The Apostrophe: a quarterly publication of five original pieces
Each quarter, in The Apostrophe we publish five original pieces by writers from around the world: short stories, poetry, non-fiction, hybrid, as well as artwork and photography.
Anyone can submit
The Apostrophe previously required those who published to be members of the Hong Kong Writers Circle or an organization with a reciprocal agreement. This is no longer the case. We do encourage writers to join their own local writing organizations.
Read The Apostrophe here:
https://hkwcmagazine.substack.com/
To submit, visit the Submissions page:
https://hkwcmagazine.substack.com/p/submissions
Editorial Team
Jan Lee Editor-in-Chief
Sadie Kaye: Art Editor
Sam Powney and Jay Oatway: Contributing Editors
A note about our authors’ identities
For various reasons, quite a few of our authors (although not all) and some of our editors (although not all) go by pen names. These names can be obvious or subtle. Often (although not always), the name listed on the piece suggests an ethnicity or gender that is not the same as the actual person who wrote the piece. Sometimes we know that it’s a pen name the author is using; sometimes we don’t know; sometimes we only find out later.
For this reason, we tend to ignore the names when we are selecting the pieces, and leave it up to the authors to decide how much they want to disclose about themselves. We hope you keep this in mind when reading The Apostrophe! Enjoy.
We are currently seeking a social media volunteer / intern
The Apostrophe would like to reach out to readers and writers around the world. If you’d like join our team for the 2025-2026 season, please contact us at hkwcmagazine at gmail dot com. The social media volunteer will:
Keep track of contributors' social handles and engage with / promote their work; share contributors’ content
Launch & maintain standalone channels on relevant platforms (e.g. Instagram, BlueSky, or others)
Create and post content in between issues.
Post relevant content when new issues launch.
Explore and create new formats of content e.g. video, audio
Additional details:
Remote: location anywhere in the world
Need to have own internet connection / computer / email address
We are happy to provide a letter of recommendation at the end of the term
While we are an all-volunteer team - The Apostrophe is free to read, free to submit to, and none of us get paid - working with us does provide the opportunity to collaborate with an experienced communications executive, which will provide relevant on-the-job training for future social media roles.
