Discover Nikkei

Nikkei-related personal stories, essays, memoirs, academic papers, book reviews, and other prose about experiences, history, culture, identity, and community are accepted in English, Japanese, Spanish, or Portuguese. English, Spanish, and Portuguese pieces should be 600–1,500 words; Japanese pieces should be 1,000–3,000 characters. Poetry and video are not accepted. Submissions are accepted by email through October 31, 2026, at 6 p.m. PDT; stories are published on a rolling basis.