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News • Opportunities

Submit to Brittle Paper’s Horror Anthology | Deadline: 31 May 2026

by Tahzeeb Akram

LATEST

Series• Stories and Poems June 04, 2026

Senegal: The Place That Looked Like Home | Basira Rabiu Idris | Nigeria

by Submissions Editor

News June 04, 2026

Nnedi Okorafor Wins Two 2026 Locus Awards; Somto Ihezue Also Takes Home a Win for his Novelette

by Blessing Uwisike

Book Reviews June 04, 2026

The Tragedies and Triumphs of Oyinkan Braithwaite’s Cursed Daughters | Amara Ujumadu | Review

by Amara Ujumadu

Opportunities June 03, 2026

Apply to Majesty Publishing House Africa’s fully funded Africa Women Writers Residency | Deadline: June 22, 2026

by Blessing Uwisike

Events June 03, 2026

The 23rd Ghana International Book Fair Is Coming to Accra This August, Mark Your Calendars

by Blessing Uwisike

Series• Stories and Poems June 03, 2026

Guinea Conakry: A Resounding “Yes” to the Pan-African Dream | Badji Alfousseynou & Sagou Banou | Senegal & Mali

by Submissions Editor

Stories and Poems June 03, 2026

The World Quickly Moves On | Elempe Dele | Poetry

Events June 02, 2026

Romeo Oriogun, Titilope Sonuga, and Nick Makoha Will Facilitate the Lagos International Poetry Festival’s Inaugural Craft and Development Lab | Applications Now Open

by Blessing Uwisike

NEWS

News June 02, 2026

Nathacha Appanah’s La Nuit au Cœur Sets a Record in Prix Goncourt History as Mauritius Becomes the 25th Choix Goncourt

by Blessing Uwisike

News June 02, 2026

Amazwi South African Museum of Literature is Dedicated Entirely to Literature, You Should Check It Out

by Blessing Uwisike

News June 01, 2026

M.H. Ayinde, Eugen Bacon, C.L. Hellisen, and Chukwunonso Ezeiyoke Earn Six Nominations Across the 2026 British Fantasy Awards Shortlists

by Blessing Uwisike

News June 01, 2026

Nigerian-Canadian Poet Jide Salawu Earns Double Shortlist Nod from the League of Canadian Poets for Debut Collection Contraband Bodies

by Submissions Editor

News May 29, 2026

Stella Gaitano and Safae el Khannoussi among finalists for the 2026 Internationaler Literaturpreis Prize

by Blessing Uwisike

STORIES & POEMS

Stories and Poems June 01, 2026

Anything Is Nothing Where We Come From | Marian Bebia | Fiction

by Marian Bebia

Series• Stories and Poems May 31, 2026

Sweet Salone | Testimony Odey | Nigeria

by Testimony Odey

Series• Stories and Poems May 30, 2026

Mercy in Manchester: Diasporic Diaries | Mercy Eni | Entry 5

Series• Stories and Poems May 29, 2026

“Only Three of You Are Normal”: Radical Optimism on the Road to Monrovia | Ursula M. Abanga | Ghana

by Ursula M. Abanga

Stories and Poems May 29, 2026

What Remains Between Us, Unnamed | Mutsa Mambo | Fiction