Doek!, Namibia’s first literary magazine, has put out their biannual call for submissions fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art for their fifteenth issue. The submissions period for this issue closes on March 31, 2025.

Doek! is an online literary magazine produced in Windhoek, Namibia that publishes short fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art from Namibia, Africa, and the African diaspora. Launched in 2019, the magazine aims to foster a dynamic literary culture in Namibia.

Doek! showcases diverse voices from both local and international writers and visual artists in order to foster connections between storytellers and a global audience. The magazine accepts submissions from Namibian writers and poets in its fiction and poetry sections, while its nonfiction and visual arts sections are open to contributors from Namibia, Africa, and the African diaspora.

The editors consider:

  1. Narrative (plot)-driven short fiction of any genre (such as crime, erotica, fantasy, historical, horror, humour, literary, magical realism, mystery, romance, science fiction, or any experimental writing which creatively blurs the margins between such genres) that lingers with the reader long after the final full stop; and,
  2. Poetry (written for the page, not performance) that takes the reader to the edge of their senses and beyond.
  3. Creative nonfiction (such as essays, memoirs, or narrative nonfiction) that explores the known and the unknown; and
  4. Visual art (such as illustrations, graphic design, and photography) that shows the viewer hidden parts of the world and themselves.

Go to Doek!‘s Submissions Page for extensive submission guidelines and the submission portal.