2018 has been a year of many transitions. ​Malaysia elected a new government. Penang has a new Chief Minister. The Malaysian Writers Society elected a new committee. The MYWriters Penang working committee said hello to Diyaa and goodbye to Vick and Mark. We don't know what 2019 will bring, so that's a new adventure altogether!

Everything changes, and yet everything stays the same. Tell us stories about change and transitions!
Submission rules:
  1. Writers must be based in or from Penang. If you're part of the Penang-born diaspora, you must be willing to travel home for our launch which will be in either October or November of 2019. (We're hoping to launch during GTLF!) 
  2. We accept submissions in English and Malay.
  3. All works must fit the theme Transitions, however you interpret it.
  4. The max word count for fiction and creative nonfiction is 2,000 words.
  5. The max length for poetry is 40 lines (on A5, portrait).
  6. You may submit one piece each for fiction or creative nonfiction, or two pieces of poetry. However, only one piece will be selected per writer. 
Each accepted writer will get a free copy of the chapbook (print and ebook) and RM10. (Because we are a little bit poor, but we want to pay you something.) You retain all rights to the piece and may submit or publish it anywhere else. 

If you're a Penang-based artist who can afford to let us underpay you, you can also apply to create the cover for a measly sum of RM100 by writing in to nutmag.zine@gmail.com and sending us samples of your work! 

All editions of NutMag will be published as an ebook on all online retailers via PublishDrive. All proceeds go back to MYWriters Penang to fund the next zine. We're working towards being self-sustaining so that we can pay you better rates.
Questions? Email us at nutmag.zine@gmail.com.
Submissions period: 1 Feb - 30 June 2019
Launch: Oct/Nov 2019