Official information
Overview
- Publication
- The Lagos Review
- Eligibility
- The official call does not state a nationality restriction. It is framed around personal experience of loss and grief.
- Writing
- Personal essay
- Payment
- $250 per published essay
- Currency
- USD
- Payment conditions
- $250 per published essay, paid one month after publication. Separate additional opportunity: the top 12 published essays may be compiled into a book, with a one-off royalty of $500. That $500 is not the standard essay fee and is not guaranteed to every contributor.
- When paid
- Paid one month after publication.
- Word count
- Up to 1,500 words
- Response time
- Not publicly stated
- Status
- Rolling, June–December 2026
- Deadline
- Rolling, June–December 2026
- How to submit
- AI policy
- AI-generated work prohibited
What they want
- Essays up to 1,500 words on loss and grief in all their forms — not only death.
- Official examples include: loss of freedom through incarceration, kidnapping or injustice; migration and losing or searching for home; missed opportunities and vanished dreams; pregnancy loss; domestic or intimate partner violence; discrimination by race, tribe or ethnicity; losing a parent, child, partner, friend, or a stranger whose story pierced you.
- First-person, honest, specific lived experience.
What they don't want
- AI-produced essays will not be considered.
- Fiction will not be considered for this call.
Requirements
- Essay, maximum 1,500 words
- Email to submissions@thelagosreview.ng
Rights
Not fully stated. The call notes that the top 12 published essays may be compiled into a book collection with a one-off $500 royalty. Broader rights terms are not on the call page.
How to submit
- Email your essay to submissions@thelagosreview.ng.
- Submissions are received on a rolling basis from June to December 2026.
Official source
The Lagos Review — Call for essay submissions: Writing Loss & Grief (official)
Last verified 2026-08-19. Always re-read the official page before you send work.
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