The Briefly Write Poetry Prize is open to poetry writers from all over the world.  The Briefly Write Poetry Prize celebrates and rewards bold, succinct writing. They want well-crafted poems up to 10 lines. They want innovative language, strong imagery and a subtle, focused composition. Send them your best brief writing. Submission Guidelines for Briefly Write […]

The Luschei Prize for African Poetry is currently open to African poets published during the previous calendar year. The Luschei Prize for African Poetry, under the auspices of the African Poetry Book Fund and in partnership with the literary journal, Prairie Schooner, is an annual award of USD $1,000. Established in 2015 and named for the […]

Open Country Mag is calling for applications from people into literature, film, music, visual art, photography, fashion, and media. Open Country Mag is excited to make their first call for submissions for a new kind of fellowship for African curators. The Open Country Mag Curatorial Fellowships, sponsored by Africa No Filter, aims to provide direct motivation, […]

The Torch Literary Arts is accepting submissions of poetry, fiction, hybrid genre and script by Black Women from all over the world. Torch Literary Arts is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization established to publish and promote creative writing by Black women.  They publish contemporary writing by experienced and emerging writers alike. TORCH has featured work by […]

Old Moon Quarterly are currently calling for submissions by Fiction and Poetry writers worldwide. Old Moon publishes character-focused, weird sword-and-sorcery: stories of a dark and transgressive nature, set in a secondary or historical-paranormal (“our” reality, but with a twist, if you will) world, with a focus on rounded characters undergoing some sort of conflict, resolved (though not […]

Stanchion Zine is calling for Prose and Poetry writers to the ‘Away From Home’ anthology. We’ve all had that moment: you’re visiting someone’s home and you realize something is different. Maybe it’s the way they pray or eat, or even smell. To celebrate and explore these moments, Stanchion is presenting a stand-alone anthology entitled Away […]

IBADANarts Review is currently calling for submissions of Fiction, Poetry, Non-fiction, Visual Arts and Photography. IBADÀNarts brings literature to the world in a unique dimension, through a prism. The city is their muse; the brown roofs, seven hills, seven bottoms, the culture, and its unique African scene. They are open to all African creatives, Their […]

Ahoy Comics seeks submissions of short fiction for readers of mature content. At Ahoy, they believe their sacred duty is to find new voices and let them scream at the world. Thus, each Ahoy Comics magazine will include at least one piece of short fiction or social commentary. They seek smart, weird, funny articles or […]

Tampered Press calls on writers and visual artists to submit to its 8th edition.  Tampered Press is a literary and arts journal that publishes Africans and people of African descent. While blackness has become more noticeable now than in the past, and more space is gradually being created at the table black as an identity […]

The Flute is calling for submissions of poems and pictures around Africa.  According to one of the editors, Olajide Salawu, The Flute wants to tell stories of the margin, the ignored tales of the African cities.  In the words of Nigerian poet, Odia Ofeimum, “A city is like a poem. You enter it and you enter […]