Quarterly Literary Review Singapore (QLRS)

About

QLRS (in full, the Quarterly Literary Review Singapore) is the Internet literary journal of Singapore. Our mission is to promote the literary arts in Singapore, to stimulate the feedback mechanisms in the literary scene, and to develop Singaporean writers to international standards. Our standards are therefore high, and our paradigms are the TLSes and LRBs of this world. We believe that good writing can and will emerge in Singapore, and we aim to aid that process by applying rigorous critical and editorial criteria.
To that extent, QLRS is also nonpartisan. In many writing scenes around the world, too much energy is expended in getting into the right cliques. We aim to let quality of writing be the only benchmark. It may of course be argued that ‘quality’ is itself subjective. We gain objectivity by opening submissions to consideration by and across a pool of editors, each of whom has different conceptions of quality.

Country of Publication & Year Established

Singapore

Established in 2001

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Published 4 x per year

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Rolling Submissions:

Next cutoff date is 30 September 2026* (approx. 26 days from now).

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: People in a specific region.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Short Story: No specific word count limits known (our definition: 1000 to 7500 words); Up to 3 pieces.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Place/Regions: Specific region.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are NOT allowed.
Media: Text.

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Rolling Submissions:

Next cutoff date is 30 September 2026* (approx. 26 days from now).

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: People in a specific region.

Lengths:

Essay: No specific word count limits known.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Place/Regions: Specific region.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are NOT allowed.
Media: Text.

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Rolling Submissions:

Next cutoff date is 30 September 2026* (approx. 26 days from now).

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: People in a specific region.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem: No line limits known; Up to 6 pieces.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Place/Regions: Specific region.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are NOT allowed.
Media: Text.

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Last Updated: 13 Aug 2026

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