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2025 Afrika Redefined Indie Book Prize Open for Submissions from 01 November 2024 – 15 January 2025

Afrika Redefined Indie Book Prize, Call for Submission, News & Updates5 days ago7Views 0Likes 0Comments

The 2025 edition of the Afrika Redefined Indie Book Prize for quality, independently published books (fiction, poetry, and creative/narrative non-fiction) by African authors is open for submissions.

Submit Your Non-Fiction Story for Our Stories Redefined 2025 Anthology

Call for Submission, News & UpdatesSeptember 10, 202422Views 0Likes 2Comments

As part of the Our Stories Redefined series, Mystery Publishers invites African writers, both on the continent and in the diaspora, aged 15 and older, to submit their non-fiction, autobiographical stories for the 2025 edition of Our Stories Redefined Anthology for African Writing, themed ‘I Am Because You Are’. This collection, inspired by the concept…

Shortlisted Stories for Our Stories Redefined Anthology for African Writing 2024 (Flash Fiction) Edition

Call for Submission, News & UpdatesJuly 8, 202424Views 0Likes 0Comments

We received amazing submissions from writers across the continent, notably from Botswana, Somalia, Nigeria, South Sudan, Rwanda, Malawi, and our backyard here in Kenya. The quality of the pieces was impeccable, with a notable increase in submissions from the younger generation of writers from universities and colleges.

EXTENDED to 20 June 2024 | Submissions for Our Stories Redefined Anthology for African Writing 2024 (Flash Fiction Edition)

Call for Submission, News & UpdatesMay 20, 202439Views 0Likes 0Comments

Due to public demand, we are pleased to announce the extension of the submission deadline for the Our Stories Redefined Anthology for African Writing 2024 (Flash Fiction) Edition. Our Stories Redefined Anthology for African Writing is a vehicle for new-age African writers to tell their stories to a generation that understands them.

Call for Submissions | Our Stories Redefined Anthology for African Writing 2024 (Flash Fiction Edition)

Call for Submission, News & UpdatesFebruary 15, 2024417Views 0Likes 0Comments

The 2024 edition calls for submissions in flash fiction stories (up to a maximum of 1,000 words long) is open. The theme for this year is ‘Love Made in Africa’. We welcome fresh interpretations of the subject, with a bias for positive stories that inspire, entertain and educate.

2024 Afrika Redefined Indie Book Prize Open for Submissions

Awards/Prizes, Call for Submission, News & UpdatesFebruary 1, 2024278Views 0Likes 0Comments

The 2024 edition of the Afrika Redefined Indie Book Prize for quality, independently published books (fiction, poetry, and creative/narrative non-fiction) by African authors is open for submissions. The Prize is open to African authors on the continent or in the diaspora. An African is a citizen of any African country by birth if, on…

‘Our Stories Redefined’ 2024 Anthology for African Writing to Open for Submissions on 15 February 2024

Call for Submission, News & UpdatesJanuary 25, 2024275Views 0Likes 0Comments

Our Stories Redefined Anthology for African Writing is a vehicle for new-age African writers to tell their stories to a generation that understands them. The 2024 edition shall open for submissions on 15 February 2024. The 2024 theme and submission guidelines shall be provided when the call for submissions is announced.

Introducing the 2023 Afrika Redefined Indie Book Prize Judging Panel

Awards/Prizes, Call for Submission, News & UpdatesFebruary 21, 2023818Views 0Likes 0Comments

We are pleased to announce the 2023 Afrika Redefined Indie Book Prize judging panel. The panel is drawn from academicians, editors, publishers, writers, and readers. We’re honoured to have the wonderful and committed team at this year’s Prize and work together in recognising self-published in Kenya.

‘Our Stories Redefined’ 2023 Anthology Call for Submissions

Call for Submission, News & UpdatesFebruary 14, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

The theme of this year’s poetry collection will be centred around Strange Water. The submitted works should appreciate a futuristic Africa, our myths and beliefs, magical realms, and fantastical creatures. The pieces could be utopian or dystopian. This theme is rooted firmly in the subgenre of African futurism in line with Africa Union’s (AU) ‘Agenda…

2023 Afrika Redefined Indie Book Prize Open for Submissions on 01 February 2023

Awards/Prizes, Call for Submission, News & UpdatesJanuary 25, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

The Afrika Redefined Indie Book Prize is an annual prize managed by Mystery Publishers, a Kenyan premier pan-African independent publisher with a bias toward African speculative fiction and genre/pop literature stories.

Vote | Help Us Choose ‘Our Stories Redefined Anthology 2022’ Cover

Call for Submission, News & UpdatesJuly 25, 20221KViews 0Likes 1Comment

Dear good people, Our Stories Redefined Anthology 2022 edition is now at the publishing stage. We have developed cover concepts and ask for your assistance in choosing the most appealing cover. Cover 1 Cover 2 Cover 3 Cover 4 [IT_EPOLL id="22155"][/IT_EPOLL]

Qazini’s ‘Perspective Matters’ Writing Competition 2022 Open for Submissions

Awards/Prizes, Call for Submission, News & UpdatesJuly 8, 2022886Views 0Likes 0Comments

Featuring different themes/topics every year, Perspective Matters is a writing competition by Qazini, a Kenyan media organisation that aims to we use the power of stories to uplift, inspire, and challenge existing narratives and champion the spectrum of voices and perspectives from the African continent.