If you would like to contribute to Poda-Poda Stories, please email your submission to editor@poda-poda.com using the following format on your email subject: Lastname_Submission Title. If your submission is time sensitive, kindly indicate that in your email subject line using the following format: Time sensitive_Lastname_Submission Title.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Eligibility criteria: We accept work from Sierra Leoneans or persons of Sierra Leonean descent currently residing in Sierra Leone or the diaspora.
We accept fiction (1500 words maximum), nonfiction (1500 maximum), poetry (3 poems maximum), and book reviews (800 words maximum).
Ensure that your piece is precise and well-written. Things to look out for are grammar, punctuation, and correct use of tenses.
Your work must be in Microsoft word (docx) format; typed in Times New Roman, 12 pt. font and double-spaced. Please do not send your work as a pdf document.
Include a brief writer’s bio in your email submission.
We will not accept plagiarized work. This includes AI-generated work.
Do not submit work that contains elements of harmful stereotypes.
Simultaneous submissions are acceptable. We ask that you email us immediately your work is accepted elsewhere.
TIMELINE:
Please note that following our regular calls for submission in (October – November) and (April - May) it may take our team up to 2 months to review your work. Please do not contact us with questions about your submissions while we review your work.
Work submitted outside the regular call for submissions will be reviewed within 2-3 weeks.