Love in Detty December Vol III’s Call for Submissions

December in Africa is more than a month. It offers an experience unlike anything else, dry winds, loud nights, packed streets, and hearts coming home. Every December, the IJGBs arrive in waves. The parties are wild, we dance with reckless abandon and even more than that, we fall in love. Sometimes, it’s a fleeting love—sweet, short, and bound to disappear with the last notes of December. And every so often, though rare, it’s the kind that lingers, steady and lasting, stretching quietly into forever. Love in Detty December was born from this energy—a space to explore what it means to fall in or out of love during the most electric moment of the year.

Since our first edition, we’ve received stories that capture the chaos, sweetness, and intensity of December romance. From wild flings to deep connections, traditional to unexpected, we’ve celebrated love in all its forms—culminating in our second edition, which doubles as our first print anthology: A Man and A Woman and Other Stories.

Now, for our third edition, we’re inviting young Nigerian and African writers to send us fiction or nonfiction pieces that explore love in December. We want bold, blatantly authentic, unforgettable work that reflects our realities and reimagines them. Surprise us. Move us. Show us what it means to love in your world. Show us what it means to love in your words.

Selected writers will be paid and published.

Deadline: October 10, 2025

Ready to submit? Find the guidelines HERE and you can submit your work here