(* indicates previously published)

The Leftovers, by Yewande Omotoso (Nigeria/Barbados/South Africa)

The War Years*, by Viet Thanh Nguyen (US/Vietnam)

Horses, by Heidi North-Bailey (New Zealand/Aotearoa)

Ghosts, by Ana Menéndez (United States/Cuba)

Something Like Joy, by Mathew Howard (Canada/Australia)

That Balmy September Day, by Okwiri Oduor (Kenya)

Matchstick, by Desiree Bailey (United States/Trinidad & Tobago)

Homecoming, by Vamba Sherif (Liberia/The Netherlands)

Secret Pigeons, by Alice Melike Ulgezer (Turkey/Australia)

Absence*, by Daniel Alarcon (United States/Peru)

Light Rain, by Mansoura Ez-Eldin (Egypt)

Bitter Kola*, by Aminatta Forna (Scotland/Sierra Leone)

On Her Side, by Nahid Rachlin (Iran/United States)

The David Thuo Show, by Samuel Munene (Kenya)

Nellie, by Vanessa Barbara (Brazil)

Why Tlatlametsi Escapes To Paradise, by Ret'sepile Makamane (Lesotho)

Nobody's Talking About Falling In Love*, by Fan Wu (China/United States)

Sangmele, by Olufemi Terry (Sierra Leone)

Inventions of the Future, by Balli Kaur Jaswal (Singapore/Australia)

The Awakening, by Chris Brazier (England)

Dosas*, by Edwidge Danticat (Haiti/United States)