Seeking Light: DILIM Press Blog

Hello and greetings to writers and poets from the Philippines and beyond, Thank you so much for your interest in DILIM Press and our first anthology of dark fiction, “Galleon Dreaming.” We are currently open for submissions and would love to read your work. Consider submitting early for evaluation prior…

When you work in any field, you’re always attempting to build up the next generation; otherwise, your prospects will dry up. Here’s a snapshot of the most recent sales using a keyword “Filipino”. Notice the dates. All power to the wonderful authors who are writing, and the agents and publishers…

Nathan Cayanan has been answering lots of questions about the origin of his book Suspicious Activity, which is out in softcover by Hot Tropiks: https://hottropiks.com/products/suspicious-activity-by-nathan-cayanan and also in e-version format by Gumroad: https://stellarremnant.gumroad.com/l/hxote Suspicious Activity is described as “if Interior Chinatown had a three-way with Goodfellas and Fight Club at Comic-Con.” A gritty Filipino-American noir that blurs…

As part of the ongoing part of our mission to expand the universe of writers, we’re offering FREE writing workshops to start inspiration and ideas for writers to submit. Here’s the Workshop registration form Fourth Mondays USA 7:30pm/Tuesdays Manila 8:30amhttp://workshop.dilimpress.com/ Workshop slides: https://workshopslides.dilimpress.com/

Very proud to have joined the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses. You’ll see our call for submissions there, as well as our listing, which is our public commitment to abiding by the CLMP code of ethics. https://www.clmp.org/readers/publisher/dilim-press/

Thanks for following on behind-the-scenes on our publishing journey. Some of our influences: Budjette Tan from Trese, Rexy Josh Dorado from Maharlika, Angelo and Nadine Mendez from Hot Tropiks, Ambeth Ocampo, Isabel Yap and Eliza Victoria, and the incomparable Dean Francis Alfar. We’ll be sharing what we learn as we…