QUEER SOUTHEAST ASIA’S DIRECTORY OF ARTISTS AND WRITERS
The editors of Queer Southeast Asia will keep updating this directory of artists and writers whose works relate significantly to rupturing heteronormative notions of body, gender, and sexuality. In addition to building a tangible community of inclusive creative practitioners, this directory is meant to lessen the constraint of other editors, writers, publishers, and (graduate) scholars who may want to reach out, hoping that this would bring more engagement and publication opportunities to the artists and writers in this directory.
*For artists and writers who want to be included in the directory, please send us your information using the format below. Unless stated as “Optional”, all details are required.
Name | website (Optional) | email address
Position, Institutional Affiliation (Optional)
Genre
Country
Title and Link to Notable Work #1 (Optional)
Title and Link to Notable Work #2 (Optional)
Brylle B. Tabora | tabora_brylle@yahoo.com
MFA in Creative Writing, De La Salle University-Manila
Poetry
Philippines
Notable works:
“A Country of Bees” in Arcturus
“Song for my Mother” in SOFTBLOW
Carl Lorenz Cervantes | clgcervantes@gmail.com
Essay
Philippines
Notable works:
“Do I have to label myself to have an identity?” in Rappler
“Psychogeography” in The Youth is On Fire
Emmanuel Anastacio Reyes | website
Visual Artist, Homoerotic Art
Fajar Zakhri | faz100907@gmail.com
Poetry
Indonesia
Notable works:
“Holding The Man” in GLOBETROTTER
“Leaving / Developing” in GLOBETROTTER
Jee Leong Koh | website | jeeleong.koh@gmail.com
Founder and Organizer, Singapore Unbound
Poetry, Essay, Fiction
Singapore and USA
Notable works:
Steep Tea
Snow at 5 PM: Translations of an insignificant Japanese poet
Jeffrey P. Yap | jeffreypyap@gmail.com
Government Cultural Worker, Intramuros Administration
Fiction (short story)
Philippines
Notable Works:
Stout and The end is the beginning in Queer Southeast Asia
Somersaults in Megacity Anthology edited by Kathleen McCaul Moura, Boiler House Press, UK 2020
Jerrold Yam | website | jerrold_yam@hotmail.com
Poetry
Singapore
Notable works:
Scattered Vertebrae (Math Paper Press, 2013)
Intruder (Ethos Books, 2014)
John Daryl Alcantara | website | johndarylalcantara@gmail.com
Poetry
Philippines
Jose Luis “Nico” Pablo | website | joseluisbpablo@gmail.com
Communications Manager, Ashoka Philippines
Poetry
Philippines
King Llanza | kingllanza@gmail.com
Poetry
Philippines
Notable works:
“Forecast 2030” in Cordite Poetry Review
“Under Permafrost” in Busilak: New LGBTQ Poetry from the Philippines edited by J. Neil Garcia
Leo Fernandez Almero | lfalmero@gmail.com
Poetry, Essay
Philippines
Notable works:
“Shifting Grace” in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore
Malachi Edwin Vethamani | website | mevethamani@gmail.com
Professor, School of English, University of Nottingham Malaysia
Poetry and Short Story
Malaysia
Notable works:
Coitus Interruptus and Other Stories
Life Happens
Marie | marie.ee.sq@gmail.com
Fiction & Poetry
Singapore/USA
Notable work:
Inheritance: An Anthology
Mark Anthony Cayanan | mcayanan@gmail.com
Assistant Professor, Ateneo de Manila University
Poetry
Philippines
Notable works:
Poetry in The Spectacle
Poetry in Baest Journal
Rodrigo Dela Peña, Jr. | website | igordelapena@gmail.com
Poetry
Philippines/Singapore
Notable works:
Aria and Trumpet Flourish
Hymnal
shane carreon | shane.carreon@gmail.com
Poetry
Philippines
Shawn Hoo | hycshawn@gmail.com
Editor-at-Large for Singapore, Asymptote
Poetry, Non-Fiction
Singapore
Tô Minh Sơn | minhson.to99@gmail.com
Non-fiction, poetry (English & Vietnamese)
Vietnam
Notable work:
Our mangled hearts
Zed Adam Idris | website | zedadam@gmail.com
Literary Fiction, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Creative Nonfiction
Malaysia
Notable works:
Read his nonfiction here
*For artists and writers who want to be included in the directory, please send us your information using the format below. Unless stated as “Optional”, all details are required.
