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Submissions Editor

A. Igoni Barrett’s Whyteface, the Sequel to Blackass, Is Coming August 4 from Graywolf Press

by Praise Okeoghene Vandeh

Stories and Poems May 27, 2026

Anger Market | Felicitas Offorjamah | Poetry

by Felicitas Offorjamah

Opportunities May 26, 2026

Call for Submissions: The Gerald Kraak Anthology and Prize Opens Its Sixth Edition With a Focus on Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer Women | Submit by 18 August 2026

by SUBMISSIONS EDITOR

Series• Stories and Poems May 26, 2026

Road Notes from Ghana: What the Maps Don’t Show | Basira Rabiu Idris | Nigeria

by Basira Rabiu Idris & LOATAD

Stories and Poems May 25, 2026

The Lady Who Runs the Floor | Bello Taiwo Victoria | Fiction

by Bello Taiwo Victoria

Series• Stories and Poems May 23, 2026

Mercy in Manchester: Diasporic Diaries | Mercy Eni | Entry 4

Stories and Poems May 22, 2026

This Is Not Envy | Adwoah Nyarkoa | Creative Non-Fiction

by Adwoah Nyarkoa

Stories and Poems May 20, 2026

The Bag He Left Me | Fatima Mustafa | Fiction

by Fatima Mustafa