“Which Black Woman Inspired You? – Celebrating Black Women in the Arts”
Our last issue “Youth Culture, Community Activism, Education and the Arts” featured a startling array of poetry from all around the world, as well as outstanding contributions to our knowledge (ujuzi wetu in Swahili) about the next generation and its relationship to this one. Now we are welcoming submissions that further develop themes (in the arts) that were championed by black women in particular. The Black Arts Quarterly seeks to publish written work of (preferably) less than 15-20 pages (double-spaced) that explores the role that the arts have played in the lives of black women, and vice versa: the role that women played in the black arts. What sort of consciousness-raising force came forth from black women? Tell us about the black woman who inspired you, your intellectual pursuit, your art, and/or your activism.
Deadline: April 2
“Which Black Woman Inspired You? – Celebrating Black Women in the Arts”
Our last issue “Youth Culture, Community Activism, Education and the Arts” featured a startling array of poetry from all around the world, as
well as outstanding contributions to our knowledge (ujuzi wetu in Swahili) about the next generation and its relationship to this one. Now we are
welcoming submissions that further develop themes (in the arts) that were championed by black women in particular. The Black Arts Quarterly seeks to
publish written work of (preferably) less than 15-20 pages (double-spaced) that explores the role that the arts have played in the lives of black
women, and vice versa: the role that women played in the black arts. What sort of consciousness-raising force came forth from black women? Tell us
about the black woman who inspired you, your intellectual pursuit, your art, and/or your activism. In this issue we hope to pay tribute to the vast and
wonderful canon that celebrates the unique complexity of being colored, black and female.
We encourage submissions that celebrate diversity by allowing an open-ended definition for the term ‘black woman’ and we look forward to hearing
voices from and about women of all countries.
We also welcome all genres – academic writing, essays, poetry, prose, fiction, creative nonfiction, photography and more. Send photographs
of visual submissions (and a disk with digitized photos or art work in gif, jpeg, or pict format) with a self-addressed, stamped envelope to
ensure return. Literary submissions are to be in Microsoft Word format. All text submissions are subject to editorial alteration.
All submissions must be accompanied by a 2-4 sentence author bio.
Please send submissions to:
Black Arts Quarterly, Editor, Harmony House – 561 Lomita Drive,
Stanford
University, Stanford 94305 or email: [email protected] or
[email protected].
Please see the Committee on Black Performing Arts website for more information and the current issue of The Black Arts Quarterly.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/CBPA
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