The Black Ordinary
This is a new magazine and they will soon publish their first issue. “The Black Ordinary welcomes pitches from artists, archivists, historians, researchers, and writers of all backgrounds and experience levels to pitch ideas for writing topics relevant to the preservation of Black-American* histories and culture.
*How we define "Black-American": While the histories of the entire African diaspora are closely intertwined, The Black Ordinary's work is centered on the histories and cultures of direct descendants of enslaved peoples forcibly brought to the modern-day United States from the continent of Africa via the transatlantic slave-trade. Please be mindful about whether this experience mirrors your own.” They will publish archive and collection highlights (curated selection of digitized archive materials, archivists writing about Black-American archives), essays and reviews of art exhibitions, performances, talks, screenings, conferences, public art, current ideas, artist books, or catalogs (see the guidelines in the pitch form for details), interviews, as well as poems, fiction, photo essays, hybrid and experimental writing. They pay $250. The deadline is 30 August 2025. Details here, here, and here.

Deadline: August 30th, 2025