Mukoli

Peace in Place: Themed Issue

Open To All

Global & Open to All (18+)

No Fee

No Submission Fees

Deadline

15 November 2026

Genres

Fiction, Nonfiction, Art, Poetry

A scenic view of rolling green hills under a blue sky, dotted with white clouds. The foreground features wildflowers and tall grass, creating a peaceful natural landscape.
A scenic landscape painting featuring rolling green hills under a blue sky with light clouds, and a foreground of wildflowers and tall grasses.
A scenic landscape painting featuring rolling green hills, a blue sky with clouds, and a foreground of wildflowers and grass.
A scenic view of rolling green hills under a partly cloudy blue sky, with wildflowers in the foreground.

Editor’s Note:

In a world torn by war and conflict, peace seems elusive everywhere. And yet, if we look closely enough, we can find it in the very places and spaces we inhabit every day. At Mukoli, we believe that peace is as intrinsic to the human condition as violence and conflict. We just need to recognize and amplify it, making it visible. That is how we take the power away from violence and drown the voices that incite conflict.

With this as our starting point for exploring the relationship between place and peace, we are seeking submissions for Issue 6 of Mukoli. We invite you to interpret the theme as you will, so long as you are placing peace and finding it a ground to stand on. Show us how you connect to it.

Here are some of the questions that the theme raised for us.

  • How do you find peace where you are, in the usual and unusual places?
  • What does peace look like in the spaces you occupy or the ones that you aspire to occupy?
  • What does it mean to find peace where we are?
  • Where does peace belong? Where do you place peace?
  • How do you place peace, find it a home, or implement it?
  • What places and spaces most foster peace?
  • How does peace connect across place and space?
  • Where did you go in search of peace?
  • How did you carry peace with you across the borders between places?
  • What about the in-between places, the invisible spaces, the ones that fall through the cracks, and belong to no one?
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