Iskanchi Press & Mag

07/07/2024

We’re thrilled to share the upcoming release of Abu Bakr’s debut poetry collection, “Leaked Footages,” winner of the 2023 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets! 🌟 Featuring the amazing poems “Evensong” and “Everything I’ve Lost Returns to Me as Wind,” first published in our Fall 2020 issue, this collection is a must-read.

Mark your calendars for November 1 and pre-order now (https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496240132/)
Congratulations Abu Bakr, we are so proud of this milestone! 💫✨

01/07/2024

We were present at the ALA Conference in sunny San Diego! We connected with library professionals, educators, and book lovers, sharing our passion for authentic African perspectives. We had an amazing time showcasing our awesome titles. Check out our books at our booth!

08/06/2024

Congratulations to Aminta Dupuis, the winner of the inaugural Iskanchi Book Prize! ✨📚

Her award-winning book, ‘The Child From Dindefello Falls,’ will be published by Iskanchi Press in the Fall of 2025.

05/06/2024

📚✨Join us this Friday, June 7th at 5 PM WAT
for the announcement of the Iskanchi Book Prize winner! Enjoy readings from the shortlisted authors and be part of the excitement. We hope you’ll join us for this special moment-tune in here: (https://bit.ly/452NA0p)

03/06/2024

Happy New Month📚✨

We’re excited to share some thrilling news: the winner of the Iskanchi Book Prize will be announced on Friday, June 7th at 5:00 PM WAT.

Please join us for a special reading and the announcement of our Book Prize winner.🏆

06/05/2024

We are excited to reveal the shortlist for the inaugural Iskanchi Book Prize! 🎉

The grand prize winner will receive $1500 and publication in Fall 2025.

Stay tuned for further updates, and join us in congratulating the shortlisted authors!

19/03/2024

🌍✨"We're not just publishing books; we're amplifying voices," From Lagos to Utah, Iskanchi Press is rewriting the narrative one page at a time.

Join our journey of mischief, irreverence, and non-conformity through championing African voices.

See what Publishers Weekly has to say about us:

At Iskanchi Press, of Salt Lake City, Utah, founder Kenechi Uzor publishes five to 10 English-language originals and works in translation by African authors annually—and hopes “to champion African perspectives” in a market that tends to lack them.

14/03/2024

Our magazine prize is open until April 15th!

Submit! Submit! Submit!

03/03/2024

Happy International Writer’s day to all the amazing writers out there. Keep writing and sharing your stories with the world!

Tag a writer you admire, share their work and tell them how much you love them. 📚

13/12/2023

Happy Holidays 🎁✨

Get all Iskanchi titles for an amazing discount. Gift your loved ones the best of African perspectives this December.

20% off when you order from our website.

Order here: https://www.iskanchi.com/books

27/09/2023

Iskanchi Press is thrilled to announce the acquisition of "THE NEW EVE" by Mauritanian philosophy professor Moussa Ould Ebnou. 📚

This intriguing blend of science fiction, mysticism, history, myth, truth, fiction, philosophy, and literature is coming your way in fall 2024!

14/09/2023

Submissions for our fall issue close
tomorrow! Send us your irreverent and disobedient work too short/small to stand alone as a book. We pay $50.

For guidelines visit: https://www.iskanchi.com/submit-page

13/09/2023

📚 Exciting News! 📚

We're thrilled to share that Iskanchi Press has made it to the top 20 finalists of the IBPA Innovative Voices Program by Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) sponsored by IngramSpark! 🎉

Out of 80 incredible applications, we're honored to be among those shortlisted for this initiative. 🌟

16/08/2023

📚✨ Iskanchi Book Prize celebrates exceptional prose & hybrid manuscripts by African writers globally. Win $1,500 & publication! Submissions: Nov 1, 2023 - Jan 30, 2024.

For more details visit: https://www.iskanchi.com/iskanchi-book-prize

14/08/2023

We are open for Magazine submissions until September 15th. We are seeking submissions from African writers interested in the experimental. We want pieces that disobey in form and content. Send us your disobedient prose. We pay $50 for accepted pieces.

Home for Unruly African Literature

04/08/2023

Cover Reveal 📚

We are thrilled to show off THE EMPEROR’S SON by Vamba Sheriff.

