Identity Room By Community Members & Artists 

Call for Written Contributions 

We invite people connected to Sri Lankan identity across the world to share their writing as part of a collective exploration of identity, memory, and belonging. Contributions may also take creative forms that work with paper, such as words carried on a kite, a paper plane, or a lantern. There is no single way to write identity here. 

Contributions may include poetry, short prose, letters, fragments, reflections, or other written forms. You are welcome to write in the way that feels most true to your experience, whether your words carry memory, grief, humour, love, resistance, uncertainty, or quiet reflection. 

Submissions may be handwritten or typed and can be written in any language. Original handwritten and hand-made works are encouraged, and contributions can be posted or emailed depending on the form of the work. 

The Identity Room is a dedicated space for written expression and reflection, centering community voices beyond visual art. It is a space to hold both what is spoken and what is often left unsaid, allowing identity to appear as layered, unfinished, and continually reshaped. 

Please type your submission into the box below. If you would like to submit a handmade or handwritten piece of work (encouraged), please contact us at: [email protected]