We are quite pleased to point you to an interesting literary development in China: The publication of an ambitious new magazine (as in print magazine; of course, there is also a website) called Dongxi Magazine.
While I and Ellen have had some recent, personal contact with the editors, I am going to let the magazine introduce itself in its own words, because they should be of some import to many of you whom I know to be writers:
Dongxi is a China-wide magazine gratuitously publishing words, thoughts, ideas, lists, letters, reviews, poems, translations, short stories, images, photos and artwork.
Submissions must be sent by e-mail to dxzine@gmail.com. As Dongxi is a free publication, we are unable to provide payment at this time.
Subscribing is easy. E-mail us a postal address (and preferably a submission) and all future issues will be sent upon publication. If at any time you are not completely satisfied with Dongxi, you may cancel your subscription anytime by e-mail.
Dongxi strives to represent the widest range of of voices and opinions in China today, but contributions racist, sexist, homophobic or overwhelmingly political in nature will be subject to critical consideration by the editorial board.
Dongxi will be published in English, and the content will be predominantly English, but we will have significant Chinese-language content. The feature piece in each issue, in fact, will be an original piece in Chinese, and its English translation. Our first issue, for example, contains several short stories by the same author, along with their English translations.
That being said, it must be noted that things are even more promising for writers, as in this new announcement on their website: Dongxi Magazine
Submissions. Words, thoughts, ideas, lists, letters, reviews, poems, translations, short stories, images, photos and artwork. Send them to dxzine@gmail.com. dongxi pays 50 RMB per poem, photograph and piece of artwork (ideally multiple contributions from each author/artist), and 200-500 RMB per short story, depending on length.
Jiminy! A new literary magazine willing to pay anything to literary writers is a major deal in the world of Arts & Letters.
