“…I Didn’t Die. Maybe Not Yet…”: Stories From Young African Poets.
Growing up I was always a kid heavily pressed down by asthma. I remember most of the sleepless nights, the wheezing of my chest giving me discomfort. My throat closing up, my body going limp with each effort; thoughts of dying finally getting imminent. I remember the shrieks, telling my folks that I wanted to […]
poetry journal calls for submissions for their 2023 journal edition.
The poetry journal is accepting submissions for its 2024 publication.They are calling on all African writers, specifically poets and short story writers to submit their entries before the end of 16th of December 2023.There is no specific theme but all submissions must revolve around African issues and should not be more than 3 submissions per […]
If Chinua Achebe comes back, Would he be a Gen Z?
“Hey bruh” sniffs and removes glasses. Have you ever thought about how much humans are like vultures? I mean, ask your local government chairman, I am sure he will have some points to add. Daddy Chinua decided that he had had enough and we too so we decided to do a Gen Z version of […]
Frontier poetry calls for submissions.
Call for submissions for the Frontier’s Ekphrastic Poetry Prize.Frontiers Poetry has put out a call for poets to send in their entries to stand a chance to win 3500$ and a publication deal.Interested poets are required to “submit poems that are ekphrastic in some way, that engage dynamically with the art of those around you”.The […]