Periodicals. These are magazines or journals published in Singapore and abroad containing  literary works by resident ‘locals’ (not expatriates) from the time when Singapore was part of the Straits Settlements to the present – from the earliest The Straits Chinese Magazine (1897) which published some fiction in English to the latest literary magazine to appear to date, the NUS Literary Society’s Argot (2008) the successor to Focus, and which meet at least one of the following criteria:

a) its  main or only aim is the publication of creative writing (eg, Poetry Singapore).

b) it publishes creative writing, even if that is not the journal’s main focus (eg, Commentary; New Directions), and even if  sometimes (with change in editorial policy), such writing is  no longer published.

c) it has one of the above characteristics, but appeared – or had intended to appear – periodically, even if it subsequently ceased publication after only one or a few issues. (eg, ImpressionPoetry SingaporeHardpressed).

Foreign periodicals are included if they

a) are published or will still publish Singaporecreative writing – eg, Tenggara and  Southeast Asian Review of English (Malaysia);

b) have published special issues which feature the work of Singaporean writers. (eg, the Australian journal, Westerly). Only that special issue is entered.

Library holdings of some important journals are fragmented and we hope that with the information provided here, readers who possess the missing issues will donate them to fill the gaps in the  holdings of  the National Library and the National University of  Singapore Library.