The Jeli, a literary publisher for black millennials, loves accepting previously unpublished submissions from new writers. It publishes fiction (short stories, poetry and novels) as well as narrative non-fiction (travel memoirs, biographies and essays). It accepts both early drafts or finished works, but expect an editorial process at acceptance. The Jeli is a community of readers and writers who are passionate about reading and writing. [ … ]
Category: Fiction
Closed: EXPOUND Woman Issue Call
Deadline: Oct. 31, 2016. Going with its African focused Special Issue tradition, EXPOUND has opened calls for its special EXPOUND woman issue. This issue will exclusively explore and appreciate African female writers and artists. As an African woman, you should apply. This issue will be guest edited by Safia Elhillo and Unoma Azuah. Sudanese Safia Elhillo is a Canem fellow and poetry editor for Kinfolks Quarterly: a journal [ … ]
Closed: Bloody Parchment 2016 Submission Calls
Deadline: Oct. 31, 2016. The South African HorrorFest Bloody Parchment team opens its 2016 competition. The Bloody Parchment team seeks horror, dark fantasy and science fiction short stories and novellas. Any African writer can apply. The Bloody Parchment short story competition aims to develop talented voices in the horror, dark fantasy and weird genres. It offers a platform to boost finalists. A winner [ … ]
Closed: 2017 Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature
Deadline: Oct. 7, 2016. Presented by Tafelberg Publishing, the Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature seeks to develop high quality literature for teenage readers (ages 12-18). The competition is only open to South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Swaziland citizens. You can submit your writings in one of the six language categories: English, Afrikaans, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Nguni and Sotho. Each category will have two prizes: R12,000 [ … ]
€2,000 Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition
Deadline: July 31, 2016 The Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition is an annual short story competition open to writers from around the world, submissions accepted from May to July annually. The competition is open to every writer, ages 16+, of any nationality. Furthermore, submitted stories can be on any subject, in any style. The prize for winning the competition is €2,000 (approx [ … ]
Closed: SUNU Journal Submissions
A Wolof word meaning our, SUNU Journal engages critically African issues and topics at continental, regional, national and international levels through literary work, research papers and compelling visuals. SUNU’s mission is to amplify the youth voice and contribute to strengthening their collective consciousness in critical engagement with African affairs, and aesthetics. Accepted on a rolling basis, Submissions should critically and creatively explore topics [ … ]
Closed: Omenana Open for Submission
Deadline: May 29. Omenana seeks works that explore alternative futures for Africa and people of African descent – with a preference for positive iterations. You can also explore the past as well as provide new interpretations of myths, folklore and magic. It does not accept graphic violent or sexual content. Omenana is a speculative fiction e-magazine that specializes in magical realism, fantasy, horror, and science fiction with African elements in them. [ … ]
Apply to the Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop
You get a chance to study with Chimamanda Adichie at the Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop! Chimamanda Adichie, Farafina Trust’s creative director, will host the creative writing workshop in Lagos, from June 21 to July 1, 2016. Binyavanga Wainaina, Aslak Sira Myhre and others will co-teach the workshop alongside Adichie. At the workshop, accepted participants will be assigned a wide range of reading exercises, [ … ]
Submit to the New Orleans Review
Mukoma wa Ngugi and Laura Murphy will be guest editing The African Literary Hustle, a New Orleans Review special print issue. You can submit to The African Literary Hustle your romance, science fiction, fantasy, epic, and experimental fiction pieces, your satire, political allegory, and critical non-fiction, translations, or revised narratives, and your poetry. The African Literary Hustle specifications Prose submissions should be 7,500 words or fewer. Poetry [ … ]
Uncanny Magazine Reopens Fiction Submission
Uncanny Magazine is currently OPEN to all short story submissions. Uncanny Magazine seeks original, unpublished speculative fiction stories between 750-6000 words from writers from every conceivable background. It wants intricate, experimental stories with gorgeous prose, verve, and imagination that elicit strong emotions and challenge beliefs. It believes there’s still plenty of room in the genre for tales that make you feel. Payment is $.08 per word [ … ]
Obsidian’s Special Issue Submissions
The editors of Obsidian invite you to participate in the journal’s celebration of four decades of excellence in the arts by submitting original unpublished work for its first double-volume issue exploring the speculative genre. Obsidian seeks original works that explore and reimagine black thought, black art, future and past. Selected works will appear in Obsidian’s fall 2016 double-issue edited by Sheree Renée Thomas and Nisi [ … ]
Lunaris Review
Lunaris Review published literary fiction (flash fiction, short story and creative nonfiction). Lunaris Review accepts submission of flash fiction up to 1,000 words; short story, creative non-fiction up to 4,000 words and essay not longer than 7,500 words. Does not accept sci-fi and erotic compositions. Submission should be sent as attachment in .doc or .pdf format using double line spacing. [ … ]
Jalada Africa
Jalada Africa is pan-African writers’ collective. Does not pay. Aims to publish literature by African authors regularly by making it as easy as possible for any member to publish anything or execute any literary project as quickly and effectively as possible. Comments, enquiries, and letters to the editors should be sent to: letters@jalada.org. Fiction: Each writer may submit up to a maximum of [ … ]
Ehanom Review
An arts, literature and politics journal based in Kumasi, Ghana, Ehanom Review publishes the finest of works it receives. We seek poetry, fiction, non-fiction, book reviews, essays and any other writings with literary interest. We are a monthly journal starting from July, 2014. We accept only electronic submissions (via email). One submission at a time, no multiple submissions. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Publishes previously unpublished works for [ … ]
Akwantuo Writing
Akwantuo is a platform for writing and writers focusing on Africa. Based in Accra, Akwantuo seeks to promote the Ghanaian and African literary community. Publishes writing and organizes workshops. Accepts submissions from writers who have any connection to Ghana or elsewhere in Africa: either through heritage and/or subject matter. Publishes fiction, non-fiction (memoirs, travel writing, non-academic essays, etc), poetry and [ … ]
The Write Mag
Published quarterly, The Write Mag puts a special emphasis on reviving interest in African literature. Submit: book reviews, author profiles and interviews, publishing information, study guides and information, features, literary works.
Wasafiri
A Britain’s premier magazine for international contemporary writing. Published quarterly, Wasafiri provides serious literary and critical coverage of writers who often struggled, because of their cultural or ethnic backgrounds, to get adequate notice in the mainstream press. Fiction: submissions should be no longer than 6000 words in length and previously unpublished. Work should be submitted as a Word document or equivalent (no [ … ]
Aerodrome
AERODROME publishes interviews, reviews, extracts and original creative writing. It aims to both champion and critique the art of writing, and showcase the subjects conveyed through books and writing. AERODROME has a strong emphasis on literary fiction, memoir and current affairs from South Africa, the UK and the Commonwealth. But prepare to encounter everything from cookbooks to comics, from as far afield as Azerbaijan. Poetry: publishes original poetry [ … ]
Q-zine
A pan-African, bilingual (English/French), quarterly electronic magazine by, for and about sexual minority groups in Africa. Q-zine aims to provide a legitimate outlet for queer Africans to celebrate the creativity and cultural richness of queer life in Africa. Q-zine’s main goal is to encourage sexual minority groups to decide how they should be represented in popular culture. Email: contact@qayn.org | Telephone: [ … ]
The Single Story Foundation
TSSF seeks well-crafted, realistic stories about Africa, Africans and African issues written by writers of African descents or those associated with Africa. Send your poetry, fiction, review and photograph to publication@singlestory.org. Be sure to include contact information such as your name, address, phone and email on the page of each submission. If you do not receive a response within six months, [ … ]