‟A journal named for 'truth' in Swahili invites its readers and contributors to seek for the same.”

—Nelly Rosario

GUIDELINES

Kweli welcomes submissions of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. We currently publish four (4) online issues each year. The journal's reading period is September 1 through May 30.  We are now accepting online submissions through May 30. Submissions received outside this reading period will remain unread. Submit your work at any time during our reading period.

For prose submissions, submit one (1) short story or one (1) self-contained novel excerpt or creative non-fiction piece of no more than 6,000 words in one single file in doc., rtf, or .pdf format.

For poetry submissions, submit up to three poems totaling no more than 6 pages in one single file in doc., rtf, or .pdf format.

We strongly encourage you to read a few issues of the journal before submitting!

SUBMIT YOUR WORK

Submit your work to: http://kwelijournal.submittable.com/

Please note: Kweli does not consider submissions that endorse discrimination including racism, homophobia, sexism, and xenophobia, or feature gratuitous violence or sexual content.

Kweli does not accept previously published work.

Simultaneous submissions are acceptable as long as they are indicated as such.  Authors must immediately notify the editors if said work has been selected for publication in another periodical, either in print or online.  Contact editors@kwelijournal.org

Payment is after publication. 

All published work will be archived online. 

Thank you.