THE EMPEROR'S SON, a work of African historical fiction featuring Emperor Samori Toure, follows the extraordinary journey of a young Liberian boy, whose destiny leads him from the vibrant present to the echoes of ancient Musadu. As he trains under a revered scholar, the boy transforms into a valiant soldier, fiercely battling the colonial forces that threaten his homeland. Yet, amidst the battles and triumphs, the secrets of his enigmatic childhood beckon, waiting to be unraveled.

The Emperor’s Son will be available for preorder soon. Stay tuned!

17/07/2023

📚 Discover the most authentic portrayals of African realities through our captivating books. From lived experiences to imaginative tales, our catalog reflects the rich African worldview.

Read here: https://www.iskanchi.com/category/all-books

01/07/2023

We were present at the in Chicago! We had an amazing time connecting with library professionals, sharing our passion for books, mingling with book lovers and showing off our awesome titles. A truly remarkable event!
Peep our books at our booth #

Get all our books here: https://www.iskanchi.com/books

16/05/2023

How well do you know Iskanchi Authors?

João Melo is the author of 'Angola Is
Wherever I Plant My Field,' a collection of eighteen humorous absurdist stories that will take you on a trip full of laughter, moments of reflection and most of all, keep you entertained!

To get a copy of 'Angola Is Wherever I Find my Field' by João Melo visit: https://www.iskanchi.com/product/angola-is-wherever-i-plant-my-field

11/04/2023

Exciting news!

In response to our open call for manuscripts, Especially from older women, we are thrilled to announce another acquisition. Meriel Mongie's, THE MAN WITH YELLOW HAIR Will be published October 2023 by Iskanchi Press. Meriel is a Retired high School teacher.

07/04/2023

It’s a good weekend to read our magazine!

We publish work that engage with and examine what the experimental form looks like in the African literary context. Read here 👇🏽

https://www.iskanchi.com/magazines

In the Book of Thoughts: Chapter Her versus Them: It seemed to her that adults saw everything. Her mother saw the landlord’s wife in the black crow that bore holes into slightly yellow…

02/02/2023

We are open for Magazine submissions until March 12th. We are seeking submissions from African writers interested in the experimental. We want pieces that disobey in form and content. Send us your disobedient prose. We pay.

02/02/2023

Read Weekend's at Madam’s Harem by Nzeru Aquilar

There are few places to hide when madam wants her nut. Every corner, every crevice, every paint drop, every square millimeter of tile in Tuynhuys is fitted with nanoreceptors, and every nanocircuit in our bloodstream transmits a signal that tells her where everyone is at any time. There’s nothing ...

30/01/2023

"João Melo’s stories present us with male and female relationships in their most realistic, cruel and unsavory imaginable aspects."

Angola is Wherever I Plant My Field Is Out now & Available here:

https://www.iskanchi.com/product/angola-is-wherever-i-plant-my-field Also on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Indie Bound, etc

29/01/2023

"Melo’s stories bring to mind the work of Borges and Ishiguro and some ineffable otherness that is his alone. Discovering his work could be the highlight of a literary career.”

Angola Is Wherever I Plant My Field is available at a 25% discount now!

https://www.iskanchi.com/product/angola-is-wherever-i-plant-my-field

28/01/2023

It's Two days to the Release of Angola Is Wherever I Plant My Field by João Melo

"For those of you who teach literature or modern African history, teach this! If you don’t, read it anyway. You’ll think, you might chuckle, and you will definitely learn something. Parabéns, João!" ~ Marisa Moorman

Get 25% off when you preorder here: https://www.iskanchi.com/product/angola-is-wherever-i-plant-my-field

27/01/2023

Angola is Wherever Plant My Field by João Melo is available for preorder.

Melo's prose is very attractive and spectacular, the open endings will leave you with mouth open and shivers all over your skin.

Use Discount code: Angola30 to get 25% off.

Preorder here: https://www.iskanchi.com/product/angola-is-wherever-i-plant-my-field

23/01/2023

Happy New Week.

Read Africa Today.

https://www.iskanchi.com/books

18/01/2023

With AiW Guests: Nzube Nlebedim – The Shallow Tales Review, Mazi Nwonwu – Omenana Magazine, and Kenechi Uzor – Iskanchi Magazine, interviewed by SarahBelle Selig of Catalyst Press…

18/01/2023

Truth Is a Flightless Bird is a compelling thriller that blends literary and noir elements into a harrowing character study of three flawed people in blind pursuit of an unobtainable future." JOHN M. MURRAY

Get your copy here: https://www.iskanchi.com/product/truth-is-a-flightless-bird