Deadline: December 31. You can now submit to the TSSF Journal. TSSF Journal seeks well-crafted stories about Africa, Africans, and African issues in all genres from writers of African descents or those associated with Africa. Send your poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction to journal@singlestory[dot]org. Email title should be: TSSF Journal: [Work Name], [category]. It accepts all kinds of stories, whether genre or literary. [ … ]
Category: Submission Calls
Submit to Jalada 08: Bodies
Deadline: Oct. 11, 2019. Jalada seeks short fiction, essays, creative nonfiction, and poetry that play with the very concept of the body and bodies. The team wants creative submissions that (re)imagine and (re)define bodies; pieces that look at bodies beyond flesh and bone; pieces that look at bodies in and through flesh and bone; that challenge human’s preconceived notions of [ … ]
2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Deadline: Nov. 1, 2019 (11:59 p.m). Commonwealth Writers today opened its 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize submission calls on Sept. 1. It awards the prize to the writer of the best unpublished short fiction written in English by a Commonwealth citizen. It accepts stories written in English, Bengali, Chinese, French, Greek, Kiswahili, Malay, Portuguese, Samoan, Tamil, Turkish, as well as translated entries. The panel of [ … ]
Submit: Journal of African Youth Literature (JAYL)
Deadline: Sept. 30, 2019. The Journal of African Youth Literature (JAYL) publishes literature written in English by, about, and/or for born-in-Africa youths. For the purposes of the Journal, the youth age category is defined as beginning in the mid-teenage years (from 15) up to 35 years. JAYL is interested in the types of literature listed below. Please note the lengths [ … ]
Introducing Rari Poetry Workshop
Deadline: Oct. 30, 2019. There is a brand new community for African poets: Rari. Rari is a peer-learning community open to any poet of African descent. It fosters growth through carefully curated workshops and a platform to showcase beautiful poetry. The team’s goal is ultimately to promote underrepresented African voices in the global poetry landscape. The team is currently accepting [ … ]
Apply: Saraba Magazine Hiring New Editorial Team
Deadline is Sept. 30, 2019. Saraba, the acclaimed literary magazine based in Nigeria, calls for applications for a new editorial team, including an Editor, Fiction Editor, Poetry Editor, Nonfiction Editor, and an Assistant Editor. Since 2009, the editorial team has included Emmanuel Iduma and Dami Ajayi, the magazine’s founders, and other editors who have worked with them since inception, including Ayọ̀bámi [ … ]
Submit opinion pieces, stories, poetry, and more to Afritondo
Afritondo is a new online magazine for African stories and content. The team publishes opinion pieces, stories, poems, and pictures that address African issues, or tell stories about Africa and its people. It aims to offer a platform for African writers, including young writers who may not have access to platform with a wider international audience. To be published, you [ … ]
Gerald Kraak Award
Deadline: Now kept open all year round The Jacana Literary Foundation and the Other Foundation seek submissions to their fourth annual Gerald Kraak Award. The award focuses on stories and photographies on gender, human rights and sexuality. To be eligible, you should be an African who lives and works in the continent. The first place prize winner receives R25,000. Submit the following: fiction, [ … ]
Submit to Imagnary House (Children’s Book& YA Literature)
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2019. Imagnary House publishes children’s books and young-adult literature. The boutique publishing house in Cape Town, South Africa calls for submissions. The company focuses on building a larger market for African children’s authors and illustrators. So, it does this by igniting local readership, and engaging with international readers, rights and literary agents. Founder Brad Harris built the publishing house based on his experience [ … ]
Bakwa Magazine Presents: Literary Translation Workshop in Collaboration with University of Bristol
Deadline: Aug. 30, 2019. Are you based in Cameroon? Are you a literary translator or do you want to be one? Bakwa Magazine, in collaboration with the University of Bristol, is pleased to announce that applications are open for an exciting literary translation workshop aimed at building networks and sustainability for literary translators. If you are a student translator or professional [ … ]
