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Lolwe
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Lolwe
@Lolwe_
A Pan-African literary arts platform. Magazine | Academy | Bookstore | Studio. Founder/Publisher @TroyOnyango.
Joined January 2020
- Here is a reminder that Lolwe has no funding and relies on donations to support the magazine’s goal of paying contributors and to keep the magazine afloat. Please support our goal by making a donation towards the magazine. Any amount helps. Share widely. lolwe.org/donate
- Statement: With deep regret and heavy hearts, we must announce that Lolwe will no longer operate as a paying market for writers (for now).
- It is now 3:30am, and I can hear the silence loud and clear. I open my eyes to the darkness, and I recognise the feeling in the pit of my stomach – fear. 'The Girl Who Is Afraid of Everything' by Chisom Nwaezuoke (@prettydiferent)
- We are pleased to share our 2023 @CainePrize nominees. We wish the writers all the very best in the adjudication process.
- Lolwe doesn’t charge submission fees, put stories behind paywalls, charge subscription fees or have ads in stories because ALL our focus is on the writer and the reader. What we ask in return is that you donate to us so we keep paying writers. Please RT. dashboard.flutterwave.com/donate/n5g68so…
- We are delighted to launch Lolwe Classes, a series of online workshop-type creative writing classes led by some of the best African writers. classes.lolwe.org
- We are delighted to share the cover of Issue 8, which will be released later this month. The issue is guest-edited by Charmaine Denison-George (Sierra Leone), Logain Ali (Sudan), and Alírio Karina (Mozambique). Cover Image by Naomi Moukadi (Gabon) lolwe.org
- Issue 6 is LIVE! Guest editors: @TlotloTsamaase, @FrazierMichael & @Lucky_Grace1. Cover: Mukrim Qarim Zam. Illustrations: @cocoette_. Featuring stories, poems, essays & photos from Liberia, Nigeria, Saint Lucia, Kenya, USA & more lolwe.org/issue-6/
- We are thrilled to share the cover of our forthcoming Issue 4, which will be released later this month. The issue is guest-edited by Nsah Mala (@nsahmala1)🇨🇲, Harriet Anena (@ahpetite)🇺🇬 and Loic Ekinga (@1stLoicYouKnow)🇨🇩/🇿🇦 Cover image by Rachel Seidu (@RachelSeidu)🇳🇬
- Issue 3 is LIVE! Guest editors: @akhimalexis1, @ElfredaTetteh. Cover: @beararts0. Illustrations: @cocoette_. Stories, poems, essays & photos from Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Trinidad, Kenya, Angola, St. Kitts & Nevis, Benin, South Africa, Brazil, USA, UK & more lolwe.org/issue-3/
- Issue 2 is LIVE! Guest editors: @3rdbombadil, @Gbadenaija, @Es_Taa. Illustrations: @cocoette_. Cover: @ErickeTjiueza. Stories, poems, essays & photos from Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Cameroon, Haiti, Kenya, Bahamas, Liberia, Uganda, USA, Togo, UK & more lolwe.org/issue-2/
- Lolwe is accepting submissions for Issue 9 throughout the month of February (1-29 February 2024). The issue will be guest-edited by Ya Mallen Jagne (The Gambia), Karen Nadu Ologoudou (Benin), and Tamanda Kanjaye (Malawi). Submission guidelines:
