Márọkọ, an annual print and digital journal published by the Lagos International Poetry Festival, is now receiving submissions for its second issue.
This year’s issue is produced in partnership with the British Council’s International Collaboration programme, a transatlantic and collaborative residency taking place in Scotland and Ghana and will feature, alongside accepted submissions, poems and essays from its six resident poets and writers.
We are seeking poems, essays, and photography on the theme Here and Now, which finds its roots in the shared global apprehension following the aftermath of the pandemic. The echoes of lockdowns, deaths, the reshaping of economic landscapes, and the resonating cries for justice, from America to Lagos, form the backdrop of our post-covid era. We realize that we are still in the process of healing, of understanding the depth and breadth of these seismic shifts.
We envision this edition as an international mosaic of voices, writers acting as witnesses to these transforming times. We invite submissions that reflect, protest, investigate, and articulate the personal impacts of these transformations, narratives of change, adaptation, and survival – the currents that have shaped our shared ‘Here and Now’.
The broadness and indefinable nature of our theme is purposeful. We want to steer clear of any formal or linguistic constraints, instead encouraging creativity to bloom unfettered. Your response could take myriad forms, and we wholeheartedly welcome this diversity, for it is this very expansiveness that encapsulates the spirit of our times.
Named after the thriving migrant community east of the Lagos Lagoon who were violently evicted in the early 90s to make way for one of the most expensive real estate strips in the world, a garish urban sprawl built on the debris of over 300,000 scattered dreams, Márọkọ́ draws its ethos from the unbowed spirits that relentlessly confront the reckless possibilities of Lagos.
It renders the rough hewn beauties and joys that connect pan-African and pan-diasporic experiences, in poetry, prose, visual art, and photography, tracing a contemporary canon across the contours of contemporary black urban life.
Submissions must be original and previously unpublished. We, however, welcome simultaneous submissions, only make sure to inform us if the submitted work has been accepted somewhere else.
Submissions are open from July 1st – August 21st 2023 across the following genres:
- Minimum of three (3) poems and Maximum of five (5).
- Poems should speak to the theme “Hear and Now”
- No specific line length required, and poems are welcome across forms.
- Poems must be submitted as a single document in 12-point Times New Roman font, double spaced.
- Submit as a Word Document to submissions@marokomag.com with the genre as email subject.
- Submissions should include a short bio of no more than 150 words.
- Reviews must be on a collection of poetry, an anthology, a spoken word poetry album, a work of performance or a biography, autobiography, memoir or collection of essays with a poet or poetry as the subject.
- Reviews must be no more than 2,500 words and submitted as a single document in 12-point Times New Roman, double spaced.
- Submit as a Word Document to submissions@marokomag.com with the genre as email subject.
- Submissions should include a short bio of no more than 150 words.
- We are eager to receive profiles on poets and/or individuals or collectives with a cultural shaping influence on the genre.
- Profiles must be no more than 2,500 words and submitted as a single document in 12-point Times New Roman, double spaced.
- Submit as a Word Document to submissions@marokomag.com with the genre as email subject.
- Submissions should include a short bio of no more than 150 words.
- We are seeking themed personal essays, reflections, short memoirs, particularly from poets.
- Essays must be no more than 2,500 words and submitted as a single document in 12-point Times New Roman, double spaced.
- Submit as a Word Document to submissions@marokomag.com with the genre as email subject.
- Submissions should include a short bio of no more than 150 words.
- We are keen on works that reflect and capture the theme “Here and Now”.
- A minimum of three (3) Artworks and Images should be sent in high resolution accompanied by a short statement on the work of no more than 500 words.
- $50 for a selection of three (3) poems and $30 for a single poem
- $65 for a book review
- $65 for a profile
- $65 for a personal essay
- $60 for visual art/photography
No submission fee required.
All submissions should be sent to (submissions@marokomag.com)
Enquiries will be received at (submissions@marokomag.com)
Submission deadline: 11:59PM, August 21st, 2023
The journal will be launched on October 29th at the Lagos International Poetry Festival 2023.
Márọkọ́, an annual print and digital journal published by the Lagos International Poetry Festival, is now receiving submissions for its first issue.
Named after the thriving migrant community east of the Lagos Lagoon who were violently evicted in the early 90s to make way for one of the most expensive real estate strips in the world, a garish urban sprawl built on the debris of over 300,000 scattered dreams, Márọkọ́ draws its ethos from the
unbowed spirits that relentlessly confront the reckless possibilities of Lagos.
It renders the rough hewn beauties and joys that connect pan-African and pan-diasporic experiences, in poetry, prose, visual art, and photography, tracing a contemporary canon across the contours of contemporary black urban life.
We welcome poems, critical essays, including reviews and profiles, creative non-fiction, visual arts and photography. We are particularly interested in the works of poets and writers from Africa, the Caribbean, and from across the black diaspora.
We invite submissions in English as well as translations from English into African languages and from African languages into English, accompanied with
the original text.
Submissions must be original and previously unpublished. We however welcome simultaneous submissions, only make sure to inform us if the
submitted work has been accepted somewhere else.
