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

Call for Submission, News & UpdatesFebruary 15, 2024365Views 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, 2024227Views 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, 2024226Views 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, 2023773Views 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, 2023994Views 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, 2022848Views 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.

Final List for the 2022 Our Stories Redefined Flash Fiction Anthology

Call for Submission, News & UpdatesJune 22, 20221KViews 0Likes 0Comments

This year, we received more submissions than in 2021 from four African countries, the same as in 2021. The Mystery Publishers annual ‘Our Stories Redefined’ anthology does not only provide an opportunity for new authors to be published, but it also celebrates new African writing.

Open For Submissions | 2022 Our Stories Redefined Anthology

Awards/Prizes, Call for Submission, News & UpdatesFebruary 16, 20221KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Mystery Publishers’ ‘Our Stories Redefined’ Anthology is now open for 2022 submissions. Click Here for the callout and submission guidelines.

‘Our Stories Redefined’ 2022 Anthology Call for Submissions

Call for Submission, News & UpdatesFebruary 3, 20222KViews 0Likes 1Comment

Our Stories Redefined 2022 Anthology calls for submissions in flash fiction stories (up to a maximum of 1,000 words long).

Publication Cancelled | Sketches of Urban Strife Poetry Anthology

Call for Submission, News & UpdatesSeptember 14, 2021878Views 0Likes 0Comments

Mystery Books, an imprint Mystery Publishers, has cancelled the publication of Sketches of Urban Strife: An Anthology of New Age African Poetry due to challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Additionally, the editor in-charge of the project got engaged somewhere else and won’t be able to proceed with the project in the foreseeable future.

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

2024 Afrika Redefined Indie Book Prize Open for Submissions

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

Introducing the 2023 Afrika Redefined Indie Book Prize Judging Panel

‘Our Stories Redefined’ 2023 Anthology Call for Submissions

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

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

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

Final List for the 2022 Our Stories Redefined Flash Fiction Anthology

Open For Submissions | 2022 Our Stories Redefined Anthology

‘Our Stories Redefined’ 2022 Anthology Call for Submissions

Publication Cancelled | Sketches of Urban Strife Poetry Anthology

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