Cassava Republic Press has announced its 2026 manuscript submission windows, inviting writers to submit works across fiction and nonfiction categories on a rotating basis throughout the year. The first window, for Literary Fiction and Speculative Fiction, is open now, with a deadline of June 30, 2026, at 23:59 BST. Two further windows follow later in the year.

Cassava Republic wants work in its best possible shape before submission. Writers should send a 500-word summary of the book alongside the first three chapters of the manuscript, submitted as a Word attachment. The file should be named in the following format: date of submission (dd.mm.yy), first name, surname, book title — for example, Cassava Submission: Yinka Allen, To Play With Fire. The author’s name should appear only on the title page and nowhere else in the manuscript.

When the editorial team reads a submission, the questions driving their assessment are whether the story says something new about the human experience, whether it breaks with tradition in some innovative way, and whether they are passionate enough about the work to invest their own money and devote almost a year of their working lives to it. They are looking for new, imaginative writing that reflects the best of what the Black world has to offer. Due to the volume of submissions received, individual editorial feedback will not be provided, but all submitting writers will receive an automated acknowledgement. Cassava Republic aims to respond to all submissions within approximately three months of the submission window closing.

The next submission window, for Children’s Fiction and Nonfiction, opens September 1, 2026, with a deadline of September 30. Adult Nonfiction submissions will open November 1 and close November 30. Writers working across those categories should mark those dates now.

Submit at cassavarepublic.biz/submissions.