African Folktales

 

AFRICAN FOLKTALES

 

Following the absolute success of Multi-Marketing’s Annual Flagship publication – The Multi-Marketing Anthology – a brand new annual anthology was proposed with a more home-grown feel, which, while targeted at South Africa and the continent of Africa at large to share their own stories (simultaneously re-africanising local literature) also transcends national and continental bounds by taking our stories to the world thanks to the international publication reach of Multi-Marketing.

If you are a citizen who was born and/or raised in the beautiful continent of Africa, you automatically qualify to share your local, home-grown stories to be published in the African Folktales Anthology powered by Multi-Marketing & Book Bank South Africa.

The African Folktales Anthology follows the same procedure as the annual flagship Multi-Marketing Anthology, the only difference being the criteria of Short Stories/Folktales and the African-only inspired theme.

 

TO ENTER:

  • You may submit a minimum of 1 short story/African folktale and a maximum of 3 short stories/African folktales (no longer than 12 pages each)
  • The folktale can be in any indigenous language of Africa, so long as you as the writer are fluent in it
  • Along with your submission, you must also send the following items in your email:

> A recent clear photo of yourself

> A short author bio of yourself (in English ONLY)

> Your social media handles where people can find you online (if any)

> Your mobile number

> The Store Code of your nearest PEP Store (you can find this by typing in www.paxi.co.za > PAXI Points > Search bar (type in the address of your nearest PEP Store)

CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 23 November 2025 (5pm SAST)

 

  • There is no entry fee to submit your short story/African folktale for approval
  • ONLY IF YOUR CONTENT IS APPROVED by the judging panel via email, you will pay R350 as your portion of the publication fee and send through a Proof Of Payment along with your banking details for your nominated bank account where you would prefer royalties to be transferred into once sales are made. 
  • All short story/African folktale submissions must be sent as a Microsoft Word attachment (NO other format will be acceptable) to info@multimarketing.co.za BEFORE the deadline.
  • If the short stories/African folktales have been previously published, ensure you make a note of that in your submission and that you have the rights to republish the work with us.
  • The amount varies each year as page count and ink used as well as time spent and the inflation rate is different from one year to another, so as such, each year may reflect a different amount than the year before.

 

IMPORTANT: After your receive your copy, it is just as much your duty to market the anthology as available on mmstore.co.za and amazon.com as much as it is the duty of Multi-Marketing to do the same. Through combined efforts, the anthology will sell. It is not the sole duty of Multi-Marketing to market the anthology. 

Multi-Marketing will offer you opportunities to market the anthology on our social media platforms such as reaching out to arrange a LIVE interview on our Facebook Page and physical gigs to appear and sign copies for potential customers. 

After the pay-out threshold has been reached (thanks to a collective marketing effort by Multi-Marketing AND the authors involved), only then can royalties be paid out in an equal sum to all the authors involved as each contributed an equal amount to have it published.

REMEMBER: No Sales=No Royalties