Category: Literary Magazines
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Literary Magazines: Okiti Literary, Ibua Journal, Joburg Review, PREE
New editions of Okiti Literary, the Ibua Journal, the Joburg Review, and PREE are now available for your reading pleasure. Okiti Literary Okiti Literary is a new biannual online literary journal based in Ondo State, Nigeria, that publishes outstanding poems from Nigerian and international writers, spanning diverse styles and traditions. The first edition features contributions…
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Literary Magazines: Doek, Nalubaale Review, Journal of West Indian Literature, The Shallow Tales Review
New editions of Doek, Nalubaale Review, Journal of West Indian Literature, and The Shallow Tales Review are available for your reading pleasure. Doek Doek! Literary Magazine (Doek!) is a free, independent, and Pan-African online literary magazine produced in Windhoek, Namibia. It publishes short fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art from Namibia, Africa, and the African…
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Literary Magazines: Lolwe, Lọúnlọún, Nenta, Kweli Journal
New editions of Lolwe, Lọúnlọún, Nenta, and Kweli Journal are now available for your reading pleasure. Lolwe Lolwe is a Pan-African literary arts platform that publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, hybrid writing, orature, drama, translation, and visual art. Founded in January 2020 by Troy Onyango, the magazine has a focus on amplifying the work by writers,…
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Literary Magazines: Arablit, Nenta, Ipikai, Ubwali
New editions of Arablit Quarterly, Nenta Journal, Ipikai Journal, and Ubwali are now available for your reading pleasure. ArabLit Quarterly ArabLit Quarterly is a literary magazine that brings together Arabic literature, essays, wordplay, art, music, and food in translation, founded in 2018. The latest edition, which has the theme “Grief” in the background of the…
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CLMP Firecracker Awards 2025 finalists announced
The finalists for the CLMP Firecracker Awards 2025, including Edwidge Danticat, Mubanga Kalimamukwento, Yalie Saweda Kamara, JoAnne McFarland, and The Weganda Review, were announced on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 The Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) is an organisation of independent literary publishers and magazines founded in the USA in 1967. The CLMP Firecracker…
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Literary Magazines: Weganda, JAY Lit, Akpata, Isele Quarterly
New editions of literary magazines Weganda, JAY Lit, Akpata, and Isele Quarterly are available for your reading pleasure. Weganda The Weganda Review is a literary journal produced in Uganda as a project of the cultural nonprofit Weganda Foundation. The platform, founded by Rodney Muhumuza in 2023, features writers, researchers, academics, artists, and others publishing short…
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Literary Magazines: Joburg Review, Omenana, Nenta, Ubwali
New editions of Joburg Review, Omenana, Nenta, and Ubwali are now available for your reading pleasure. Joburg Review The Johannesburg Review of Books is an independent literary review that publishes reviews, essays, poetry, photographs, and short fiction from South Africa, Africa, and beyond. The latest edition features contributions from Finuala Dowling, Hassana Moosa, Shayera Dark,…
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Legendary Black Orpheus Journal now available in digital format
The Black Orpheus: A Journal of African and Afro-American Literature is now available in digital format courtesy of Olongo Africa. Black Orpheus: A Journal of African and Afro-American Literature was a Nigeria-based literary journal founded by German expatriate editor and scholar Ulli Beier in 1957. It has had several editors since its first edition in…
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Literary Magazines: Weganda Review, Efiko, New Contrast, The Shallow Tales Review
New editions of literary magazines Weganda Review, Efiko, New Contrast, and The Shallow Tales Review are now available. Weganda Review The Weganda Review is a literary journal produced in Uganda as a project of the cultural nonprofit Weganda Foundation. The platform founded by Rodney Muhumuza in 2023 features writers, researchers, academics, artists, and others publishing…
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Speculative fiction magazine Omenana turns 10
Omenana Magazine, a pioneer magazine publishing speculative fiction, celebrated its tenth anniversary with two magazines in December 2024. Omenana Magazine is a speculative fiction online magazine that has published stories by writers from Africa and the African diaspora since 2014. They focus on stories, art, and essays that explore the rich cultural heritage of the…
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Seven literary magazines to read in January 2025
As the year begins, we will give you seven literary magazines one can read during the legendary long month of January. The magazines are listed alphabetically. Agbowo Agbowó is a platform dedicated to the curation of literary and visual art from across Africa since its establishment in 2017. The new issue is the “Liminal Edition”…
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Recap 2024: Looking back on African and Black Literature this year.
We look back at everything we covered in African and Black literature from transitions, literary awards, festivals, books, journals, and everything in between in 2024. In 2016, we started a series looking back at the year that passed which has since become a tradition here at Writing Africa. You can look at previous recaps here;…
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Literary Magazines: Lounloun, JAY Lit, Caribbean Writer, The Shallow Tales Review
New editions of literary magazines The Caribbean Writer, Lounloun, JAY Lit, The Shallow Tales Review are now available for you to enjoy. Lounloun Journal Lọúnlọún is a Pan-African literary journal focused on fiction to uplift the voices of African writers, both at home and abroad. The stories are rooted in the profound tapestry of historical…
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Literary Magazines: Weganda Review, Obsidian Lit, Will This Be A Problem?
New editions of literary magazines Obsidian Lit, Weganda Review, and Will This Be A Problem? are now available. Obsidian Lit Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Publications Unit, Department of English, Illinois State University, a body corporate and politic of the State of Illinois. The magazine’s…
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Literary Magazines: Ubwali, Johannesburg Review, Isele, Fiyah
New editions of Literary Magazines Ubwali, Johannesburg Review of Books, Isele Magazine, and Fiyah are now available. Johannesburg Review of Books The Johannesburg Review of Books is an independent literary review that publishes reviews, essays, poetry, photographs, and short fiction from South Africa, Africa, and beyond. The issue has contributions from Shayera Dark, Wamuwi Mbao,…