🇰🇪 Kenya
1 publication is based in Kenya, and 82 in total confirm in their own guidelines that they are open to writers from here. A further 50 do not state an eligibility rule either way.
A listing is an invitation to pitch, never a promise of acceptance or payment. Every entry links to the publication’s own guideline and the date BRYME last checked it.
Based here
News, analysis, first person, opinion, investigations
Open to you by name
These are based elsewhere, but their own guidelines name Kenya or its region. They are closed to most of the world and open to you.
Stories, essays, thinkpieces, rants
Essays, fiction, criticism
Speculative fiction, essays, reviews
Poetry, short story, essay
Speculative short fiction or flash
Getting these wrong will not sink a good idea, but they are the fastest way for an editor to tell you have not read them.
| Spelling | -ise and -our, following British convention |
|---|---|
| Dates | 3 April 2026 — day first |
| CV or résumé | CV |
| Quotation | British usage |
A small base of Kenya-based markets, but the Africa-focused international calls below are open to Kenyan writers by name.
Before you pitch