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Brittle Paper Flash Fiction Competition Winners!

by Tahzeeb Akram

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News September 02, 2026

Zimbabwean Author Blessing Musariri Stands as the Only African Finalist for the $50,000 2026 Kirkus Prize

by Blessing Uwisike

News September 02, 2026

American University in Cairo Press Announces Shortlist for the $5,000 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2026

by Blessing Uwisike

Stories and Poems September 02, 2026

Hunt | Aeesha Abdullahi Alhaji | Poetry

by Aeesha Abdullahi Alhaji

News September 01, 2026

Koleka Putuma Nominated 2026 Featured Poet as Poetry Africa Marks its 30th Anniversary Edition

by Blessing Uwisike

Book Feature September 01, 2026

U. M. Agoawike’s Black as Diamond Brings Queer Magic and Epic Fantasy Together

by Praise Okeoghene Vandeh

Book Feature September 01, 2026

Are We Now Judging a Book by Its Cover? What the “Husband Is Useless” Uproar Says About Us

by Blessing Uwisike

News September 01, 2026

“You Are the First Thing Your Mother Could Own”: Taiye Selasi’s Fiction Debut in The New Yorker Is a Firstborn Daughter’s Reckoning

by Blessing Uwisike

News August 31, 2026

The African Speculative Fiction Society Announces the Shortlist for the 2026 Nommo Awards

by Blessing Uwisike

NEWS

News August 28, 2026

“Awaiting the Next Time”: Wasafiri’s 127th Issue Asks What Solidarity Looks Like Amid Genocide and Occupation

by Blessing Uwisike

News August 27, 2026

Eze, Ifowodo, and Oburumu Make Final Three for the $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature 2026

by Blessing Uwisike

Events• News• Opportunities August 25, 2026

Submit to The Brittle Paper Flash Fiction Competition | Deadline: 28 August 2026

by Tahzeeb Akram

News August 25, 2026

Nnedi Okorafor’s Death of the Author Shortlisted for Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award

by Blessing Uwisike

Events• News August 24, 2026

Introducing the Inaugural Brittle Paper Literary Festival! | Date: August 29, 2026

by Blessing Uwisike

STORIES & POEMS

Stories and Poems August 31, 2026

Mirror Mirror, Who Is the Ugliest of Them All? | Precious Nzeakor | Fiction

by Precious Nzeakor

Stories and Poems August 28, 2026

What Fossil and My Father Taught Me | Christy Ogbenjuwa | Fiction

by Christy Ogbenjuwa

Stories and Poems August 26, 2026

The Cafe Owner | Salem Matenga | Fiction

by Salem Matenga

Stories and Poems August 24, 2026

Blind Luck | Nana T. Baffour-Awuah | Poetry

by Nana T. Baffour-Awuah

Stories and Poems August 21, 2026

Other Confessions | Nadera Awiti | Fiction

by Nadera Awiti