The South Asian Salon Archive is a community-first platform dedicated to transforming the landscape for South Asian creatives. Our primary mission is to connect, uplift, and promotetalent from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka by fostering a supportive local and glocal network, as well as showcasing their work to a globalaudience. To us ‘creatives’ lie in the expansive fields of Architecture, Craft, Design, Film and Media, Food, Music, Performing Arts, and Visual Arts.
We’re inviting South Asian writers globally to pitch original pieces for South Asian Salon. To be considered, your pitch should fall under one of our four editorial verticals (you’ll name which one). Please note that SAS is currently a volunteer-driven platform and cannot pay contributors.
SAS is dedicated to publishing and giving visibility to people, communities, cultures, crafts, traditions for all 8 South Asian countries. Please specify the cultural lens that you are writing from.
A space to know upcoming and established South Asian creatives from around the world
Projects that have impact on society, done by South Asian creatives from around the world.
A deeper look into the crafts, culture, traditions, music, food and history of communities of South Asia.
Offers a regional, immigrant and diasporic lens on decolonising identity byintentionally re-engaging with South Asian culture.
See more details about each vertical here:
We’ve made a Google form for all pitches and the link is in our bio. Please send pitches only through the form (not email or DM) and we’ll get back to you within 3-4 weeks!
No! This is a rolling call, submit whenever!
Long-form articles that fit into any one of our verticals. It’s important to check each vertical and go through our website before pitching. We do not break news, neither are we writing articles relevant only to the current moment. We are building an archive of South Asia, so your pitches should have a relevant hook but situate themselves within a context.
Currently no. We’re still growing and paying writers is a priority as we figure out funding. But we provide hands-on editorial support/mentorship and social meda exposure—if that works for you right now, write to us!
