity!

The next issue of Eastlit will be out on November 1.

Please note that we have a policy of excluding all the covers, content pages, contributor lists etc from these statistics.

Popular Asian Poetry & Fiction Last Seven Days

  1. A Veil of Silk by Jared Angel (June 2014).
  2. Poem by Preeyakit Buranasin (October 2014).
  3. The Puppet Tree Artwork by Vasan Sitthiket (October 2013).
  4. Still Life and Two Other Poems by Anna Yin (August 2014).
  5. Định Liệt by Matt Martin (October 2014).

Popular Asian Poetry & Fiction Last Thirty Days:

  1. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
  2. Why I Write by Qui-Phiet Tran (April 2014).
  3. The Old Hibachi by Peter Mallett (September 2014).
  4. Dreams of Old Shanghai by Colin W. Campbell (October 2014).
  5. Turnstile by Iain Maloney (October 2014).

Popular Asian Poetry & Fiction All Time:

  1. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
  2. The Foreign Man Is Prepared to Take Everything in His Stride by Connla Stokes (July 2014).
  3. Smoke and Mirrors by Sayantan Ghosh (April 2014).
  4. The Bicentennial by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (June 2014).
  5. Going Back to Emerald Hill by Chew Yi Wei (April 2013).
  6. The Puppet Tree by Andrew J. West (October 2013).
  7. Bluebird Island by Pauline Lacanilao (December 2013).
  8. A Complete Overhaul by Stephen Jordan (March 2014).
  9. Why I Write by Qui-Phiet Tran (April 2014).
  10. Day of Valor by Pauline Lacailao (February 2014).

Year on Year Readership Change

  • + 46% December 2013 on December 2012.
  • +172% January 2014 on January 2013.
  • +161% February 2104 on February 2013.
  • +242% March 2014 on March 2013.
  • +64% April 2014 on April 2013.
  • +8% May 2014 on May 2013.
  • +69% June 2014 on June 2013.
  • +17% July 2014 on July 2013.
  • +33% August 2014 on August 2013.
  • +21% September 2014 on September 2013.

Top Ten Countries in Alphabetical Order:

  • China & Hong Kong
  • India
  • Japan
  • Malaysia
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • Thailand
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Vietnam

Cheers and Enjoy.

Graham

Popular Eastern Literature: Eastlit

Popular Eastern Literature

Popular Eastern Literature. Cover. Picture: The Lake by Graham Lawrence. Cover design by GrahamLawrence. Copyright photographer, Eastlit and Graham Lawrence.It is again time to take a quick look at the popular Eastern literature in Eastlit. Once again Eastlit includes the most popular Eastern literature over the last seven and thirty days. And the all time list gets an update, too…

The pieces can be found by using the links in the top bar or in the Eastlit archive. Maybe it’s an idea to take a look at some of the other pieces? Everyone has different tastes, and quality does not always go hand in hand with popularity!.

The next issue of Eastlit will be out on September 1.

Please note we exclude all the covers, content pages, contributor lists etc from these stats.

Popular Eastern Literature Last Seven Days

  1. The Foreign Man is Prepared to Take Everything in His Stride by Connla Stokes (July 2014).
  2. Let Me Tell You How I Treat My Children by Preeyakit Buranasin (August 2013).
  3. A Veil of Silk by Jared Angel (June 2014).
  4. The Puppet Tree Illustration by Vasan Sitthiket (October 2013).
  5. A Bridge Behind by Khanh Ha (July 2014).

Popular Eastern Literature Last Thirty Days:

  1. Let Me Tell You How I Treat My Children by Preeyakit Buranasin (August 2013).
  2. The Foreign Man is Prepared to Take Everything in His Stride by Connla Stokes (July 2014).
  3. Going Back to Emerald Hill by Chew Yi Wei (April 2014).
  4. Ma’s Mosquito Moment by Hong My Basrai (August 2014).
  5. Perfect Present by Andrew J. West (June 2014).

Popular Eastern Literature All Time:

  1. Smoke and Mirrors by Sayantan Ghosh (April 2014).
  2. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
  3. The Bicentennial by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (June 2014).
  4. Going Back to Emerald Hill by Chew Yi Wei (April 2013).
  5. Bluebird Island by Pauline Lacanilao (December 2013).
  6. The Puppet Tree by Andrew J. West (October 2013).
  7. A Complete Overhaul by Stephen Jordan (March 2014).
  8. The Debt by Kritika Chettri (November 2013).
  9. Why I Write by Qui Phiet Tran (April 2014).
  10. One Day Friends by Ralph Catedral (February 2014).

