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The Third Annual Collection from the African Diaspora Award
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The African diaspora is not a single story but a tapestry of histories, cultures, languages, and lived experiences. Mosaic: Threads of African Prose and Poetry, the third annual collection from the African Diaspora Award, brings together 22 writers whose voices span continents while remaining rooted in the enduring legacy of African identity.
Through poetry, fiction, and reflective prose, this anthology explores memory, migration, belonging, resilience, faith, family, justice,
and hope.
Featured Voices: Albert Christer Singletary, C. T. Chestnutt, Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa, DJ Benhaim, E. Doyle-Gillespie, Elaine Joy Edaya Degale, Esinam Bediako, Femi Euba, Jacqueline Rose, Johannes Shikongo, Jonathan Chibuike Ukah, Joseph Jones, Kavon Henley, Mariam Akmal, Michael Eshetu, Mohammed Babajide Mohammed, Noelle Kristina Barnes, Nwenna Kai, Shreya Mandal, Tennille Michelle Tatum, and Zae Matthews.
SLAM 2027
Poetry That Breaks the Silence
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$500
in cash prizes
& publication
in
Kinsman Quarterly
and the
SLAM 2027
collection!
INDEPENDENT VOICES FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN
Help us reach our $8K Summer Goal by July 31st!
Over the past three years, our focus has been on supporting emerging writers through anthologies. This next phase represents an exciting expansion of our mission as we invest in developing individual authors and helping bring impactful, culturally significant manuscripts to a broader audience. For $20 or more, you can partner with our goals to publish two emerging BIPOC and/or underrepresented authors.
You can become one of our selected authors this year. To learn more about how to submit a query package, click here for more details.
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Kinsman Quarterly stands in solidarity with immigrants around the world in recognition of Immigrant Heritage Month.
Our Summer 2026 Issue features photography from the "No Kings" Rally in Houston, Texas, by Christian Omar Gomez Flores. This issue captures voices advocating for immigrants across the nation and beyond. Additional contributors include David Anson Lee, Andrea Dejean, Melody Cooper, Alishia Dauterive, Elaine Joy Edaya Degale, Natalie Caudle, and Oi Ue Audrey Lam.
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Native Voices II: The Cry of Creation
Edited by Monique Franz
Authors: Hannan Khan, D.W. Simerly,
Mike Ekunno, and more...
ISBN: 978-1-962121-56-9 (hardback)
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Native Voices II: The Cry of Creation gathers the most compelling authors and poets recognized through Kinsman Quarterly’s 2nd Annual Native Voices Award, offering a powerful chorus of Indigenous expression from across the globe. Featuring voices from the Americas, Asia, Australia, Oceania, and Africa, this anthology bears witness to ancestral memory, land, spirit, and survival.
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