JAY Lit https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Homepage Introducing JAY Lit Issue 11 – The Nature/Climate Issue Issue 11 Other Issues Editor’s Note – Issue 11 Red (Darkness) As in the Fire Quenching My Garden Galamsey is a Quiet Word for Murder Before Every Rain was Drought 3 Poems Green River The Double Funeral Mundane Bewilderment The Reeds of Kalwanyemba Ekaette Patron Saint of Dying Waters Spills When the Rain Became Ruin Moremi’s Escape Òjò (Yorùbá Story) Rainwater Children of Dust and Puddles The Season of Brown Water Tusks Solace Nzulezu Stilt Village Issue 10 Doreen Mwenda Appointed AARA Country Ambassador for Zambia 2026-2027 Pan-African Writers Association Reveals First Phase of Longlisted Poems for 2026 Poetry Competition Ekenedilichukwu Alita Wins 2026 Afritondo Short Story Prize Olufunke Grace Bankole Reaches Final Three of 2026 VCU Cabell Award [Featured Post] The AI-Induced Granta/Commonwealth Controversy: Who Really Bears the Brunt? Noisy Streetss Opens Submissions for Love in Detty December Vol. 4 Poetic Wednesdays Initiative Turns 10, Unveils “Reclaiming Languages” As The Theme for KAPFEST 3.0 at EID POP-UP Melting Clocks, Open Doors: Notes on Grief in Abdulkareem Abdulkareem’s Loss is a Door Quick 7 Questions with 2026 Ubwali Hope Prize Shortlistee, Natasha N. Mukamba A Review of JC Amaechi’s Black Ink, White Paper  Quick 7 Questions with 2026 Ubwali Hope Prize Shortlistee, Mutinta Nanchengwa Zambian Writer and Literary Scholar Anna Zgambo Selected for Nairobi Writing Workshop JAY Lit Issue 11: Cover Reveal & Contributors List Calls for Submissions: Isele Magazine Afreximbank Announces Third Edition of Canex Prize for Publishing in Africa Porter House Review Announces 2025-2026 Editors’ Prize in Poetry and Fiction Finalists Arewa Review Opens Submissions for Anthology themed ‘Conspiracy.’ New York Playwright Wins African-Based International Prize Quick 7 Questions with 2026 Ubwali Hope Prize Shortlistee, Musonda Mukuka Quick 7 Questions with 2026 Ubwali Hope Prize Shortlistee, Henry Joe Sakala The Umuofia Arts and Books Festival Hosts Chigozie Obioma in a Pre-Festival Event in Enugu Quick 7 Questions with 2026 Ubwali Hope Prize Shortlistee, Lucas Lungu Laila Lalami Makes 2026 Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist  Oyinkan Braithwaite, Tochi Onyebuchi, and Others Make 2026 Ignyte Awards Finalists