ABOUT US
ALMA is a quiet experiment in seriousness. Independent and ad-free, it offers a home to work that resists easy tagging—fiction that sidesteps plot, essays that wander into the philosophical, poems that read like confessions or games. We’re drawn to pieces that carry intellectual risk, tonal elasticity, or an unlikely point of view. Not because they’re clever, but because they make you stop.
Published online since 2020, ALMA doesn’t follow the rhythms of a publishing calendar. We update as we discover, letting the website function more like a living archive than a traditional magazine. Submissions are selected and edited by a small editorial board, each piece curated for a reader willing to spend time—not just consume.
We’re interested in both the unfinished and the precise, the overlooked and the overthought: a fragment of a travel diary, a sketch of a philosophical idea, a satire of online life. Our contributors include new voices and established ones, emerging thinkers and quietly brilliant observers who might not think of themselves as writers at all.
ALMA is based in South Asia and shaped by its contradictions, but not limited to them. We publish in English, for a global readership that values slow attention. Our deepest loyalty is not to genre, identity, or relevance, but to the feeling you get when a piece of writing opens a small window in the head and lets in something unexpected. Happy reading!
In accordance with privacy norms and widespread industry practice, we do not publicly share the personal addresses of our editorial board members. All members are listed with designations on our website.
Our Mentors
Clancy Martin
Clancy Martin is a Canadian philosopher, novelist and essayist. His debut novel “How to Sell” was a Times Literary Supplement "Best Book of the Year”, and "Best Book of 2009" for The Guardian, Publishers Weekly and The Kansas City Star.
Govind Dhar
Govind Dhar is an international journalist and magazine editor with credits in BBC, Wall Street Journal, Conde Nast Traveller, GQ, Vogue, Slate, Rolling Stone, Roads & Kingdoms and Travel + Leisure. He was the launch editor for Robb Report India...
Shehzeen Cassum
Shehzeen Cassum is the cultural ambassador of Flamenco in India. She is the only Indian to be formally accepted into the Flamenco Community of Andalucía. She acquired all her training under the guidance of several world
Maanas Lal
Maanas Lal is an Indian author, visual artist, and TEDx speaker. The author of six true-crime books including Murder in the Bylanes, On the Trail of Thugs, and Mission Saudi ( which has been opted for screen adaptation), he writes psychologically...