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Representing Diversity on 2014 YA Book Covers
By Malinda Lo
Representing non-white, non-straight, disabled characters on a book cover is a complicated thing to do well. A book cover must represent the story told in the book, of course, but it also must speak to genre (a science fiction cover looks quite different from a romance cover)…
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Call For Submissions!
The Afrikana Review is a young adult literary magazine that is seeking to disrupt and expand the black narrative with an eclectic body of fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and art from black writers.
We’re looking for stories that are out of the box. We’re not looking for the same old same old narrative of slavery, colonialism, poverty and racism. Don’t get us wrong, those stories are important. They’re apart of our history and they remind us of our resilience and how far we’ve come as a people. But, we want to provide a balance in the literary world. We’re looking for stories that feature black protagonists interacting with vampires, shape shifters, mermaids, and aliens. Stories that reflect the struggle and resolve the conflict teens UNIVERSALLY face TODAY, from THEIR point of view. Because they too are the default.
We look forward to reading your voice and your brilliance. Send your questions, fiction, poetry, and non-fiction to: Afrikana.editor@gmail.com. And don’t forget the quarterly theme is Fight to the Death. Submission email subject lines must be in ALL CAPS.
Submissions are closed March 1, 2015.
The Afrikana Review is a new literary magazine. If you have questions about how stories will be published as well as the rights you’ll retain as author do email the editor of this lit mag before submitting work. Sounds like it’ll be an interesting and vivid themed issue judging by those graphics alone.
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