Submission guidelines

The Pomelo Magazine is committed to amplifying marginalised voices and narratives from the Himalayan region.

We are a small team of women from the hills and valleys of India and Nepal, hence are committed to diminishing gaps. Those that arise from geographical differences, which accentuated our marginality in terms of politics, demography, and identity. We are pay compensate our writers and also open to bringing in new team members and imagining transcultural/national solidarities through this platform.

CALL FOR PITCHES

Winter Issue 2024-25

Deadline for pitches: 15 February, 2025

The Himalayas have long been romanticized through picturesque descriptions of blue skies, green hills, snow-capped mountains, and seasonal changes in nature. However, beneath this idyllic imagery lies a fragile ecosystem increasingly under threat. From floods in Solukhumbu, protests for climate action in Ladakh, and resistance against dam projects in Teesta and Siang rivers, to the unchecked rise of automobiles, construction, tourism, and festivals, the region faces mounting ecological and social challenges with little accountability for their impacts on local communities and biodiversity.

For the Winter Issue on Conversations with Nature (2024-2025), we invite submissions that explore the intersections of ecology, climate, and gender in the Himalayan region. We aim to amplify the voices of climate activists, researchers, and community members to shed light on overlooked perspectives.

As a Himalayan-based collective, we seek to spark critical discussions on our geographical situatedness but not limited to: What does it reveal about the politics of our state? How do man-made disasters reshape communities and gender roles?

We welcome nonfiction and creative essays that challenge the narratives of beauty while highlighting the ecological realities of this fragile landscape.

Potential themes:

Development & infrastructure
Climate protests
Gender and climate change
Local communities & man-made disasters

To pitch for submission:

Fill the Google form by 15th of February, 2025

We are currently not accepting unsolicited pitches

Politics Section

Politics and the act of being political becomes very subjective, however, for this section we shall be narrowing it down to journalistic pieces on current affairs, social movements and any non-fiction piece that aligns wth the ethos of our magazine

Kindly limit your essay to 800-1500 words excluding references & citation.
Please send us your work in .docx format to editorialthepomelo@gmail.com
In the subject line of the email, we request the contributor to mention Submission - Non-fiction
We request the contributor to send us a short bio of themselves in the third person.
If the contributor wants to be published anonymously, their identity will only be disclosed to the editor in charge.

Fiction

We, at The Pomelo, encourage a diverse range of fictional creative writing. We are happy to publish stories that explore various genres including horror, political, historical, YA, romantic, you name it! Feel free to surprise the readers with your creative imagination.

Kindly limit your writings to 1200-2500 words.
Please send us your original work in .docx format to editorialthepomelo@gmail.com
In the subject line of the email, we request the contributor to mention Submission: Fiction
We request the contributor to send us a short bio of themselves in the third person.
If the contributor wants to be published anonymously, their identity will only be disclosed to the editor in charge.

Visual Art