Friday Feature: Sandra Jackson-OpokuSandra Jackson-Opoku is the author of an award-winning novel, The River Where Blood is Born and Hot Johnny and the Women Who Loved Him, an Essence Magazine Bestseller in Hardcover Fiction. Her fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and dramatic works are Oct 25 24October 25, 2024Article at torchliteraryarts.org
Editors Choice – Fiction – Kallisto Gaia PressExcerpted from novel-in-progress, GOD'S GIFT TO THE NATIVES, "Sophiatown" tells of a South African musician coming of age under apartheid. Aug 21 24August 21, 2024Article at Ocotillo Review
Sandra Jackson-Opoku – Strange Wests – About Place Journal"In the Overseas" novel excerpt. Aug 19 24August 19, 2024Article at About Place Journal
Adi magazineADI MAGAZINE is a new US-based literary journal rehumanizing policy. May 16 24May 16, 2024Article at Adi Magazine
DiomedéaThis is the moment I recall, a memory blurred by nostalgia and the steep ascent of time. I was tired and happy. It took three days of travel to be there. The caress of sun on my face was blossoming into a smolder. I accepted this pain as the price of… May 25 23May 25, 2023Article at The Plentitudes Journal Fiction Prize, 2nd place
NARRATIVES IN THE LIFE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH WALKER (1)I am Coming Home. My mother will be screaming in an almost dirty dress. The crack is gone. So a Man will be in the house. I must watch myself. I must not dare to sleep. —Gwendolyn Brooks 1. “So who?” people say when she tells them who she is.… Nov 11 21November 11, 2021Article at Obsidian Journal
Blue Mermaid(The following is excerpted from a novel-in-progress set in the 18th century on Saint-Louis Island, Senegal) Crouching to meet the boy at his own height, Augustin Moreau smelt of saltwater and sweat, rum and pipe tobacco. His face was lean and… Oct 30 20October 30, 2020Article at eMerge Magazine
FALL 2020Prairie Winds, bulletin of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Fall 2020 Scroll down to page 12 for novel excerpt, "Schwerner" Sep 29 20September 29, 2020PDF at Prairie Winds
ReconstructionSadie Mae Freeman could take mill end scraps and turn them into dresses, shirts, quilts and baby clothes. She’d been seamstressing on a Virginia plantation from the age of six. “Had an old mistress by the name of Payne,” Mama said, “and pain is what… Oct 01 19October 01, 2019Article at storySouth
Tag: Sandra Jackson-OpokuThe bid-whist-playing, gin-drinking, chit’lin-cooking, barbecuing, party-loving Pattersons. That was Mama’s family–loud, boisterous and slightly disreputable. Miss Jonita declared them “country,” though the Pattersons had been established in Chicago… Sep 12 19September 12, 2019Article at Another Chicago Magazine
KweliI was stirring a pot of collards when I heard his key in the lock. “Come on back in the kitchen, Cristophe,” I called. “I got some talk for you.” He slouched into the room with his round-shouldered stride, a dirty muskmelon tucked beneath his arm. I… Jun 29 11June 29, 2011Article at Kweli
2022 OPEN SHORT STORY COMPETITION WINNERPrize: £1,500 Finalists: Nicholas Best Fiona Thackeray Allan Gaw Paul Bassett Davies Ronita Sinha Ej Sidle Katrina Moinet David Haworth Honourable Mentions: The following are writers who just missed out on being named a finalist! Ian Bell, Sarah… Article at Globe Soup 2023 Story Award
The Secret PlaceThe hem of her linsey-woolsey dress dragged in the dust, but Delphine didn’t notice. Shesquatted on the cold hearthstone tracing images in the ashes. She was so absorbed in the task thatshe barely heard a knocking at the door. It was only when her… Article at "The Secret Place"
