Wasafiri Magazine: Call for Submissions (Up to £150)
Call for Fiction and Non-Fiction
For 40 years, Wasafiri has published the very best international contemporary writing, placing critics alongside leading novelists, poets, and playwrights to generate exciting cross-genre and inter-regional conversations. They are inviting fiction, non-fiction, critical articles, and reviews that, in form, focus, or theme, seek to expand the boundaries of global literary culture.
Submission Guidelines For Wasafiri Magazine
- The work must be in English — either originally written in or translated to English.’
- Fiction and life writing: 3,000 – 5,000 words
- Critical essays and articles: 6,000 – 9,000 words
- Click here to submit either or the above
- Book reviews of one or two titles: 900 – 1,100 words
- send pitches for book reviews to Reviews Editor, Farah Ali: wasafiri.reviews@qmul.ac.uk
Deadline: 1st May 2026
