Our 2020 Fall Issue shows authors are doing it all—intimacy and brutality, comedy and grief, and futurism, often in the same breath.
We don’t need to dilute our stories. We just need to tell them well. In this issue, they are told very well.
Read it at: www.iskapress.com/blog/why-you...
Noella Moshi’s “A Separation in 7 Fragments” speaks of:
Modern love from first date to Instagram heartbreak. Lagos professionals, distance (emotional, digital, geographic), and the quiet realization: “I am whole.”
Abu Bar Sadiq's “Ballads of Obliteration” are poems that refuse to make grief neat.
Mothers gone, fathers breaking down, boys in barbershops trying to name loss.
Jagged, visual, unforgettable.
“Guidelines for Dating an Alien Girl” by Anyadu Nnamdi talks about masquerades, space tech, New Yam festivals, alien girlfriends.
It’s wild, playful African futurism asking: What does it mean to love the Other?
“Arrhythmia” by Aquilar Monnatlala is about a queer couple in South Africa, thin walls, thick expectations.
Grampling with family pressure, homophobia, money stress, the need to be seen.
Queer African domestic life that's intimate, and not exoticized.
“death is no parenthesis” by Kayode Faniyi is all about sex, faith, Lagos traffic, grief, church-as-performance, military checkpoints.
It's restless, funny, devastating—often in the same paragraph.
For readers who love fiction, that feels like thinking at full speed.
T. J. Benson’s “Listen” is a one-breath confession that feels like a man speaking for the last time in his life.
It throws family violence, addiction, war trauma, brotherhood with no clichés or self-pity.
A masterclass in voice and monologue.
It’s packed with fiction and poetry that prove experimental writing isn’t “catching up” with any canon. It’s building its own.
“There aren’t enough experimental writers.”
Our 2020 Fall Issue was curated as a direct response to that statement.
Find out why: www.iskapress.com/blog/why-you...
This summer, we’re saying yes to African stories that misbehave.
If your writing is too experimental, too unusual, or too “unlike anything we’ve seen before”…
Good.
Send it.
Deadline: May 31
Submit to: submissions@iskanchi.com
We are still looking for book-length collections of traditional folktales—stories told under moonlight, passed down through generations.
Rooted in culture. Written by you.
Submit to: Submissions@iskanchi.com
Subject: Folktale Submission
Spring reading pick: Believers and Hustlers by Sylva Nze Ifedigbo.
A vivid, human story about the desperation created by political, social, and economic corruption—told in sharp, memorable prose.
Get your copy: www.iskapress.com/product/beli...
This spring...
We’re opening something big for African writers.
Stay ready.
#writers #Prize #books #African
Writers: Are you reading more than you’re writing right now—or the other way around?
Let's know what you did over the weekend?
📚 = reading more.
✍🏾 = writing more.
#WritersLife #AmReading #AmWriting
Your manuscript won’t publish itself.
If you never send it out for people to see.
Submit your work to us at www.iskapress.com/submit-page
That's our Happy New Month gift to you.🧡
What book are you reading right now? Be specific.
No, really. Tell us.
Because statistically, there is something better on our shelf waiting to humble you.
Don’t get defensive. Just click the link: www.iskapress.com
Trust us to give you the best of African literature.
If you’re working on a translation — or have one you’ve been sitting on for a while — this might be a good place to share it.
Day of Translation 2026 is open for submissions, presented by the Center for the Art of Translation and The Center for Fiction.
Cheers!🧡
The deadline is May 1st.
We think it's something you'd love. 🧡
If you’re working on a translation — or have one you’ve been sitting on for a while — this might be a good place to share it.
Day of Translation 2026 is open for submissions, presented by the Center for the Art of Translation and The Center for Fiction.
We’ve been digging into what 2026 holds for African writers, and honestly, it’s exciting.
There are grants, prizes, residencies—real chances to get your work noticed and supported.
But it can be overwhelming.
What you do at ZONIX-Lebx is amazing. ✨️
Cheers to more books in hands, not folders. 🧡
So we put together a guide that lays it all out clearly.
If you want to plan ahead, this is for you: www.iskapress.com/blog/opportu...
Pin this page and thank us later. ✨️
We’ve been digging into what 2026 holds for African writers, and honestly, it’s exciting.
There are grants, prizes, residencies—real chances to get your work noticed and supported.
But it can be overwhelming.
Women give courage.
Women give wisdom.
Women give opportunity.
And every time they do, the world grows stronger.
This International Women's Day, we celebrate a simple truth:
When women give, the world gains. 🧡
It was a pleasure connecting with you too.
We would appreciate if you took a picture holding or reading the book.
We'll be expecting your review and maybe, even a favourite quote.
And thank you to every writer who submitted their work. Your voices, stories, and imagination are what keep African literature vibrant and evolving.
Stay tuned — we can’t wait to share the winning story with you.🧡
Chidera is a Nigerian Igbo writer, screenwriter, and creative professional whose work continues to earn recognition across the literary world.
Sorry to keep you waiting — but we’re back.
It’s time to announce the winner of our 2025 Iska Mag Prize.
After careful reading and deliberation, we’re thrilled to announce that the winner is…
Chidera Udochukwu-Nduka!
Congratulations! 🎉
Checking in live from #AWP2026!
The room is buzzing with conversations about voice, vision, and where literature goes next.
We’re here to make sure African stories are in that conversation—on the panels, and on your shelves.
Stop by our booth, we have lots to talk about. ✨️