This week, the poem we choose to publish is Lust by Tajudeen Muadh Read here; nigeriannewsdirect.com/lust/

The Umuofia Arts and Books Festival anthology is still accepting submissions. New deadline: July 10th. Payment for an accepted piece of fiction or non fiction or a group of poems=₦25,000

The sunset was your mirror. But sunrise. The cruelest light you knew.

"Somewhere fishermen cast their nets like prayers, but will get no answers. Because the ocean now wears her negligence like a wounded god." Chidera Harrison's "Waterside Blues" is truly remarkable. We're pleased to share his fantastic work today. Link: poetrysangoota.weebly.com/precious-chide…

A beautiful poem thorough and thorough that expresses the state of the relationship between man and nature. The voices in this poem whisper like the still vice of the sea and set the mood well enough to give the readers a passage to the feelings of the poet. Waterside Blue🌊

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Life.

Survival is the hunger snatching boys / from the comfort of their mother's arms / and flinging them into the uncertainty of roads Chidera Harrison

Dear Lord, gift me a country of songs and I will write about joy. Gift me a country of love and I will sing a love song. Gift me a land without the graves of my loved ones. (RMG)

Poets have no biographies —Nicanor Parra Tr. Miller Williams

The African Studies Association launches the ASA Christie and Chinua Achebe Fund! It includes a biennial lecture series and annual manuscript prize for unpublished Africana literary work, with winners considered for publication by Penguin's Chinua Achebe Imprint 📚✨ brittlepaper.com/2025/11/asa-ac…

My latest essay. afapinen.com/2025/11/12/ech…

The submission window is now open to 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲, and 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬. Guidelines are on the site. Link in bio. ❤️

Submissions close on November 25. Just a reminder mudroommag.com/submissions

Heads up...Our poetry and fiction teams will no longer be accepting submissions after November 20th. Want to submit a piece? The link to submit is in our bio (and submissions are free)!

My novel DEATH OF THE AUTHOR is in the first round of the Goodreads Choice Awards (in the science fiction category). 🥰 You can vote here: goodreads.com/choiceawards/r…

We are still reading for our Winter Issue!

Dive into the September issue of The Blue Mountain Review, from @tscetweets, featuring Garret Dillahunt, Octavio Quintanilla, & Benheart. Then consider sending your own poetry, fiction, & essays. $5 fee. Open year-round. #writers #callforsubmissions newpages.com/guide-submissi…

I'm incredibly honored to emerge as the first runner up for this year's edition of the Idumese Alao Prize for Literature Idumaese Alao Foundation. Congratulations to me, to Sa’ada, to Blessing the winner, and to every other finalist. ❤️