Sirena's Song

Sirena's Song,
An Anthology of Dark Fiction from the Philippine Diaspora (vol. 2)

Sirena's Song is DILIM's second anthology of work by debut, emerging, and established global Filipino writers and poets. 

DILIM's goal is to provide a home for work in this anthology that focuses on themes important to women and non-binary authors..

Mermaids have traditionally been understood as sea-based creatures who navigate between the ocean and the land.

Many authors in the diaspora also navigate boundaries, submerge to the depths, and rise up with new ideas. 

If these concepts spark your imagination, please help us build this collection.

The stories of the Sirena are about humanity's needs, desires, imaginations, and intentions and are of and pertaining to the ocean, the sea, the islets and bays, the shores, and the rivers and waterfalls--here and in other worlds or other planets--where our kinfolk water-creatures might exist.

DILIM is not darkness: it exists between light and shadow to illuminate hidden realms of the archipelago.

Submit Online using Duosuma  (open until September 30 or cap met)

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About your submission to Sirena's Song

We're seeking your tales of thalassophobia, oceanic terror, underwater kingdoms, origins of the Yonaguni monument, creatures from Lemuria, musical echoes in the depths, or the dance of the stars in the heavens.

Share with us your fable about Amanikable, Amansinaya and Haik, WASP-34, or your imaginative stories of what fisher-folk or Navy sailors have seen in the night. Did the nuclear submarine ping a strange creature? Did unidentified submerged objects make an appearance? Share with us in your weird, wild fiction!

Send us your best work. We look forward to reading your submission.

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Details

Categories: Fiction/Poetry

File types: .doc, .docx, .pdf, File-Sharing

Number of Pieces:

Up to 2 pieces per fiction submission.

Up to 5 pieces per poetry submission.

Separate Files: Each piece must be submitted in a separate file.

Anonymous submissions are not required.

Simultaneous submissions are not allowed.

Reprints are not allowed.

Multiple entries are not allowed.

AI-assisted works are not allowed.

Release Date: January 1, 2028
ISBN: 979-8-9964051-4-5