They have often published speculative fiction by Africans-but you have to be a participant in the workshops. The Caine Prize anthologies draw on stories written by participants in the Caine workshops held in Africa. Writivism anthologies with Black Letter Media StoryTime (publisher of the AfroSF series) Jalada: a Pan-African writers’ collective Keep an eye out in the African Science Fiction and Fantasy Reading Group on Facebook for calls for submissions to anthologies.Īre you a magazine, book, or other kind of publisher who has actually published speculative fiction by Africans? Not listed here? Please email with subject heading PUBLISHERS LIST.īlack Letter Media, Long Live the Short Story, Much work these days is originally published in book anthologies. Some magazines use submission software, so make sure you submit effectively. One could argue that this may be due to the lack of publishing opportunities in Africa, that Africa publishing companies are too young to specialize, or that African readers and editors are less concerned with genre boundaries.Īlways check both for the kinds of stories sought or theme issues, and for when submission windows open and close. Check out the submission guidelines on their venue’s website.Īmong international venues, note that Afrocentric Books, the AfroSF anthology series, Fiyah, Fireside and Hope Road Publishing are specifically for African writers, black writers or PoC.Īpart from the webzine Omenana, the venues in Africa tend to be interested in any story that piques interest and are not devoted to speculative fiction or other genres. International venues are almost always for specific genres. We have divided the list into two parts: African venues first, then international.
Even though this is not an exhaustive source of where African writers might be able to place a story, we hope that this list will give you an idea of where to start. It’s based on the List of Published African SFF, also published on the ASFS website. With one exception all the venues are English language.
This is a list of venues we know have published speculative fiction by Africans.
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