Rowayat seeks original writing for upcoming online publications. Submission categories are Fiction, CNF, Poetry, Flash Fiction, Comics, Art, Reviews and Interviews - in English or French or Arabic in translation. Contributors do not need to identify as Arab/SWANA descent, provided their work is in dialogue with the transnational social realities of the Afro/Arab regions and their diaspora communities. Contributors may also decide to expand this reality altogether.
Rowayat accepts unsolicited submissions of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction during our reading periods. We accept simultaneous submissions, but please notidy us as soon as your submission is accepted elsewhere. We aim to respond within 3 months.
Our review process is semi-anonymous (our readers do not know the names of submitters, and then they pass all submissions to the genre editors. You may submit to more than one genre (but only one submission per genre—thank you!).
Submit Now to Rowayat's Issue #13: Forged Kinship: Sep. 22nd-Oct. 22nd 2025
Check out our website to meet Rowayat’s Guest Editors for Issue #13: Forged Kinship: https://rowayat.org/issue-13-forged-kinship/
Submission Categories :
Fiction: scripts/short stories/novel excerpts (1500 – 10,000 words)
Poetry (three poems or two flash fiction)
CNF/Nonfiction:
- All forms of essays, memoirs, travel literature, author interviews, and book reviews. (1500 – 3000 words)
- Writing Central (writing tips, translation advice, or creative writing lessons). (1500 – 3000 words)
Comics: 4-8 pages
Art: 10-14 pages of illustrations, photography, paintings, prints, sculpture, mixed media, or design.