Submit to the Collins Elesiro Literary Prize by CF Writerz
Deadline for Submissions: June 10, 2019. CF Writerz currently accepts submissions for its new Freedom Magazine issue. The submissions should cover the “sweetness” theme. It was adapted from a poetry collection by Stefn Sylvester Anyatowu, a Title of the Year awardee. The Freedom Magazine will award the top entry the Collins Elesiro Literary Prize. The team will consider submissions in [ … ]
Agbowó Call for Submissions | Limits
Deadline: April 31, 2019. Agbowó lit and art magazine is now accepting submissions. The team calls for visual art pieces, photographs, short stories, essays and poetry that explore the theme “Limits”. It is after stories that dance gracefully on the limits between dream and reality. It wants poems that chant at the errant that without consent the body is off-limits [ … ]
Submit to Praxis Magazine Online’s Chapbook Series
Deadline: Feb. 5, 2019. Praxis Magazine Online publishes a number of chapbooks per year. The team seeks poetry that redefines language and form, shocks, and makes readers both revere and question the ordinariness or magic of the world. The team welcome submissions from new, emerging, established, and underrepresented voices including women, LGBTQ, disabled, and poets of color. So submit any poetry [ … ]
Call of Submissions for Exhale by HOLA Africa and Blackbird Books
Deadline: Jan. 31, 2019. HOLA Africa in collaboration with Blackbird Books, an imprint of Jacana Media, announces its call of submissions for Exhale, an upcoming queer African erotic short fiction anthology. The theme of Exhale is wrapped in the idea of a release, letting go, breathing out. An orgasm. The team wants compelling, well-crafted and imaginative stories that speak to [ … ]
Submit: Through the Eyes of African Women
Deadline: no deadline. Through the Eyes of African Women supports young women writers between the ages of 13-35. Submit your poetry, prose or any other form of fiction writing. The team accepts one-off submissions as well as applications to become a continuous contributor to its Medium publication: Unbound. If selected for a contributor position, the team will work with you [ … ]
adda – Call for Writers
Deadline: Nov. 30 adda, Commonwealth Writers’ online magazine, is looking to commission poetry for its 2019 publication. The paid commissioned writers go through a detailed editorial process to ensure the level of story quality adda offers its viewers. Please note that only writers from Commonwealth countries are eligible. The team seeks a broad range of poetry both in thematic and formal terms. It advises that you [ … ]
Submit: Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets
Deadline: Dec. 1, 2018. Awarded annually to an African poet who has not yet published a collection of poetry, The Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry gifts USD $1000 and book publication through the University of Nebraska Press to the winner of the prize. The Sillerman First Book Prize considers electronic submissions only. Hard copy submissions will be recycled unread. Submit your [ … ]
Submit: Cfwriterz Biannual Literary Award
Deadline: Nov. 20, 2018. Cfwriterz calls for fiction, poetry and nonfiction entries for its award, sponsored by SOBCA Academy. The theme for this edition is “Wings to fly” and the winner will receive ₦100,000. African writers of any background or residence are invited to send their work, written in English. The team prefers unpublished original work but is open to work that has been published [ … ]
Submit to Type/Cast Journal
Deadline: Oct. 8, 2018. The Type/Cast editorial collective announces a new call for submissions. It seeks fiction, poetry, and short nonfiction works. Xabiso Vili will guest edit this issue. Your work can touch on literally having to deal with physical spaces that are contested. Or, you can write about emotional or intellectual spaces, or any other space you may conceive. Email your previously [ … ]
Enter the N500,000 Union Bank Campus Writing Challenge
Deadline: Oct. 7, 2018 (12 midnight WAT). The Union Bank Campus Writing Challenge is an OkadaBooks initiative sponsored by Union Bank. The contest focuses on discovering young, raw and bold writing talents across Nigeria and giving them with the necessary support to hone their craft and become master storytellers. Therefore, this contest is strictly for undergraduates of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. To [ … ]