Name | website (Optional) | email address
Position, Institutional Affiliation (Optional)
Genre
Country
Title and Link to Notable Work #1 (Optional)
Title and Link to Notable Work #2 (Optional)
Brylle B. Tabora | tabora_brylle@yahoo.com
MFA in Creative Writing, De La Salle University-Manila
Poetry
Philippines
Notable works:
“A Country of Bees” in Arcturus
“Song for my Mother” in SOFTBLOW
*
Carl Lorenz Cervantes | clgcervantes@gmail.com
Essay
Philippines
Notable works:
“Do I have to label myself to have an identity?” in Rappler
“Psychogeography” in The Youth is On Fire
*
Emmanuel Anastacio Reyes | https://www.homoeroticartworks.com
Visual Artist, Homoerotic Art
*
Fajar Zakhri | faz100907@gmail.com
Poetry
Indonesia
Notable works:
“Holding The Man” in GLOBETROTTER
“Leaving / Developing” in GLOBETROTTER
*
Jee Leong Koh | http://jeeleong.blogspot.com/ | jeeleong.koh@gmail.com
Founder and Organizer, Singapore Unbound
Poetry, Essay, Fiction
Singapore and USA
Notable works:
Steep Tea
Snow at 5 PM: Translations of an insignificant Japanese poet
*
John Daryl Alcantara | medium.com/@johndarylalcantara | johndarylalcantara@gmail.com
Poetry
Philippines
*
Jose Luis “Nico” Pablo | https://joseluisbpablo.wordpress.com| joseluisbpablo@gmail.com
Communications Manager, Ashoka Philippines
Poetry
Philippines
*
King Llanza | kingllanza@gmail.com
Poetry
Philippines
Notable works:
“Forecast 2030” in Cordite Poetry Review
“Under Permafrost” in Busilak: New LGBTQ Poetry from the Philippines edited by J. Neil Garcia
*
Leo Fernandez Almero | lfalmero@gmail.com
Poetry, Essay
Philippines
Notable works:
“Shifting Grace” in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore
*
Malachi Edwin Vethamani | malachiedwinvethamani.com | mevethamani@gmail.com
Professor, School of English, University of Nottingham Malaysia
Poetry and Short Story
Malaysia
Notable works:
Coitus Interruptus and Other Stories
Life Happens
*
Marie | marie.ee.sq@gmail.com
Fiction & Poetry
Singapore/USA
Notable work:
Inheritance: An Anthology
*
Mark Anthony Cayanan | mcayanan@gmail.com
Assistant Professor, Ateneo de Manila University
Poetry
Philippines
Notable works:
Poetry in The Spectacle
Poetry in Baest Journal
*
Rodrigo Dela Peña, Jr. | website | igordelapena@gmail.com
Poetry
Philippines/Singapore
Notable works:
Aria and Trumpet Flourish
Hymnal
*
Shawn Hoo | hycshawn@gmail.com
Editor-at-Large for Singapore, Asymptote
Poetry, Non-Fiction
Singapore
*
Tô Minh Sơn | minhson.to99@gmail.com
Non-fiction, poetry (English & Vietnamese)
Vietnam
Notable work:
Our mangled hearts
Brylle B. Tabora | tabora_brylle@yahoo.com
MFA in Creative Writing, De La Salle University-Manila
Poetry
Philippines
Notable works:
“A Country of Bees” in Arcturus
“Song for my Mother” in SOFTBLOW
Carl Lorenz Cervantes | clgcervantes@gmail.com
Essay
Philippines
Notable works:
“Do I have to label myself to have an identity?” in Rappler
“Psychogeography” in The Youth is On Fire
Emmanuel Anastacio Reyes | website
Visual Artist, Homoerotic Art
Fajar Zakhri | faz100907@gmail.com
Poetry
Indonesia
Notable works:
“Holding The Man” in GLOBETROTTER
“Leaving / Developing” in GLOBETROTTER
Jee Leong Koh | website | jeeleong.koh@gmail.com
Founder and Organizer, Singapore Unbound
Poetry, Essay, Fiction
Singapore and USA
Notable works:
Steep Tea
Snow at 5 PM: Translations of an insignificant Japanese poet
Jeffrey P. Yap | jeffreypyap@gmail.com
Government Cultural Worker, Intramuros Administration
Fiction (short story)
Philippines
Notable Works:
Stout and The end is the beginning in Queer Southeast Asia
Somersaults in Megacity Anthology edited by Kathleen McCaul Moura, Boiler House Press, UK 2020
Jerrold Yam | website | jerrold_yam@hotmail.com
Poetry
Singapore
Notable works:
Scattered Vertebrae (Math Paper Press, 2013)
Intruder (Ethos Books, 2014)
John Daryl Alcantara | website | johndarylalcantara@gmail.com
Poetry
Philippines
Jose Luis “Nico” Pablo | website | joseluisbpablo@gmail.com
Communications Manager, Ashoka Philippines
Poetry
Philippines
King Llanza | kingllanza@gmail.com
Poetry
Philippines
Notable works:
“Forecast 2030” in Cordite Poetry Review
“Under Permafrost” in Busilak: New LGBTQ Poetry from the Philippines edited by J. Neil Garcia
Leo Fernandez Almero | lfalmero@gmail.com
Poetry, Essay
Philippines
Notable works:
“Shifting Grace” in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore
Malachi Edwin Vethamani | website | mevethamani@gmail.com
Professor, School of English, University of Nottingham Malaysia
Poetry and Short Story
Malaysia
Notable works:
Coitus Interruptus and Other Stories
Life Happens
Marie | marie.ee.sq@gmail.com
Fiction & Poetry
Singapore/USA
Notable work:
Inheritance: An Anthology
Mark Anthony Cayanan | mcayanan@gmail.com
Assistant Professor, Ateneo de Manila University
Poetry
Philippines
Notable works:
Poetry in The Spectacle
Poetry in Baest Journal
Rodrigo Dela Peña, Jr. | website | igordelapena@gmail.com
Poetry
Philippines/Singapore
Notable works:
Aria and Trumpet Flourish
Hymnal
Shawn Hoo | hycshawn@gmail.com
Editor-at-Large for Singapore, Asymptote
Poetry, Non-Fiction
Singapore
Tô Minh Sơn | minhson.to99@gmail.com
Non-fiction, poetry (English & Vietnamese)
Vietnam
Notable work:
Our mangled hearts
Zed Adam Idris | website | zedadam@gmail.com
Literary Fiction, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Creative Nonfiction
Malaysia
Notable works:
Read his nonfiction here