Who are we?
‘Mehfil’ literally originated through coming together of people deeply affected by some or the other art form and here it is today in the form of a magazine of literature and arts.
We intend to make Mehfil a congregation of creative gems from as diverse art forms, geographies, languages, and cultures as possible. We have taken but a small step towards this seemingly impossible venture and with active participation of our contributors and loyalty of our readers, we hope to make it possible.
What to send?
Poems (English, Hindi, Marathi) — we encourage you to send minimum two poems and maximum five.
Fiction (English, Hindi, Marathi) — we expect one short-story at a time. There is no limit to word count.
Creative Non-Fiction (English, Hindi, Marathi) — we expect one creative non-fiction piece at a time. There is no limit to word count.
Artwork — we expect minimum two and maximum five artworks at a time.
Where to send?
Send your submissions to apnimehfil1947@gmail.com. All submissions should be in MS word or PDF format with ‘Submission’ as the subject line. We can be contacted on the same email ID for other queries. We typically take two months to respond for the confirmation of publication.
When to send?
You can send us your work any time you want but its publication date will be according to the following cycle:
We release an issue on the last Sunday of every month and we take one month to read for the next issue. For eg., in September, we will be reading for the October issue (that will be released on the last Sunday of October).
Copyright
The contributor reserves the copyright of his/her piece published in Mehfil. Though we request the contributors to let us know if they are willing to publish their piece somewhere else.
Having said that, we do not accept previously published submissions. Though you can submit the pieces published on personal blogs, and socials media sites.
Payment
We are not able to pay for the submissions as of now. This might change in the future.
