Alluvium: The Journal of Literary Shanghai

This project is believed to be defunct. (March 2025)

About

We have selected the name Alluvium because it sums up the purpose of our journal: to reflect the nature of Shanghai not as a centre, nor even as a gathering point, but as a conduit for people and cultures and ideas – what they leave behind as they pass through, how they are affected by the city, and in turn how the city is influenced by their arrival, their presence, and their departure.
Shanghai was created over many centuries by alluvium – by the silt that accumulated in the salt marshes of the Huangpu River, and later by a series of arrivals and retreats: traders, pirates, merchants, colonists, waiguoren and waidiren. The city was forged through change and shaped into a permanence by impermanent forces.
We seek to publish work that reflects this phenomenon of various forces washing against one another. What is left behind on these pages enriches the local soil, creating fertile ground for the next generation to cultivate its own nourishing fare as it passes through these same grounds.

Country of Publication

China

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Unknown publication frequency

Collapse section Fiction Believed Defunct

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: People in a specific region, People with East Asian origins.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 1,000 words.
Short Story: 1,000 - 3,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Place/Regions: Specific region.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

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

Collapse section Nonfiction Believed Defunct

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: People in a specific region, People with East Asian origins.

Lengths:

Narrative Nonfiction: Up to 3,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Place/Regions: Specific region.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

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

Collapse section Poetry Believed Defunct

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: People in a specific region, People with East Asian origins.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem: No line limits known; Up to 10 pieces.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Place/Regions: Specific region.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

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

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Last Updated: 22 May 2026