Friday, June 19th 2026

Mizna: Ancestry/Indigeneity

“Mizna presents contemporary, critical, and experimental art, writing, and film centering the work of Arab and Southwest Asian and North African artists.” You can read about them here. Apart from submissions of non-fiction and creative non-fiction (up to 3,000 words), they accept poetry, visual poetry, fiction, flash fiction, comics, collage, invented forms, and any forms of mixed print or hybrid work. They have detailed guidelines for this issue, including, “This issue begins from the question of rootedness:What does it mean to belong to land, lineage, memory, and place across Southwest Asia and North Africa? … We welcome narratives from across the region that investigate and grapple with indigeneity and ancestry in a SWANA context while making connections with global Indigenous struggles.” And, “Contributors do not need to be SWANA- or Arab-identified and can be based anywhere in the world, but work submitted should be considerate of Mizna’s ethos and the social realities of our audiences, as well as aim to contribute to ongoing conversations in and beyond our communities.” They pay $200. The submission deadline is 6th July 2026. Details here.

Deadline: July 6th, 2026