A Kenyan-based SFFH journal showcasing the best in African fantastika. Issue V out NOW! đź”— linktr.ee/WTBAP
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All the stories from Issue V of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology are once again free to read on our website. If you are reading for awards, we would be touched if you considered these fantastic and deserving works!
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We're grateful to see WTBAP longlisted alongside so much SFF work we admire this award season. The recognition belongs to the writers and artists who trusted us with their vision. If their works stayed with you and you’re nominating, we’d appreciate your consideration.
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Huge congrats to all the 2026 Ignyte Award winners, announced on October 3, including one of our own, @nkereuwxm!
Albert's story, “Commensalism, or the Labyrinth’s Vessels,” published in Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology (Issue V), won Outstanding Short Story.
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Hats off to Issue V co-editor Somto Ihezue too, whose story “We Begin Where Infinity Ends,” published in Clarkesworld (Issue 221), won Outstanding Novelette.
Find it here: 🔗 clarkesworldmagazine.com/ihe…
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Will This Be A Problem? is honoured to have been nominated for the Community Award. Congratulations to Strange Horizons on the win, and thank you to everyone who voted for us.
Find the full list of finalists and winners here: 🔗 ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com…
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1 day left to vote for Ignyte Awards!
We kindly ask that you cast your vote for “Commensalism, or the Labyrinth's Vessels” by @nkereuwxm in the Outstanding Short Story category, and for Will This Be A Problem? in the Community Award category.
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Nommo nomination deadline extended to tomorrow, 12 PM CAT! We'd be honoured if you consider our work from 2025 for the Short Story category before window closes.
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The 2026 Nommo Awards nominations are open until August 12.
Here's a list of our published works that are eligible in the Short Story category. If you're an ASFS member, we'd be grateful if you would consider these stories before the window closes. africansfs.com/nommo-awards/…
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A recap of all the latest news, milestones and literary conversations in our newest newsletter.
Nommo nominations close today, Ignyte Awards public voting closes August 16, plus a panel discussion at Qwani LitFest.
Read our Substack: willthisbeaproblem.substack.…
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Our latest newsletter rounds up the past few months at WTBAP, from Ignyte Awards voting and the closing Nommo Awards nomination window to Olivia in conversation at Qwani LitFest.
Catch up on everything here and subscribe to our Substack: willthisbeaproblem.substack.…
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The 2026 Nommo Awards nominations are open until August 12.
Here's a list of our published works that are eligible in the Short Story category. If you're an ASFS member, we'd be grateful if you would consider these stories before the window closes. africansfs.com/nommo-awards/…
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In January 2025, we published 16 stories by writers from across Africa and the diaspora in our fifth anthology issue. Read them here: willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/iss…
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In July 2025, we published 5 stories by writers from Africa and the diaspora in our second magazine issue. Find them here: willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/wil…
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Will This Be A Problem? retweeted
POV: Suyi Davies Okungbowa blurbed your forthcoming novella. The link to preorder is still via the website in my bio. Forthcoming on the 13th of October, 2026 @RuadanBooks
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Will This Be A Problem? retweeted
i recently became an editor at a magazine called @Kokoromag
we aim to publish various kinds of strange kini. i especially would love to read work that feels like craze and tastes like ment.
please submit. treat as urgent: open.substack.com/pub/kokoro…
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If African speculative fiction is on your radar, here's an excerpt worth your time from “Commensalism, or the Labyrinth's Vessels” by @nkereuwxm, a finalist for the 2026 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Short Story.
🔗 willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/202…
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Public voting remains open until August 16th.
If you've enjoyed the story, we ask that you cast your vote in the Outstanding Short Story category, and for Will This Be A Problem? in the Community Award category.
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Here's the first instalment of our guide to Kenyan speculative fiction. Today's spotlight features Kenyan writing published by Will This Be A Problem? over the years.
See thread below 🧵
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From WTBAP? The Magazine: Issue 1
Read stories by @Anyango_midamba, @FloOnyango, Peace Mundia & Franscine Machinda
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From WTBAP? The Magazine: Issue 2
Read “Babies Don't Grow in People” by Peter Nena
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