a special volume celebrating Kréyolité (Creoleness)
Every year, many Creole communities around the world celebrate their Kréyolité (Creoleness) during October, which is recognized as International Creole Heritage Month. Louisiana, possessed of its own Creole community, also marks this occasion. In this volume of the revue Feux Follets, we wish to dive into literature and visual art featuring Kréyolité and all that goes with it: Kréyolitid (Creolitude), identity, culture, spirit and mind, environment, art, music, perspectives, experiences, connections and disconnections, food, traditions, folklore, etc. And if we happen to find ourselves in a land full of fifolé—mysterious floating lights, some say balls of blue fire, elusive denizens of Louisiana’s cypress swamps and marshes—even better.
The revue Feux Follets invites members of every Creole community around the world to submit texts in your own Creole language, alongside a French translation of your work (or you may send a French-only version). Texts in English will not be accepted. For those writing in Kouri-Vini (Louisiana Creole), if you do not know how to translate into French, we will be happy to create the translation if we choose to publish your work.
Parameters for submitting texts:
We only accept Word documents (PDFs will not be accepted), and the font size of your text must be between 11 and 12 points.
In your document, please include your full name and your preferred name or pen name that you use professionally, as well as the name of your Creole language community.
That you did not use artificial intelligence (AI) to write your texts.
Your submission must not be longer than 5 pages in total, and you must specify which Creole language you’ve written your text in.
We ask that your text be thoroughly proofread and corrected before it is submitted. We reserve the right to refuse submissions that contain an inordinate number of errors.
The revue Feux Follets also invites visual artists from all Creole communities around the world to submit an image (one image per artist) that we will consider for use as this volume’s cover art.
Parameters for submitting visual art:
We only accept images in JPG or PNG format.
Images must be high quality: 300dpi (dots per inch). Its size must not exceed 2000p on any side and cannot be larger than 10MB.
In a separate Word document, write details of your submission:
Your complete name and your professional name (if applicable).
Title of your work.
Year it was completed.
Dimensions of your work in inches or the metric system—Height x Width x Depth.
The name of your Creole language community.
Ex: Name. Title. Medium. Dimensions. Date. [Creole language community name]
Use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the creation of your artwork is not permitted.
Please send us your submission and your brief bio (a maximum of 100 words, written in the third person) in an e-mail with the subject line “Fifolé 2026” to this address: feuxfolletslafayette@gmail.com
Deadline: September 15, 2026