Welcome to AfroSF submissions!
AfroSF is the first Science Fiction genre anthology open to submissions from all African writers (only) across the continent and diaspora. It will be edited by Ivor Hartmann and published by StoryTime(Publishing) in 2012.
Deadline for submissions is May 31st 2012.
AfroSF Short Stories Submission
(doc, docx, rtf)
Size limit: 1500 - 8000 words
Works submitted may be: Science Fiction short stories only.1) Only African writers are eligible (writers born in Africa, or having domiciled in for over 10 years, and/or holding citizenship in an African country)
2) The submitted work must be an original work, nothing that infringes the copyright of, or is derived from, another author's work of fiction, is overly lewd, hate speech, etc.
3) Must be unpublished (not previously published in print or online).
4) No simultaneous submissions (only submitted to AfroSF and no other publications).
5) No multiple submissions (submit only one work).
6) Submission format: single line spaced, font Times New Roman 12pt, one line space between paragraphs, no indents, and set to UK English.
7) Deadline for submissions is May 31st 2012.
If you're wondering what exactly Science Fiction is have a read of this article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction). Also please note your story does not have to be based in Africa, it's SF after all the only limits are your imagination (within plausible SF scenarios of course, so do your research well before submitting).