Submissions are open from August 9th – September 30th across the following genres:
Minimum of three (3) poems and Maximum of five (5).
No specific theme or line length required and poems are welcome across forms.
Poems must be submitted as a single document in 12 point Times New Roman font, double spaced.
Submit as a Word Document to maroko@lagospoetryfestival.com with the genre as email subject.
Submissions should include a short bio of no more than 150 words.
Reviews must be on a collection of poetry, an anthology, a spoken word poetry album, a work of performance or a biography, autobiography, memoir or collection of essays with a poet or poetry as the subject.
Reviews must be no more than 2,500 words and submitted as a single document in 12 point Times New Roman, double spaced.
Submit as a Word Document to maroko@lagospoetryfestival.com with the genre as email subject.
Submissions should include a short bio of no more than 150 words.
We are eager to receive profiles on poets and/or individuals or collectives with a cultural shaping influence on the genre.
Profiles must be no more than 2,500 words and submitted as a single document in 12 point Times New Roman, double spaced.
Submit as a Word Document to maroko@lagospoetryfestival.com with the genre as email subject.
Submissions should include a short bio of no more than 150 words.
We are seeking personal essays, reflections, short memoirs, particularly from poets.
Essays must be no more than 2,500 words and submitted as a single document in 12 point Times New Roman, double spaced.
Submit as a Word Document to maroko@lagospoetryfestival.com with the genre as email subject.
Submissions should include a short bio of no more than 150 words.
We are keen on works that reflect and capture contemporary black urban experiences.
A minimum of three (3) Artworks and Images should be sent in high resolution accompanied a short statement on the work of no more than 500
words.
$50 for a selection of three (3) poems and $30 for a single poem
$65 for a book review
$65 for a profile
$65 for a personal essay
$60 for visual art/photography
No submission fee required.
All submissions should be sent to maroko@lagospoetryfestival.com
Enquiries will be received at editor-maroko@lagospoetryfestival.com
Submission deadline: Sept. 30th 2022
The journal will be launched on October 28th at the Lagos International Poetry Festival 2022.
Márọkọ́, an annual print and digital journal published by the Lagos International Poetry Festival, is now receiving submissions for its first issue.
Named after the thriving migrant community east of the Lagos Lagoon who were violently evicted in the early 90s to make way for one of the most expensive real estate strips in the world, a garish urban sprawl built on the debris of over 300,000 scattered dreams, Márọkọ́ draws its ethos from the
unbowed spirits that relentlessly confront the reckless possibilities of Lagos.
It renders the rough hewn beauties and joys that connect pan-African and pan-diasporic experiences, in poetry, prose, visual art, and photography, tracing a contemporary canon across the contours of contemporary black urban life.
We welcome poems, critical essays, including reviews and profiles, creative non-fiction, visual arts and photography. We are particularly interested in the works of poets and writers from Africa, the Caribbean, and from across the black diaspora.
We invite submissions in English as well as translations from English into African languages and from African languages into English, accompanied with
the original text.
Submissions must be original and previously unpublished. We however welcome simultaneous submissions, only make sure to inform us if the
submitted work has been accepted somewhere else.
Submissions are open from August 9th – September 30th across the following genres:
Minimum of three (3) poems and Maximum of five (5).
No specific theme or line length required and poems are welcome across forms.
Poems must be submitted as a single document in 12 point Times New Roman font, double spaced.
Submit as a Word Document to maroko@lagospoetryfestival.com with the genre as email subject.
Submissions should include a short bio of no more than 150 words.
Reviews must be on a collection of poetry, an anthology, a spoken word poetry album, a work of performance or a biography, autobiography, memoir or collection of essays with a poet or poetry as the subject.
Reviews must be no more than 2,500 words and submitted as a single document in 12 point Times New Roman, double spaced.
Submit as a Word Document to maroko@lagospoetryfestival.com with the genre as email subject.
Submissions should include a short bio of no more than 150 words.
We are eager to receive profiles on poets and/or individuals or collectives with a cultural shaping influence on the genre.
Profiles must be no more than 2,500 words and submitted as a single document in 12 point Times New Roman, double spaced.
Submit as a Word Document to maroko@lagospoetryfestival.com with the genre as email subject.
Submissions should include a short bio of no more than 150 words.
We are seeking personal essays, reflections, short memoirs, particularly from poets.
Essays must be no more than 2,500 words and submitted as a single document in 12 point Times New Roman, double spaced.
Submit as a Word Document to maroko@lagospoetryfestival.com with the genre as email subject.
Submissions should include a short bio of no more than 150 words.
We are keen on works that reflect and capture contemporary black urban experiences.
A minimum of three (3) Artworks and Images should be sent in high resolution accompanied a short statement on the work of no more than 500
words.
$50 for a selection of three (3) poems and $30 for a single poem
$65 for a book review
$65 for a profile
$65 for a personal essay
$60 for visual art/photography
No submission fee required.
All submissions should be sent to maroko@lagospoetryfestival.com
Enquiries will be received at editor-maroko@lagospoetryfestival.com
Submission deadline: Sept. 30th 2022
The journal will be launched on October 28th at the Lagos International Poetry Festival 2022.