Call For Submissions

Emerging Voices of African Short Fiction & Poetry 2008

We invite all unpublished and well-established authors to submit their
original work. Original work in English and any of the indigenous African
languages (Swahili, Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, Tswana, Swati, Vend, Tsonga,
Ndebele, Yoruba, Hausa, Ibo, Kiswahili, Gikuyu, Amharic,Tigrinya, Tigre,
Arabic, etc) will be considered. Please include translations in English).
Fiction: Submit one short story (Entry may have any theme or subject but
should not exceed 800 words. Stories must be original and should not have
been previously published anywhere. Handwritten entries will not be
accepted. Submit short story entry with a bio and contact details.Poetry:
submit between 4-6 poems (Poems to fit a full page of the anthology).
Submit poems with a bio (45 words) and contact details.

Deadline: All submissions must be received no later than July 25, 2008.

All submissions must be emailed to (Mphande.1@osu.edu) & (doke_29@yahoo.com)

Paste submission into the body of the email. No word attachments please.
Entrants must be residents of any country in Africa, those born on the
continent but currently reside outside the continent, etc), and naturalized
citizens of any country on the continent. We encourage entries from West
Africa, East Africa, Saharan Africa Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya, &
Algeria, etc) and Africa south of the continent (especially Burundi,
Malawi, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Angola, Zambia, South Africa,
Tanzania, Uganda & Zimbabwe), especially women. Compensation: Contributors
will receive a copy of the anthology upon
publication. All contributors retain copyrights of their material/work. A
major US publisher will publish this anthology in the fall of 2008, and a
distinguished African writer/scholar of high standing will write the
foreword to the book.