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Kweli Journal [1]

Basic Information

State:

New York

Website:

https://kwelijournal.org [2]

Country:

United States

Submission Guidelines:

https://kwelijournal.org/submit [3]

Address:

P.O. Box 693

City:

New York

Zip / Postal Code:

10021

Contact Information

Laura

Pegram

Founding Editor and Publisher

Contact E-mail:

editors@kwelijournal.org [4]

Details

Formats:

Online

Digital

Payment:

Cash

Genres Published:

Poetry

Fiction

Creative Nonfiction

Charges Reading Fee:

Accepts Unsolicited Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Simultaneous Submissions:

Yes

Reading Period:

Sep 1 to May 30

Response Time:

3 to 6 months

Free

Kweli is a quarterly literary publication that celebrates cultural kinships and the role of the literary imagination. It seeks literature and poems “full of vitamins,” that sing the truth. High-quality literary work that is beautiful, sustaining, and profound. Kweli‘s mission is to nurture emerging writers of color and create opportunities for their voices to be recognized and valued.

In our shared space, you will come to know the lived experience of people of color. Our memories are wrapped inside the music of the Muscogee, the blues songs of the South, the clipped patois of the Caribbean.

Representative Authors:

<p>Jeffery Renard Allen, Kenzie Allen, Brit Bennett, Joshua Bennett, Naima Coster, Jennine Capó Crucet, DéLana R.A. Dameron, Nicole Dennis-Benn, K-Ming Chang, Angie Cruz, Camille Dungy, Santee Frazier, Cristina Garcia, Kaitlyn Greenidge, JP Infante, Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, Victor LaValle, Celeste Mohammed, Susan Muaddi Darraj, John Murillo, Daphne Palasi-Andreades, Ed Pavlic, Princess Joy L. Perry, Emily Raboteau, Ivelisse Rodriguez, Andrea L. Rogers, Nelly Rosario, Vincent Toro, Chika Unigwe, Neela Vaswani, LaToya Watkins</p>

Issues per Year:

Year Founded:

2009

Percentage of Unsolicited Submissions Published:

Greater than 50

Issue Price:

Free

Number of Debut Authors per Issue:

10-12

2,500 to 5,000

Subgenres:

Autobiography/Memoir [5]

BIPOC Voices [6]

Creative Nonfiction [7]

Literary Fiction [8]

Narrative Nonfiction [9]

Prose Poetry [10]

Young Adult [11]