Pepper Coast Lit

29/07/2025

Our Co-founder and Editor-in-chief Jeremy Teddy Karn had an extensive conversation with Ghanaian poet Henneh Kyereh Kwaku for the tenth edition of “A Long Talk”, a conversational series hosted by A Long House.

Both artists reflect on their individual journeys, challenges, and experiences as African poets.

In this tenth edition of A Long Talk, Liberian poet Jeremy Teddy Karn is in conversation with Ghanaian poet Henneh Kyereh Kwaku. This conversation begins with an depth look on each writer and their r

08/07/2025

Send us your work and stand a chance to win the Kofi Awoonor Poetry Prize 2025, which comes with $150 + publication prize.

27/06/2025

Our Issue Six is LIVE!

It features remarkable works from writers from Liberia 🇱🇷, Kenya 🇰🇪, Nigeria 🇳🇬, Tanzania 🇹🇿, and Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹.

Issue SixJune 2025 Nduta Waweru Dacious Kasoka Sekinat Oladeji Ókólí Stephen Nonso Mariam Hassan Azaiouris Y. Zeon Beulah Nimene Ekele Jinanwa Omega Francis

13/06/2025

Submission for the Kofi Awoonor Poetry Prize 2025 opens on July 1 to August 8.

The award comes with a prize of $150 + publication, and it will be judged by Nigerian esteemed poet, Maryhilda Obasiota Ibe.

12/06/2025

Prince Tardeh will host the Virtual Reading Launch of Issue Six on June 28, 2025.

11/06/2025

Maryhilda Obasiota Ibe will judge the 2025 edition of our annual Kofi Awoonor Poetry Prize.

She received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the winner of the Indiana Review Poetry Prize 2025, American Literary Review Poetry Prize 2024, and Bloomsday Poetry Prize 2020. She was a finalist for the Porter House Review Prize and longlisted for the Disquiet Poetry Prize. Her works have appeared or are forthcoming on Indiana Review, American Literary Review, Chestnut Review, Brittle Paper and elsewhere. She is currently the 2025-2026 Hoffman-Halls Emerging Artist Fellow (HEAF) at the Wisconsin Institute of Creative Writing.

10/06/2025

Cover art of Isuee Six.

08/06/2025

Meet Our Team V:

1. Jeremy Teddy Karn — Co-founder & Editor-In-Chief
2. Ayouba Toure — Co-founder & Managing Editor
3. Jakky Bankong-Obi — Editor-In-Chief

07/06/2025

Meet Our Team IV:

1. Androvish G. Berrain — Advisory Board Member
2. Othuke Umukoro — Advisory Board Member
3. Aminata Talawally — Copy Editor & Social Media Manager

06/06/2025

Meet Our Team III:

1. E.K. Boateng — Managing Editor
2. H Maxine Coker — Poetry Reader
3. Moses P. Kortu — Advisory Board Member

05/06/2025

Meet Our Team II:

1. Janetta Konah — Managing Editor
2. Benyeakeh Miapeh — Art Editor
3. Pamilerin Jacob — Advisory Board Member

04/06/2025

Meet Our Team:

1. Divine Inyang Titus — Managing Editor
2. Emmanuel H.B. Yamba — Poetry Reader
3. Prince Tardeh — Advisory Board Member