Year on Year Readership Change

  • + 46% December 2013 on December 2012.
  • +172% January 2014 on January 2013.
  • +161% February 2104 on February 2013.
  • +242% March 2014 on March 2013.
  • +64% April 2014 on April 2013.
  • +8% May 2014 on May 2013.
  • +69% June 2014 on June 2013.
  • +17% July 2014 on July 2013.

Top Ten Countries in Alphabetical Order:

  • Canada
  • China & Hong Kong
  • India
  • Japan
  • Malaysia
  • Philippines
  • Thailand
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Vietnam

Cheers and Enjoy.

Graham

Past and Future

It is time to think of the future now that Eastlit has made it past six months and has published six online issues. Over this period we have also seen constant growth in readership. Just from March to April saw a 50% increase. Bryn and I have also managed to increase administrative efficiency to the point where we are now confident that we can start thinking about moving to the next stage in Eastlit’s development. We would also like to thank all of you who have contributed work, read the journal and given us feedback over the first six months. We would not be where we are without you.

The Future

The first thing to say about the future is that we do not plan on changing what we offer now. However, there are a number of things we are looking at adding:

  • Issues of Eastlit that can be downloaded. This means you would not need to be online to read Eastlit. You could also read it on reading devices such as Kindles. It may also make things easier on the eye.
  • Photograph and visual art section. While concentrating on English literature in East and South East Asia, in response to some requests, we are thinking of taking submissions of photographs or other works of visual art. We believe this would add a nice juxtaposition to the text, and also create more of a magazine feel.
  • Non-native writers. We plan on actively promoting Eastlit and its free editorial services for non-native writers in the future. We are also thinking of offering some form of online creative writing courses aimed at non-native writers. This is all part of our longer term aim of supporting local writers. We would dearly love to take this all to some of the poorer countries of the region, but that is probably for a later stage. Our longer term aim is to increase the amount of local non-native pieces without cutting the amount of quality native written pieces we publish. Eastlit would just become a larger publication.
  • Revisiting older issues/pieces. We do plan on highlighting or reissuing pieces of work that can be buried in older issues as time goes by. One of the things I personally heard from writers when first mulling the idea of Eastlit was that they had pieces published years ago that they felt were now just lost in either a dead journal or a years old unviewed issue. We at Eastlit want to try and ensure that this will not happen to work published on Eastlit.
  • Archive. Any issue older than 3 months is now listed on the currently minimalist Archive page. For now just click the picture on this page to enter the issue. I will probably be redesigning the archive page in the next few months. Hey, any ideas on what it should or should not have would be great!

These are our plans, but before moving ahead with them, we would as always appreciate any thoughts, comments or criticism. At Eastlit we do want to remain genuinely responsive to our contributors and readers and be as transparent as we can. I am letting you know about this now before we move ahead, so we can factor in any feedback we get. As the plans are formulated I will give updated reports here.

These plans together coupled with increased viewing does mean extra cost for us, and that brings me to the next topic.

Fund Raising

Firstly, this is not a sudden request for donations or largesse,  but a request for any advice or ideas on how funds could be raised to cover increased costs. Bryn and I are not looking at being paid or even recouping what we have already spent on setting up Eastlit. However, to move ahead on the new projects, we are looking at ways we could cover some or even all of the cost of a project. Our personal funds are not unlimited! Neither of us are businessmen or have any experience or knowledge of raising funds. If anyone reading this does, some advice would be welcome. You can contact us here.

Previously we mentioned advertising. However, this was not popular as it was seen as anything from selling out to ruining the look. So I guess that option is ruled out. We will also not indulge in anything that risks the independence of Eastlit, its aims or its editorial policy. Apart from that we are open to suggestions, but please bear in mind neither of us can cook cakes that anyone will buy.

It would also be nice if one day we could offer some remuneration for contributions, or maybe more realistically competition prizes.

