We are currently not accepting submissions for our print magazine. Please check back in November for our print fiction submissions.
What is your story?
Naira Stories longs for stories that encapsulate human experience, and yet have not been told. This is the right place to tell it.
The print version of the magazine is published triannually in the following order: fiction, first issue of the year; creative nonfiction, second issue of the year; and memoir, third and last issue of the year.
We are interested in stories from Nigeria and the diaspora, and do not charge a submission fee.
Our print magazine submission windows are as follows:
- Fiction submission window: November 1st, 2025 – December 31st, 2025. Publication date: March 2026
- Creative nonfiction submission window: March 1st, 2026 – April 30th, 2026. Publication date: July 2026.
- Memoir submission window: July 1st, 2026 – August 30th, 2026. Publication date: November 2025.
Fiction and creative nonfiction should be 4000 – 5000 words. Memoirs should be 2000 – 2500 words. Anything outside these word limits would be disregarded.
Submission Portal
Our print magazine submissions are made through our submission portal.
Take your time to explore the content of our print magazine to have an understanding of the kind of stories we publish before submitting our work.
We are only interested in original, unpublished stories. Stories that have appeared in any medium, print or online, are not welcome. We also do not accept simultaneous submissions.
Your story should be properly formatted and paginated. We recommend the following formatting style (1.5 line spacing, 12pt font size, Times New Roman font face, A4 paper size, and justified text).
We only accept Microsoft (MS) Word documents. The header of the document should contain your name and the title of your story. The first page of the document should contain the title of your story, the word count, and your full name. Contributors whose stories are published in the print magazine are paid N25,000, plus two complimentary copies of the magazine.
Contributors’ rights
Upon publication of your work by Naira Stories, you are giving Naira Stories the exclusive right to publish your work in any form and medium known now or that will exist in the future.
Also note that Naira Stories, its parent company, staff, or partners are not responsible for any copyright infringement of work submitted to Naira Stories.
All rights revert to the author upon publication. However, we request that Naira Stories be properly acknowledged as the original publisher if you choose to publish your work elsewhere.
By making this submission, you consent to our Editorial Policy and Terms of Service. For more enquiries on our print magazine submissions, email us via: submissions@nairastories.com.