Callaloo

Callaloo is a journal devoted to creative work by and critical studies of the work of African Americans and peoples of African descent throughout the African Diaspora. Its general fiction call is open from August 1, 2026 to May 1, 2027, takes one prose manuscript per submission with a maximum of three per author each calendar year, suggests prose not exceed 6,000 words but will consider submissions of up to 10,000, and reads anonymously, with identifying information excluded from the manuscript. It accepts only previously unpublished work and asks authors not to query until six months have passed.