Agbowo Magazine Submissions are Open/ How to Submit (Payment: $25-$60)

Agbowo Magazine is currently calling for entries for their next Issue from female writers of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and plays, as well as visual artists.  

Agbowo is growing to be a foremost African art company providing platforms for African writers and artists that ensure creative Africans can concentrate on creating great art while they get the audience and the value they deserve. The Agbowo Submissions for their digital publication is one of their strategies to give audience to creators.

This issue is the Woman Issue. In the annals of history, the narratives of women have been one of resilience and transformation. Yet, even as we record incremental and significant shifts in how women function within societies, their lived experiences are still largely unexplored, untold, and contested. What does it mean to be a woman in today’s world? How have the definitions and expectations evolved? What does it mean to anthologize the stories that matter to women today?

For this special issue, Kéchi Nne Nomu is their guest editor. 

Guidelines for Agbowo Submissions

1. To submit your work for Agbowó magazine’s “Woman” issue, please send your prose, non-fiction, poetry, or visual arts/photography and plays submissions as MS Word attachments or high-resolution images to 
   • Prose: prose.agbowo@gmail.com,
   • Essay: essays.agbowo@gmail.com,
   • Poetry: poetry.agbowo@gmail.com,
   • Visual Arts: visualarts.agbowo@gmail.com, and
   • Drama: drama.agbowo@gmail.com  respectively. 
2. Please use “Woman Issue” as the subject line of your submission.
3. Along with your submission, please include a brief bio about yourself. Learn how to write a good writers bio for your submission.
4. This issue accepts submissions only from women.
5. We welcome at most three poems, one-act plays, one short story or essay, or five artworks for consideration.

Specific submission guidelines for Agbowo Submissions:

 Poetry

They accept poems of any length, form or style. Please send only three poems at a time. They are looking for poems from poets of African origin that move them by the freshness and keenness of their sound, their fluidity, the orality of their verse, and the profundity of their theses. They also welcome humorous poems and political poems.

• Send your poetry submissions to poetry.agbowo@gmail.com.
• Poems should be attached as either Microsoft Word or PDF documents (or both when the physical form is intricate).
• Poems submitted must be previously unpublished on any platform.
• Each poem should be titled and every new poem should begin on a new page.
• They prefer you use a Times New Roman font with a 1.5 spacing.
• While they accept simultaneous submissions, inform them if your submission has been accepted by another journal.
• Also, attach a portrait picture, a short bio of fewer than 100 words, and your social media handles.
• Please remember to indicate in your subject the issue to which you are submitting.

Fiction 

Please send a maximum of one story per submission window. Works submitted should not have been published elsewhere. While you are welcome to send flash fiction, they usually publish stories with the 1500 – 5000 word range.

• Please send your fiction submissions to prose.agbowo@gmail.com.
• Stories should be attached as Microsoft Word documents.
• Stories submitted must be previously unpublished on any platform.
• Use a Times New Roman font with a 1.5 spacing.
• While we accept simultaneous submissions, inform us if your submission has been accepted by another journal.
• Also, attach a portrait picture, a short bio of fewer than 100 words, and your social media handles.
• Please remember to indicate in your subject the issue to which you are submitting.

 

Essays/NonFiction

Essays may explore a wide variety of themes. Everything and anything is allowed. They, however, are on a particular lookout for essays with roots wholly or partly lodged within the context of Africa, either through subjects under focus or case studies. Agbowo are also keen on ideas that are plucked outside the box and, if possible, without the box in sight. They give premium to uncommon topics, approaches, and styles.

Furthermore:

• Essays must be written in the English language. Broken English is also acceptable.
• Essays should be no longer than 3500 words and no less than 750.
• Essays should be previously unpublished.
• Submissions should be in an electronic form and attached as Microsoft Word documents.
• Write “Essay Submission” and the title of your piece in the subject line of your email.
• Include a cover letter and a biography ranging between 100 and 200 words
• A clear photograph of the author should also be attached.
• Plagiarism is not condoned. All quotes should be duly acknowledged.
• Please attach your social media handles as well so they can tag you upon publication.
• Please send your essay submissions to essays.agbowo@gmail.com.
• Please remember to indicate in your subject the issue to which you are submitting.

One Act Plays

• They will consider for publication one-act plays with running times between 10 and 30 minutes.
• Submissions can explore any theme and can be genre-bending as well.
• They are open to new ideas so the plays can be experimental. 
• The submission should have a maximum cast of 7 characters. There can be room for three minor characters with limited dialogues.
• Submissions should include a cover letter with a brief summary of the play, the name and location of the playwright, the running time, performance history (if it has been performed before), and awards (if it has won any awards).
• Submissions should be in Microsoft Word documents.
• Only finished scripts of one-act plays are acceptable. Do not submit drafts of works in process. Previously produced plays are welcomed.
• The play must be a complete one-act play, not a part of a larger work. 
• Please remember to indicate in your subject the issue to which you are submitting.
• Send your One-Act plays for consideration to drama.agbowo@gmail.com.

Visual Art and Photography

Their platform encourages artists to contribute to the ever-growing archive of artistic ideas of our time. Artworks can be on any number of subjects, just as long as the theme helps portray the culture in a unique yet relatable manner. In other words, the more idealistic and daring, the preference they give. They hope to assist your creative journey by preserving your works and showcasing them on both their Monthly and Instagram feeds.

• They request your works (preferably a portfolio of 3-5 works around a singular theme) be submitted as high-resolution files and titled appropriately with a note about the medium.
• Accepted artists will be interviewed for the Monthly.
• Please send your visual arts and photography submissions to visualarts.agbowo@gmail.com.
• Please attach your social media (particularly Twitter and Instagram) handles as well so they can tag you upon publication.
• Remember to indicate in your subject the issue to which you are submitting.

Payment for Agbowo Submissions

• Single Poems – $25
• Suites of poems (2-4) – $50
• One act plays -$50
• Essays/Nonfiction – $60
• Fiction – $60
• Visual Art – $35

Deadline

The deadline for submissions is 1st October, 2023.

To learn more about the submissions, visit their X (Formerly Twitter) Page. Goodluck.