Issue One Release Party - Photo Recap

Thanks to everyone who came out on Saturday night to help us celebrate the release of our first issue. We were floored by the great turnout and it was so great to meet some of our contributors in person for the first time. Here's a quick look at the evening through photos. 

Check out more photos on our Facebook photo album here.

Thanks again to our generous partners: George at Sugar Cube for the amazing cake, Fei at BoBloom for the beautiful flowers, and Josh at My Place Ruin Bar for hosting us. Thanks to Ying Shi for the photos.

To purchase a copy of our magazine, send an email with your order request to shanghailiterary@gmail.com. Alternatively, visit our store for details.

TSLR Store is Live

Hot off the presses! TSLR Issue One is now available for purchase at our online store. We ship internationally, but please give us a week or two to get our babies to you. 

If you're in China and looking to purchase, you can do so either via this website or through our Wedian store.

In addition to our first issue, we've got crystal keychains featuring our magazine's mascot, the baiji dolphin, Goddess of the Yangtze. In case you were going for the 'blinged out yet practical endangered animal / literature lover' look. Please see below for photos of Issue One's Table of Contents.

Issue One Table of Contents

Issue One Launch Party & Open Mic - Saturday, July 1 @My Place Ruin Bar

We can't wait to share our work with you. 

Our Issue 1 Launch Party & Reading will take place on Saturday, July 1st, at My Place Ruin Bar, 1788 Xinzha Lu, Third Floor, at 7:30pm. We'll have magazines for sale, a few giveaways, TSLR swag, readings from contributors, overseas contributors' videos, and of course, an open mic. 

In addition, we'll pop a bottle of champagne and we have a custom TSLR-themed cake being designed by George of Sugar Cube, the home-baking project that makes personalized cakes for any occasion. Check out some of his masterpieces below and scan the QR or email him to get in touch with Sugar Cube for any of your cake needs. :) 

See you on Saturday night!

TSLR Online is Live

We've been slowly but steadily populating our online version of the magazine, and we've now got a small handful of pieces up that we'd love to share with our web visitors. Please check out the TSLR Online tab up top or just visit our site anytime, as our contributors' work will now be the landing page for shanghailiterary.com. 

Online we'll publish work from the print magazine, as well as rolling pieces that are online only. On that note, we're now accepting (and always are) submissions for TSLR Issue Two, TSLR Online, and CONCRETE, our special edition about cities in China. Please visit our Submittable page for more details. 

Call for Submissions: CONCRETE

The Shanghai Literary Review is excited to announce a special edition publication, CONCRETE, a collection of essays and photography about cities in China. We are now accepting submissions until the end of August. 

CONCRETE will be published in early 2018, between the publication of TSLR regular issues 2 & 3. 

We are looking for personal essays and narrative nonfiction (2,000-8,000 words) that capture different facets of various Chinese cities. Each piece should be about one Chinese city, and may focus on people, buildings, histories, stories, etc. [We will likely not publish pieces about teaching English.]  

We are also seeking photography and photo essays. 

To submit, please visit our Submittable page. We only accept submissions via Submittable. If you have any questions, please contact us at shanghailiterary@gmail.com

Thank you for your interest, and we look forward to seeing your great work.