The Missing Slate is a not-for-profit art and literary journal created with the intent to uphold free speech irrespective of geography, political, or religious affiliations. Our goal is simple: to honour talent and incorporate as many styles, opinions, and cultures as possible. The magazine is a “borderless” one with a culturally and intellectually diverse team that believes art is too inclusive to be mapped.
The story behind our name (a question we’re often asked) arose from the current literary landscape in Pakistan. We wanted to publish a magazine that paid tribute to our diversity by opening our “borders” to include submissions from other countries (and have published work from over 90 so far, including Pakistan). The magazine’s essays and commentaries would still cater to our roots in some way but Pakistan would not be an end-all destination for the magazine. As South Asian magazines are usually rooted in the region’s geography, such a platform was missing in the local publishing scene. Because slates are still used to write and teach in most rural Pakistani villages, it felt fitting for the magazine to be called The Missing Slate, finding and publishing voices our editors felt were important to a discerning reader.
Editor-in-Chief / FounderMaryam Piracha
Managing Editor
Art Editors
Amogha Lakshmi
Art Critic
Shameen Arshad
Assistant Poetry Editor
Karli Woods
Assistant Fiction Editors
Sofia Ahmad
Ifra Asad
Contributing Editors
Noah Klein
Aaron Grierson
Elishma Noel
Elizabeth Lee Reynolds
We are especially grateful to the magazine’s former managing editor, Jacob Silkstone, who we thank for seven years of service, passion, and dedication to the magazine. The magazine today is a testament to Jacob’s vision and we wish him every success in the years ahead.