Lolwe is looking for work that is bold, different, and pushes boundaries: play with form and language, ignore limitations and classifications, send in your fears and joys, your doubts and faiths, your curiosities and silences.

General submissions from the public are open once a year across all genres. We accept submissions in English, French and Kiswahili across all categories. Submissions in English are currently CLOSED.

Lolwe Academy alumni and solicited contributors may submit at any time of the year across all genres.

We also accept translated fiction from any language used in Africa and the Caribbean.

Please read the submission guidelines carefully and submit your work to the appropriate category via Submittable. Work sent via email or to the wrong category will not be read and will be automatically rejected.

While not mandatory, we recommend reading our past issues before submitting.

For queries, please email info@lolwe.org.

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