Kikwetu Journal
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Lit journal publishing new & established writers from East Africa & beyond in English & Swahili.
www.kikwetujournal.com
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Last day to submit to issue 10. We're standing by and ready to read your work with the attention it deserves!
www.kikwetujournal.com/submissions....
www.kikwetujournal.com/submissions....
submissions
Submissions for Kikwetu issue 10 are now open! For this issue, we’re looking for bold, original, compelling fiction and creative nonfiction pieces of up to 2000 words that reflect the richness of...
www.kikwetujournal.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Last day to submit to issue 10. We're standing by and ready to read your work with the attention it deserves!
www.kikwetujournal.com/submissions....
www.kikwetujournal.com/submissions....
A few more days to submit! We're taking short fiction and nonfiction of up to 2000 words. We pay writers. We're into lots of different styles and themes.
www.kikwetujournal.com/submissions....
www.kikwetujournal.com/submissions....
submissions
Submissions for Kikwetu issue 10 are now open! For this issue, we’re looking for bold, original, compelling fiction and creative nonfiction pieces of up to 2000 words that reflect the richness of...
www.kikwetujournal.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A few more days to submit! We're taking short fiction and nonfiction of up to 2000 words. We pay writers. We're into lots of different styles and themes.
www.kikwetujournal.com/submissions....
www.kikwetujournal.com/submissions....
4 more days to submit to our flash fiction contest! No entry fee. All work will be read closely by our editors. Accepting submissions in both English and Swahili. Excited to read your work!
www.kikwetujournal.com/submissions....
www.kikwetujournal.com/submissions....
submissions
In our continued quest to showcase new and established writers from East Africa and beyond, we are thrilled to be hosting our second annual writing contest to recognize exemplary work from human...
www.kikwetujournal.com
December 7, 2023 at 1:21 AM
4 more days to submit to our flash fiction contest! No entry fee. All work will be read closely by our editors. Accepting submissions in both English and Swahili. Excited to read your work!
www.kikwetujournal.com/submissions....
www.kikwetujournal.com/submissions....
A little less than a month to submit to our flash fiction contest. We're enjoying the submissions coming in and excited for those still to come!
The Kikwetu flash fiction competition is now open for submissions! The call-out is open-themed and the winner will receive a $150 cash prize. All finalist stories will be published in issue 9 of Kikwetu. Send us your best work! kikwetujournal.com/submissions....
submissions
In our continued quest to showcase new and established writers from East Africa and beyond, we are thrilled to be hosting our second annual writing contest to recognize exemplary work from human...
kikwetujournal.com
November 13, 2023 at 12:22 PM
A little less than a month to submit to our flash fiction contest. We're enjoying the submissions coming in and excited for those still to come!
The Kikwetu flash fiction competition is now open for submissions! The call-out is open-themed and the winner will receive a $150 cash prize. All finalist stories will be published in issue 9 of Kikwetu. Send us your best work! kikwetujournal.com/submissions....
submissions
In our continued quest to showcase new and established writers from East Africa and beyond, we are thrilled to be hosting our second annual writing contest to recognize exemplary work from human...
kikwetujournal.com
October 13, 2023 at 1:09 AM
The Kikwetu flash fiction competition is now open for submissions! The call-out is open-themed and the winner will receive a $150 cash prize. All finalist stories will be published in issue 9 of Kikwetu. Send us your best work! kikwetujournal.com/submissions....