May Issue

Past and Future Page: Table of Content: The complete list of contents for the Eastlit May Issue is below. Please click on a link to go to the page. We hope you enjoy the work in the May issue of Eastlit. Eastlit Cover. The picture is Renewal of Vows and is submitted by Tom Sheehan featuring his old friends Stanley "Ike" George Kujawski (7-20-21 to 5-3-12) and Setsuko "Dottie" Haghara Kujawski (3-3-22 to 11-15-88). They were Married in Tokyo on 11-12-47. Married for 41 years. The poem At the Lake featured in this issue of Eastlit is dedicated to Stanley Kujawski. The Eastlit May cover design is by Graham Lawrence. Editorial by Bryn Tennant. Blame it on the Farmer by Stefanie Field. At the Lake by Tom Sheehan. The Cebuanos by Charlie Canning. Three Poems by Anna Yin. The poems are: The Map Home, Visiting "The Warrior Emperor and China's Terracotta Army" and A Chinese Nightingale. The Battle of Mianzi by Nichole Reber. Life Cycle by Richard Lutman. Life Cycle is the third chapter of The Iron Buttefly. Five Poems by James Underwood. The poems are: Absent, Currents, Mine, Semaphore and Whiter. Gavin is a Nazi by Christopher Luppi. Five Poems by James Austin Farrell. The poems are: The Battle of the Bulge, Five Star, Rainy Season, Sentiments and The Night Bazaar. A Girl Named Indira by Ashutosh Ravikrishnan. Three Poems by Dawnell Harrison. The poems are: Wounded Whisper, Quiet and Time. Master by Nicholas Keys. How not Write: 1. How Not to Market Yourself by Steve Rosse. The first in a series of short advisory pieces by author and editor Stever Rosse. Contributors. An alphabetical list of all the contributors to the May issue of Eastlit complete with biographies of all the writers and poets can be found in this section. Note on Work: Please note that we publish work as received. We do not edit work for minor errors. We regard these as decisions made by the author. The one exception is that we may work with second language writers to help them say what they want to say. Please note all work whether writing or pictures remains the copyrighted work of its authors. Subscribe to our newsletter for all the latest on upcoming issues, competitions, incentives, contributors and news in general. The independent offshoot of Eastlit The International Writers Group can be found on Google+.The May issue has already been read by a very large number of people. I did hear a report or two of the server being down on occasion. If you notice this, could you please let me know as we do have a plan to upgrade hosting, but with cost a consideration it is not yet urgent although could become so!

Anyway the May issue with the last part of the Iron Butterfly and the first of the How Not to Write series as well as writers new and previous to Eastlit is out and receiving good feedback. If you haven’t seen it yet, just click on the picture to the left. It has more content than the last few issues. The cover picture is explained inside.

Translations

Don’t forget you can now also submit translations into English of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. In fact we positively welcome this. Please read our submissions page first. Then submit through the submissions e-mail.

Other News

There is not much else to say. However, I would like to thank all those who have contributed to the first six issues. I have really enjoyed everything I have read even in some cases if it hasn’t been published. Remember that you can submit more any time, and we will just slot it in for consideration for one of the next few issues.

If you like Eastlit and our aims, please support us by spreading the word or like or share this or another page.

Oh, remember you can also get all this news from our newsletter. Sign up now to have the news sent to your e-mail if you would like that.

Cheers.

Graham.

News

There are a number of news items as we approach the end of March. I have set them out under headings so you can find what is relevant to you.

News

The April issue will be out on April 1, 2013. It will be an issue of eight or nine pieces including fiction, poetry and a couple of non-fiction pieces. This is continuing in line with our smaller issues policy from the start of this year.

Writers will be hearing in the next few days if their work is in or out.

Writing Process and Editing

We hope to be making an announcement on something new to help new and aspiring writers very soon. As soon as we have things confirmed, we will make it public. This fits with our aim of trying to help new writers and non-native writers. We remain fully committed to encouraging and supporting non-native writers.

Writers’ Group

The International Writers Group, which will be independent of Eastlit, has been set up. It is on Facebook as a Facebook page. Google stopped supporting Google Communities. Please take a look if interested. It is open to anyone writing in English. It is also open to those interested in writing and readers. Using Facebook means that writers can take advantage of easy ways to share, edit, co-write or seek opinions. This can also be done in a private way with only chosen people or publicly. That is up to the writer. Using Facebook does though mean you will need a Facebook account. But who doesn’t have one these days!

Right now the group is very new and small. We are actively seeking new members, so if you have friends who may be interested please let them know. The aim is to make this a group for the members and not have it dominated by a few.

Most of all we would love to hear your ideas. You can contact us in the community, through the usual channels here or via our g mail account.

Future Eastlit Issues

We are now taking submissions for our May and June issues. We are accepting fiction, poetry, non-fiction, relevant essays, novel extracts and photographs. If you have not submitted before, please take a look at our submission guidelines before sending work in.

We actively encourage non-native writers to send work in. See our commitment to supporting new writers.

Finally

If you do support our aims or even just enjoy the work, please do like or share us from the links at the bottom.

Cheers.

Graham.