Submission Call

a. Magazine *Submission Call*

Submission Call to All Writers: Seeking Nonfiction Narratives Framed in Africa

a: Nonfiction Narratives of Africa—due to launch in 2007—is the first exclusively nonfiction literary magazine dedicated to publishing Africa’s stories written by writers from across the globe, and, most importantly, emerging and established writers who call the continent of Africa their home. a. is published quarterly, available in U.S. bookstores and to subscribers worldwide.

a. invites submissions of creative nonfiction, including narrative reportage, essays, and memoirs, as well as critical essays that examine the genre and that explore the impact of nonfiction narrative on the lives of its writers, subjects, and readers (specifically narrative nonfiction framed within developing countries and the continent of Africa).

a. is also interested in publishing:

PHOTO ESSAYS with accompanying explicative text.

PROFILES of artists, musicians, NGO managers—anyone with an interesting story or doing interesting, Africa-based work.

ART WORK of all kinds. Painting, Drawing, Collage, etc.

Portraits of the African family. These may be as informal as you would like, in any medium.

Multimedia compositions —audio or visual files that would be appropriate for inclusion on a CD, to accompany our print issue. Audio documentaries, sound portraits, original music, and interactive visual components encouraged.

All submissions must be somehow framed within the continent.

Writer's Guidelines

1. Please submit one work of nonfiction at a time. We accept submissions via e-mail or snail mail.

E-mail Submissions: Submissions@AMagazine.org (Your subject line must read: Submission-YOUR NAME-Title of Submission).

Snail Mail Submissions: Manuscripts must be printed on standard white paper, one side only. Enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope (remember we are located in South Africa so postage must be international) if you would like your work to be returned. Individuals whose works are accepted for publication must supply a final copy in electronic form (RTF, Microsoft Word). Send submissions to the attention of the Submission Team at the following address: a. Magazine—Submissions, PO Box 1128, Hoedspruit 1380, South Africa.

All Submissions: Submit a clearly typed manuscript with a cover letter and a four-to-eight sentence personal bio. All submissions must be double-spaced with one-inch margins and twelve-point font size. All pages should be numbered.

Your submission cover letter must contain your name, postal address, e-mail address, a telephone number where you can be reached, the title of your submission, and a final word count. All submissions should be clean copy compliant with the Chicago Manual of Style (15ed.), (www.chicagomanualofstyle.org). Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but please let us know in your cover letter. It may take up to sixteen weeks to respond to submissions. We do not accept submissions via fax.

2. We ONLY publish creative nonfiction. We will, on occasion, print work that has been published previously. Our word-length limit is roughly 10,000, though we will consider publishing longer work in serial form. If you think you have a piece that lends itself to serialization, please contact us in advance of submission.

3. We buy First Serial Rights; nonexclusive, one-time anthology rights; and the right to run a portion of the story on our Web sites (www.AMagazine.org; www.Amazwi.org). Authors proof their galleys. Authors receive two copies of the issue in which their work appears and a pdf of the issue. Limited compensation upon printing.

4. We encourage you to contact our editors with any question(s) regarding submissions. This may help you clarify exactly what we are looking for and whether or not your work fits within the vision of our publication.

5. All manuscripts are carefully considered. Due to the large number of submissions, we regret that we cannot provide editorial feedback on every manuscript.