Brittle Paper Rolling Literary Submissions

Brittle Paper is an online literary platform focused on literature from the African continent and its diaspora. Its rolling submissions programme welcomes original literary work across fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, essays, book reviews, literary commentary and other writing with a literary bent. The publication is particularly interested in writing that is short, sharp and exciting.

- Submit original, previously unpublished work. - Accepted submission types include: - Fiction - Poetry - Creative nonfiction - Book reviews - Essays - Literary commentary - Think pieces - Literary listicles - Other writing with a literary bent. - Suggested maximum lengths: - Fiction: 2,500 words - Book reviews: 1,500 words - Literary commentary/essays: 1,500 words. - Simultaneous submissions are allowed. - Notify Brittle Paper if the work is accepted elsewhere. - Include a short author biography. - Include an author photograph. - Submissions should be made through the official online submission form. - Work must meet Brittle Paper's editorial standards and must not contain plagiarism or discriminatory/supremacist content. - Brittle Paper reserves the right to edit submissions and, where necessary, change titles.