Words-Empire Magazine has announced a call for submissions for its upcoming Issue 3, open till 31st March, 20226.
For its themeless Issue 3, Words-Empire Magazine is seeking unpublished, bold prose, poetry, essays, memoirs, and reviews that explore a range of styles.
Submission Guidelines:
- Submit 1 or 2 poems with no length restrictions.
- Submit Essays, Reviews, and Memoirs for Non-fiction.
- Submit 1 piece for short stories of 1500 word count.
- Submissions must be sent as a document file: .doc or .docx. PDF files will not be accepted.
- All submissions must be made only through our submission form.
- Emailed submissions will not be considered and will be left unopened.
Founded in 2023, Words-Empire is an African literary journal, founded under the umbrella of The Newborn Poets, a community of emerging writers in Nigeria. It celebrates African storytelling while welcoming exceptional voices from across the globe, publishing the creative works of both emerging and established writers in a shared space for imagination, culture, and literary excellence.
While Words-Empire Magazine currently does not offer monetary remuneration for accepted works, it hopes to do so in the future.
Entries sent via email will not be considered. To submit your entry, kindly click here.
Best of luck to all applicants!
Sarah Adeyemo
Sarah Adeyemo is a poet, writer, editor, and spoken word artiste from Nigeria. She is a fellow of the SprinNG Writing Fellowship. Sarah has work published or forthcoming work in ANMLY Lit, D’Iit Review, The Fiery Scribe Review, Con-Scio Magazine, Sevhage Review, Okiti Literary, Synchronized Chaos Magazine, Pepper Coast Magazine, The Weeds Review, Akpata Magazine, The Shallow Tales Review, The Muse Journal, The Weganda Review, Everscribe Magazine, Afrillhill Press, TV-63 Magazine, Poems for Persons Interest, Northern Writers Forum Journal, Eboquills, Rinna Lit. Anthologies, and elsewhere. Her works have been shortlisted for the 2025 Labari Prize for Poetry and longlisted for the 2025 Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize. She serves as the Managing Editor at Words-Empire Magazine, a Poetry Editor at Yarnz Magazine, PFPOI, and a News & Feature writer at the Journal of African Youth Literature (JAY Lit). She was a writing resident of the Rongo Artist Residency in 2026 and is currently a writing resident at the Ebedi International Writers Residency. She is a member of The Swan Collective. A dramatic poet who tweets @sarahinkspires.
