Beside Quarterly Literary Review Singapore (QLRS) is there any
other local forums?
Taken from QLRS:
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About QLRS
QLRS (in full, the Quarterly Literary Review Singapore) is the
Internet literary journal of Singapore. Our mission is to promote
the literary arts in Singapore, to stimulate the feedback
mechanisms in the literary scene, and to develop Singaporean
writers to international standards. Our standards are therefore
high, and our paradigms are the TLSes and LRBs of this world. We
believe that good writing can and will emerge in Singapore, and we
aim to aid that process by applying rigorous critical and editorial
criteria.
To that extent, QLRS is also nonpartisan. In many writing scenes
around the world, too much energy is expended in getting into the
right cliques. We aim to let quality of writing be the only
benchmark. It may of course be argued that quality is itself
subjective. We gain objectivity by opening submissions to
consideration by and across a pool of editors, each of whom have
different conceptions of quality.
QLRS is a non-profit website. Although its startup financing was
through commitments from individuals, advertisement revenue is
incidental and aimed at covering operating costs. We are thankful
for the time, editorial and resource commitments of our volunteers
and sponsor organizations.
Our editorial team currently comprises:
Chief/Poetry: Toh Hsien Min
Short Stories: Yeow Kai Chai
Essays: Heng Siok Tian and Lesley Yeow
Criticism: Elaine Foo and Chia Yueh Chin
Interviews: Elaine Foo
Extra Media: Cyril Wong and Chia Yueh Chin
The Acid Tongue: Cyril Wong
Technical: Alvin Pang
The views and opinions expressed in the journal are entirely those
of the respective contributors and must not be construed to be the
views and opinions of QLRS, its editors and/or its sponsor
organisations.
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Although this is a great site, but I am looking for a 'workshop'
kind of poetry site that offer suggestions on improving your
poems.
Actually they are hundreds of them out there but unfortunately none
are local based. 