Obsidian

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Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora is a peer-reviewed journal publishing literature and arts of the African diaspora.

Response time info: three to five months

Read the full guidelines at obsidianlit.org↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryCloses Oct 15

General-issue submissions are accepted May 15 through October 15 via the online system. Fiction and hybrid-genre submissions may be no more than 20 pages or 5,000 words, whichever comes first; self-contained excerpts are welcome.

otherCloses Oct 15

General-issue submissions are accepted May 15 through October 15 via the online system. Drama or performance submissions may be one act or a collection of short scenes no longer than 20 pages; self-contained excerpts are welcome. Translations are welcome with permission.

poetryLiteraryCloses Oct 15

General-issue submissions are accepted May 15 through October 15 via the online system. Submit up to five poems totaling no more than eight pages; previously published work is not reprinted.

other

Web feature submissions for the Obsidian Digital Exhibition are received year-round and judged by the editorial board for bimonthly posting. The page also describes image, audio, video, and media-arts formats, which are excluded from this writer-focused extraction.

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