Call for Submissions: Kweli Journal, a Literary Space for Writers of Color

30 July 2011
Call for Submissions: Kweli Journal, a Literary Space for Writers of Color
Deadline: 16 September 2011

Please read what we have already published, and then submit your own work.

Fiction: We primarily look for short stories, but novel excerpts are acceptable if self-contained. Prose should be double-spaced on one side.

Nonfiction: We primarily look for personal essays, but memoir excerpts are acceptable if self-contained. Prose should be double-spaced on one side.

Poetry: Send up to three poems at a time. Single-space, please; set your poem as you want it to appear on the printed page.

Photography: For the time being, we will not be accepting unsolicited visual art work.

GENERAL GUIDELINES

Submit one prose piece and up to three poems at a time.

Kweli does not accept previously published work.

Simultaneous submissions are acceptable as long as they are indicated as such. Authors must immediately notify the editors if said work has been selected for publication in another periodical, either in print or online. Contact editors@kwelijournal.org

Payment is after publication.

All published work will be archived online.

Reading period: July 16, 2011 to September 16, 2011

Contact Information:

For inquiries: editors@kwelijournal.org

For submissions: submit online here

Website: http://kwelijournal.org/
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