Official information
Overview
- Publication
- Himal Southasian
- Eligibility
- Official: journalists, scholars, writers and other thinkers from all over Southasia and the world. Subject must relate to Southasia. That is a beat, not a closed country list.
- Writing
- Long-form reportage, analysis, essays, interviews, reviews, occasional fiction
- Payment
- Set rates — amount told on commission
- Currency
- Not publicly stated
- Payment conditions
- Official: Himal has set rates of remuneration; the final sum is based on length and nature. The standard rate is communicated as part of any commission or offer of publication. Older third-party pages quoted $100–$150. That figure is not on the current official guidelines and is not copied here.
- When paid
- Processed on a calendar-month cycle after publication. Official: banking procedures can delay payment by up to two months.
- Word count
- Rarely under 1,200; most pieces about 2,000–4,000 words
- Response time
- If no reply in two weeks, assume they will not take it
- Status
- Open
- Deadline
- Not publicly stated
- How to submit
- Email a 300–600 word pitch
- AI policy
- AI-generated work prohibited
What they want
- Regional or cross-border Southasia stories, or very local stories told with a regional perspective.
- A 300–600 word pitch: argument or narrative plus a tentative outline. Up to three previous-work links.
- Completed articles may be attached. Drafts as Word documents, not PDFs or Google Doc links.
- Occasional original short fiction — send a completed draft.
What they don't want
- News or weekend-supplement features. Academic jargon for specialists.
- Previously published work — official: without exception.
- AI chatbots, writing tools or auto-generative systems used to produce content or analysis. Official: treated as plagiarism.
Requirements
- Email editorial@himalmag.com
- Original unpublished work
- Southasia relevance
Rights
Copyright of the published article remains with Himal unless otherwise agreed.
How to submit
- Read https://www.himalmag.com/submission-guidelines/.
- Email editorial@himalmag.com.
Official source
Himal Southasian — Submission guidelines (official)
Last verified 2026-08-19. Always re-read the official page before you send work.
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