Afro Romcon

A convention celebrating African romance in print and on screen

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Afro RomCon 2.0 is officially launching its first literary prize and we want your story.

Write to us under the theme ‘Love as Resistance’. Entries must be between 1,000 and 3,000 words.

🏆 Winner takes ₦100,000
🥈 1st Runner Up takes ₦50,000
🥉 2nd Runner Up takes ₦50,000

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Get your tickets: https://t.co/aFR26IdzOw

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she placed third in the maiden edition of the Naila Media Inspire Screenwriting Competition with her short screenplay, The Disappearance of Deacon George, and she was later nominated for Best Screenplay at The Filmjoint Awards 2026 for the romantic short film, Two Hearts One Soul

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Ufuoma Bakporhe is a Nigerian prose fiction writer, screenwriter, and lawyer. She is the author of the coming-of-age and autism awareness novel, Lettars from an Imbecile. She is the winner of the 2019 Awele Creative Trust Award and the 2025 Lolonwa Prize for Fiction. In 2024,..

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Timendu loves Pepper Soup, brightly coloured hair, listening to music and constantly courts financial ruin with her book buying habit. She lives in Lagos with her husband and two children.
The Bishop's Prodigal Daughter is her first novel.

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Timendu Aghahowa has been a voracious reader since she was four years old and started writing professionally after a very short stint in stockbroking. Her short stories have been published in https://t.co/cxGk2RTZ56, https://t.co/x1TN5O55WB, in anthologies, A handful of Dust....

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... and Pepper Soup while her day job as a the Head Writer in charge of the writing rooms that delivered audience-favourite shows including 'Masquerades of Aniedo', 'Dear Future Me' and 'The Wives', has garnered her two AMVCA nominations for Best Writing.

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Her fiction centres love as a deliberate act and a form of survival. She is based in Lagos, Nigeria.

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Aminat Sanni-Kamal is a romance and fantasy author. Some of her notable works include Amber Fire and Rebound. She has spent over a decade working in and around books as a ghostwriter, editor, and publishing consultant.

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Submissions go here: https://t.co/93Ui46gjAw

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Meet the Judges for the 2026 Afro RomCon Literary Prize

Motunrayo will be reading your submissions!

Submissions are open until June 12. Be sure to read the submission guidelines carefully before entering.
You can also get your tickets to the event https://t.co/13EUUyIYrl

[Afro Romcon @afroromcon]

Meet the Judges for the 2026 Afro RomCon Literary Prize

Motunrayo will be reading your submissions!

Submissions are open until June 12. Be sure to read the submission guidelines carefully before entering.
You can also get your tickets to the event https://t.co/13EUUyIYrl

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Submissions go here: https://t.co/93Ui46gjAw

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Meet the Judges for the 2026 Afro RomCon Literary Prize

Tomilola will be reading your submissions!

Submissions are open until June 12. Be sure to read the submission guidelines carefully before entering.
You can also get your tickets to the event here: https://t.co/13EUUyIYrl

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Send your submissions here https://t.co/93Ui46gjAw

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Meet the Judges for the 2026 Afro RomCon Literary Prize

IkeGod will be reading your submissions!

Submissions are open until June 12. Be sure to read the submission guidelines carefully before entering.
You can also get your tickets to the event here https://t.co/13EUUyIYrl

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Submit here: https://t.co/93Ui46gjAw

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Meet the Judges for the 2026 Afro RomCon Literary Prizel

Praise will be reading your submissions!

Submissions are open until June 12. Be sure to read the submission guidelines carefully before entering.
You can also get your tickets to the event here https://t.co/13EUUyIYrl

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Send your submissions here: https://t.co/93Ui46gjAw

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Meet the Judges for the 2026 Afro RomCon Literary Prizel

Faith will be reading your submissions!

Submissions are open until June 12. Be sure to read the submission guidelines carefully before entering.
You can also get your tickets to the event here https://t.co/13EUUyIYrl.

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🔗 To listen: https://t.co/YSvoSNf5eW

🎟️ Don’t forget: Tickets for AfroRomCon 2.0 are selling fast. Secure your spot today via this link https://t.co/13EUUyIYrl

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Music is a love language, but sometimes, it’s a whole revolution. 🎧🔥

For the official AfroRomCon 2.0 Playlist, we asked our team a simple question: Which love songs feel like an act of defiance? Which tracks prove that choosing joy and intimacy is a powerful way to rebel?