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We’re excited to announce the upcoming release of Under the Rain, a heartfelt romantic novel by Nigerian author Ayo Deforge (@ayodeforgewrites), set for release by December 1, 2025  Under the Rain explores the complexities of enduring love, tough decisions, and the cost of secon

NEA just cut $350k from lit mags & programs. We don't have that, but we do have $5k and want to help lit mags grow in a healthier way. $1k each to 5 mags willing to try something new. Apply here: forms.chillsubs.com/incubator

#followfriday Litmag to follow 🎉 Rinky Dink Press Ubwali Literary Magazine BRAWL (OPEN FOR SUBS) Cool Beans Lit Afrihill Press Alien Buddha Press (open for submissions) 🍉 Livina Press

Catch Chidera Udochukwu-Nduka on the LHCAF Personality Focus where she takes us through her creative fears and triumphs. #Focus #WritingLife #creativity

New deadlines, new contests, and new opportunities for your work to find its audience! Here is a roundup of ten submission opportunities with deadlines in June or July, including The Louisville Review, Split Lip Magazine, Poetry London, and more. buff.ly/NpjUlH2

Write something called "fantastic fiction"? Think Franz Kafka, Kobo Abe, Clarice Lispector and Jorge Luis Borges... Then consider submitting to The Cafe Irreal open all year for FREE submissions. Pay is $0.01 per word ($2 minimum). Only catch is no simultaneous submissions.

Going forward, this week we publish Snapshots From Oguta Lake, 2025 by Chinaza James-Ibe. Read here; nigeriannewsdirect.com/snapshots-from…

It was wonderful Judging this contest. There were lots of beautiful chapbooks that we wanted to say yes to but couldn’t because of funds. However, we glad we got the chance to read them. Congratulations to the winners.

Multiple Openings at Nigerian NewsDirect 1. Managing Editor 2. Line Editors 3. Mobile Videographer & Content Creator 4. Business Development & Marketing Lead Apply 👇 bit.ly/PRE-INTERVIEW-…

It’s audaciously a new week, a reminder to Nigerian poets that we are always open for submission Saturday- Wednesday. Do send us your new works.

Have you read the poem of the week?

cover for my debut!!! 🤭 super grateful to my friend, Garricologist for the amazing cover art. and to Michael Imossan, Bá Sabouke (Sirajo Abdulazeez Illo) and Zaynab, for the blurbs.

African Writers Trust is thrilled to invite applications for a Writers-in-Residency Programme. To apply, please visit our website here: africanwriterstrust.org/2025/06/16/afr… The deadline for submitting applications is 21st July, 2025.

New publisher listing for: Good Printed Things Mixed-Lit Anthology Series (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; pays) duotrope.com/anthology/good… #WritingCommunity

avoid poets (all writers, actually)

I’ve dreamed of the Evaristo Prize since I was 18, when it was still the “Brunel Prize”. To say this is “a dream come true” would be nothing short of the truth. I am thankful to those who came before me; to those who paved the way for us all. Thank you. I am grateful. ❤️✨

New publisher listing for: The Phantomicon: Imaginings and Images of the Ghost (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction Art; Fantasy, Horror; pays) duotrope.com/anthology/phan… #WritingCommunity

Please send us your works. We love to read them.

Akpata Magazine is open to: ✍🏽 fiction 📖 nonfiction 🕯️ poetry 🗺️ visual art Give us something that lingers long after the final line. Submit now! akpatamag.top/submit/

New scholarly publication in the works. We want works that are disruptive in their approach to discourse on development and education. The editors would love to read from you.