TEMPLE
LIT MAG
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Temple Lit Mag serves as a platform for teenage Asian Americans to express their voices. In the present day, Asian American identities and experiences are often undermined, in turn devaluing their struggles and causing feelings of incompetence and suppression. Temple Lit Mag serves as a space to let all Asian Americans know that their struggles are valid. At Temple Lit Mag, we believe that being Asian American is an incredibly unique experience that deserves to be discussed and heard.
Applicants may share their stories through poetry, creative nonfiction, personal essays, and fiction.
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WHY US?
Temple Lit Mag gives Asian American teen writers the unique experience to be published on a youth-founded literary magazine, giving way for a more defined personal voice with minimal pressure for perfection. Temple Lit Mag is one of few literary magazines that aim primarily to provide a safe platform for Asian Americans teens to explore themselves and freely discuss their racial identity. Temple Lit Mag also offers personalized feedback from numerous nationally and internationally acclaimed student writers around the same age level.
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OUR MISSION
Our mission at Temple Lit Mag is to bring attention to the devaluation of internal struggles and pressures that many Asian Americans may have, along with the distinctive and unique beauty of the Asian American experience. We aim to allow Asian Americans a space to lift their identity-based burdens off of their shoulders through creating and sharing exceptional writing. We want to turn Temple Lit Mag not into just another literary magazine, but an artistic platform and safe community for Asian Americans teenagers to share their experiences.
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