Pepper Coast Lit

02/05/2025

Aria Deemie is featured in the next set of the African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) "New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set", an annual, limited-edition collection of chapbooks featuring emerging African poets, edited by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani.

Her debut collection, Humans for Sale, will be published in the coming months, and it shares her bittersweet experiences as a war-baby Liberian.

HUMANS FOR SALE: THE POETRY OF ARIA DEEMIEIn a country shaped by the scars of conflict and fortified by the resilience of its people, new literary voices serve as guiding lights—illuminating pathways to understanding and healing. Liberia, a nation rich in strength and diversity, has nurtured many ...

01/02/2025

We are excited to announce Iyanuoluwa Adenle as the winner of the Kofi Awoonor Poetry Prize 2024 for the poem "babe", chosen by our guest judge, Othuke Umukoro. 🎊

https://peppercoastmag.com/online/contests-winners

27/01/2025

We are NOW open for submissions!

READ our submission guidelines here: https://peppercoastmag.com/submit

21/01/2025

Introducing our new website:

https://peppercoastmag.com/

18/01/2025

Application for the Sprinng Writing Fellowship 2025 is Now Open!

We are thrilled to announce that application for the Sprinng Writing Fellowship 2025 is officially open and will close on April 15, 2025.

For detailed information about the fellowship and how to apply, please visit our website at sprinng.org.

We would deeply appreciate your help in spreading the word! Please feel free to share this announcement along with any of the images on your social media platforms.

Let’s make 2025 another year of growth! ✨

20/10/2024

We will be back soon!

16/10/2024

DEADLINE: October 30!

We are currently considering submissions for our 6th issue.

Please find our submission guidelines at https://www.peppercoastlit.co/submit.html

27/09/2024

We are currently considering submissions for our 6th issue.

Please find our submission guidelines at https://www.peppercoastlit.co/submit.html

24/09/2024

CONGRATS to Iyanuoluwa Adenle whose poem ''Babe'' was chosen by Othuke Umukoro as the WINNER OF THE KOFI AWOONOR POETRY PRIZE, 2024.

Othuke Umukoro was moved by Iyanuoluwa Adenle's poem slippery enjambment and, by extension, its heart.🎊👏

11/09/2024

Our Issue Five is now LIVE!! Do check it out.

Aishat Yahkub Jake Dennis Alobu Emmanuel Damilare Popoola Emmanuel H.B Yamba ​PROSE ​ Kola Ayodele

02/09/2024

Congratulations to the Kofi Awoonor Poetry Prize 2024 Finalists, selected by Othuke Umukoro.

We will reveal the winner by September 30th. We appreciate everyone who submitted.

30/08/2024

Our next issue will be launched in the coming weeks. We are so excited about it!