To all those biracial butterflies that would like to have a chance to tell their story on their mixed-race experience, here is your chance!

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OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS !

Summary:

Co-editors Adebe D.A. and Andrea Thompson are seeking submissions for an anthology of writing by and about mixed-race women, intended for publication in Fall 2010 by Inanna Publications.

Deadline for Submissions: April 15, 2010

Purpose:

The purpose of this anthology is to explore the question of how mixed-race women in North America identify in the 21st Century. The anthology will also serve as a place to learn about the social experiences, attitudes, and feelings of others, and what racial identity has come to mean today.

We hope this anthology will become part of the discourse surrounding race and gender as they pertain to mixed-race women in this specific time in herstory, which is also one that marks the inauguration of the first mixed-race President in North American history.

Overview:

This anthology will include poetry, spoken word, fiction, creative non-fiction, spoken word texts, as well as black and white artwork and photography. We are inviting previously unpublished submissions that engage, document, and/or explore the experiences of being mixed-race, by placing interraciality as the center, rather than periphery, of analysis.
You are encouraged to share your own individual experiences and tell your unique story as it relates to the ways in which you identify yourself. We especially welcome anecdotes of answering the same old “what are you?” question in a new way!

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