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Mithila Review is the only international science fiction and fantasy magazine published from India.^[1][2] It publishes original speculative fiction, poetry, reviews and interviews from authors from South Asia and around the world.^[3][4]

Contributors to the online magazine have included Ian McDonald, Cixin Liu, Kij Johnson, Lavie Tidhar, Ken Liu, Theodora Goss, Aliette de Bodard, Alyssa Wong, John Chu, Usman T Malik, Anil Menon, Dilman Dila, Dean Francis Alfar, Indrapramit Das and Rabi Thapa.^[5]

Mithila Review was founded by Salik Shah in late 2015 with the editorial support from Ajapa Sharma and Isha Karki.^[6] The inaugural issue of the magazine was launched in March 2016.^[7] It adopted a quarterly publishing schedule, and became a paying market in October 2016.^[8] Every issue of Mithila Review is available to read online. Mithila Review relies primarily on donations and subscriptions as a source of funding through Patreon.^[9]

Salik Shah believes that the Mithila Review attempts to "decentre science fiction in an Anglo-centric, Euro-centric milieu".^[10]

Mary Soon Lee won third prize in the Rhysling Award 2018 in the Long Poem category. The poem was originally published in Issue 9 of the Mithila Review.^[11][12]

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