'Write' magazine a platform for budding young writers across the island

Do you remember the days where you’ve created something beautiful, but had no way of sharing it with the world? That time when you felt so strongly about something, which you wanted to express, be it through a story or a poem but didn’t have a platform to? Well this is your chance.  

‘WRITE’ magazine is a platform  dedicated to budding writers between the ages of 16 and above, to publish their work. It was launched recently at the Lakshman Kadiragamar Institute, Colombo 07.

“It is true what they say about your bathroom being your thinking room,” the chairman of WRITE, Shehara Willie began.  She explains that, just last year, the idea had hit her while she was in the shower. This was just following a weekend workshop on creative writing, which Shehara had attended.

The WRITE team

“I called my good friend Oshanthaka Cabraal, who had also taken part in the workshop with me and he was delighted with the idea,” she recalls. The pair had met up on October 31, last year (2016) to set up the initial plan for the magazine.  “This was the beginning of a long and beautiful journey.”

The primary purpose of ‘WRITE’ is to “express, enlighten and empathise.” It features poetry, short stories, one act plays, monologues and open letters, all of which aim to fulfill this purpose.

Initially the team had received over 115 submissions, out of which two had been from Johannesburg, South Africa and Chennai, India. This had given them the idea to use the magazine to serve as a global network for writers one day.

The first edition of ‘Write’ comes packed with 35 submissions that truly portray the talent of Sri Lanka’s younger generation.  Here we find the writers touching upon different issues, out of which the most common was the trauma associated with one’s self and their relationships with others. 

The team behind the magazine comprises of individuals from different walks of life, who have come together through their mutual love for English literature, we find out. They have been guided by Professor Maithree Wickramasinghe and Professor Rajiva Wijesinha.

To submit articles for their next issue contact :

Email – write3e@gmail.com

Contact no- 077500838/0775180804

Address-  No.60, Hill Street, Dehiwala.

The magazine is priced at Rs. 400 and could be purchased from Barefoot Colombo and Expo Graphic (Battaramulla and Kandy) 

Interesting Facts revealed by the WRITE team

They received over a 150 submissions from across the island. The following is a graphical representation from where the submissions made their way.