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KIZA BlackLit Magazine

Winter 2026

Volume 3 | Issue 1

Executive Editor

Njemile Z. Ali

Web Designer

Sol Ali

Editorial Board

Marilyn Ellison-Pounsel

Maseray Nyaleema

Literary Contributors

Nashid Furaha-Ali, Storytelling

Sean Beatty, Poetry

Dr. Pam C. Delaine, Storytelling

Verginia Jackson, Nonfiction

Otancia Noel, Fiction & Nonfiction

Dr. Kathleen Johnson Prillerman, Poetry

Dr. Geneva Smitherman, Academics: Linguistics

Article Contributors

Zakiyyah Ali

Khadija Pounsel

NEXT LEVEL PUBLICATIONS GROUP, INC.

Executive Director

Njemile Z. Ali

Board of Directors

Zakiyyah Ali

Julie Rainbow

KIZA BlackLit is a quarterly publication of Next Level Publications Group, Inc. (NLPG).

NLPG is a 501c3 nonprofit organization, with a mission to celebrate, promote and support Black literary arts and artists that help to create a culture of individual and community self sufficiency and self governance

Subscriptions are available at https://nlpginc.com. To inquire about advertising rates, email Njemile Ali, at nzali@nlpginc.com

Submissions are accepted on a continuous basis from writers who identify as Black. Submit published or unpublished works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry & spoken word, storytelling, lyrics and scripts for stage & screen at https://nlpginc.com/guidelines