Our Submission Guidelines


[Last updated on 22 August 2025]

1. Submission
2. Length
3. Languages
4. AI
5. Disclaimers
6. Research Ethics
7. Referencing & Citation
8. Ethical Procedure
9. Useful Reading
8. Editorial Procedure

A step-by-step walkthrough of our editorial procedure! 
1. Submission
Submit your work through our Google Forms.

2. Selection
Once your work is received, our editorial team will review and select your work based on the following open-ended selection criteria:

  1. The submission aligns with the values and visions of our platform as a decolonial queer-feminist magazine focusing on the voices from East and Southeast Asia, its diaspora and beyond. 
  2. The submission communicates well with the topic or theme of the particular issue of re:wave for which it was submitted

In reviewing your work, we will prioritise our intuitive and affective interaction with the work rather than focusing on the logical consistency, polished academic language, or novelty of the research or argument, criteria which are rooted in imperial formation of power-knowledge. 

In some cases, the work may not be suitable for a certain issue of re:wave. In this case, we can offer such submissions detailed feedback and encourage you to resubmit either the same piece or another work. Please note, however, that if the submission is applicable to any of the following, it will be immediately rejected.

  1. The submission contains malicious use of discriminatory language. 
  2. The submission does not align with our ethics and integrity standards (i.e. plagiarism, violation of privacy, AI-use)
  3. The submission has been published or being considered for publication elsewhere, and the previous publisher has not given permission to republish it at re:wave

3. Collaborative Editing
If your work is selected for publication, it will be peer-reviewed by our editorial collective as well as through our contributors peer-review procedure. The contributors peer-review procedure is to involve contributors in our publishing process as we envision re:wave as a learning commons and invite everyone to take part and ownership. This is also to practise our vision of intra-regional intellectual collaboration and community building. 

A workshop will be organised to explain further this process and discuss how we can go about doing it.  

All forms of feedback and suggestions are intended to be constructive and respectful of your views and creativity; these will never be intended to reduce someone’s intellectuality.

4. Meetings

    Throughout the editing process, we will host a pre-review meeting which is a meeting arranged at the beginning of the editorial process. This is to introduce contributors to each other and to our editorial procedure and timeline. We will also invite contributors to share what they’re looking for and their feedback on our ways of working. 

    5. Translation

      Once collaborative editing is completed, your work is translated with your permission into languages that are not used in the original work. 

      6. Copywriting
      After final proofing of the content, before it is published, we will ask for your approval on the copy we will use to promote your work on social media and other outlets.

      7. Publication
      Your work is published in our magazine online and promoted on our social media platforms!

      8. Complaint Procedure
      If you feel the decision we made to press your submission was undue or unjustified in any way, you are encouraged to write to us detailing your argument at rewave.press@gmail.com. 



      8. Editorial Procedure
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