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🇳🇦 Namibia

Writing opportunities in Namibia

1 publication is based in Namibia, and 83 in total confirm in their own guidelines that they are open to writers from here. A further 49 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.

77 open to writers anywherePick another country

Based here

1 publication based in Namibia

🟡 Information needs verification🟡 Research onlyNamibia

Doek! Literary Magazine

Pan-African literary work

Pay
Not publicly stated
Words
Varies
Eligible
Open to Pan-African writers; confirm specific restriction on the official page
Verified
2026-09

Open to you by name

5 more that specifically welcome writers from Namibia

These are based elsewhere, but their own guidelines name Namibia or its region. They are closed to most of the world and open to you.

🟢 Currently accepting🟢 Accepted, scheduledOpen to all

Afrolicious

Stories, essays, thinkpieces, rants

Pay
$75
Words
600–800 words
Eligible
Black Africans and Black African diasporas
Verified
2026-08
🟢 Rolling submissions🟡 Research onlyUnited States

Transition Magazine

Essays, fiction, criticism

Pay
Pays contributors
Words
Variable
Eligible
Centers Africa and the African diaspora; strongly relevant to African and diaspora writers
Verified
2026-09
🔴 Currently closed🟡 Research onlyNigeria

Omenana

Speculative fiction, essays, reviews

Pay
$20 per published story
Words
Short fiction up to 5,000; flash up to 1,000; essays/CNF up to 3,000; reviews 800–2,000
Eligible
Artists and writers from Africa and the African diaspora
Verified
2026-08
🔴 Currently closed🔵 SubmittedSouth Africa

Efiko Magazine

Poetry, short story, essay

Pay
₦20,000 or ₦30,000 (Nigerian bank account)≈ $15–$23 USD
Words
Prose 1,200–5,000 words; poetry 2–5 poems / 10 pages
Eligible
Writers of African origin based anywhere in the world, or anyone writing about Africa
Verified
2026-09
🟡 Opens soon🟡 Research onlyCanada

khōréō

Speculative short fiction or flash

Pay
10¢ per word
Words
Under 5,000 words (prefer under 3,500)
Eligible
Official: submit if you identify as an immigrant or member of a diaspora in the broadest definitions — including first- and second-generation immigrants, refugees, people displaced by colonialism/imperialism, and anyone whose heritage includes ‘here and elsewhere’
Verified
2026-08

House style in Namibia

BRYME has not separately verified a Namibian house-style profile. Southern African publishing generally follows British convention, but confirm against the publication's own guideline rather than assuming.

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