Desi Writers Lounge is an online, 24/7, 365 days a year writers' workshop and community. The bulk of the workshopping is conducted on our forums, where our members and writers undergo intense critiquing sessions.

PAPERCUTS is our biannually published online literary magazine, which contains our membership's best material of the half year. Submission to the magazine is based on performance on the forums, what the membership and editorial team thinks about your work, and whether we believe it can be honed for publication. For this reason, submission is not currently open to the public.

Here's a better idea of what it takes to get published in PAPERCUTS: Pieces submitted for consideration undergo a rigorous workshop by a writer's peers and then, when voting season swings around (every quarter), pieces are polled and voted on by the general membership. When the polls close, our editorial team goes through the results and shortlists pieces for editing (using the polls as a barometer). Each editor then works on individual pieces with their writers. We call this process 'e-mentoring', where writers work one-on-one with their editors to bring out the best possible version of their piece.

DWL is part of the Desi Writers Lounge Foundation, a soon-to-be registered NPO which holds other events under its umbrella. These include readings, book clubs, game nights and competitions. For more info on the above, either email us or follow us on Twitter, Facebook or our blog.

Whoever you are: writer, reader or critic we welcome you to the Lounge, encourage you to look around and if the shoe fits, join us!

Sincerely,

The Team at Desi Writers Lounge

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