Online Submission

Obsidian: Literature in the African Diaspora, a non-profit organization hosted by North Carolina State University, is a semi-annual journal. We publish contemporary poetry, fiction, drama, and non-fiction prose from within, about, and contextualizing the African Diaspora. We encourage you to see our call for papers & submit your work below.

General guidelines:

Poetry:

Poetry should be single-spaced, contain no more than 5 poems and should not exceed 8 pages in length. Please include all poetry submissions in a single file.

Fiction and Creative Non-fiction:

Entries must be double-spaced with a maximum of 7000 words. Please submit one story at a time and include the word count.

Critical Essays:

Submissions should be no longer than 20 pages in length and double-spaced. Citations and work cited should follow MLA style. For additional information consult, http://www.mla.org.

Drama:

Submissions should be double-spaced and no longer than 20 pages in length.

Reviews:

Submissions should focus on books related to Africa, the African Diaspora and should not exceed 1500 words.