FEBRUARY SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Print Aint Dead is officially open for its first round of submissions.

Print Aint Dead is an online literary platform and pop-up bookstore featuring writers of color. We see our online presence as an extension of our physical ethos- to liberate knowledge, uplift POC writers and to provide affordable access to literature.

In order to submit, you must be a writer of color living in New England.

OUR THEME FOR VOL 01 IS: The Future of Blackness

Since submissions take place during Black History Month, we had to pay homage. Where will Blackness be in 50 years? 100? 1000?

Give us your most fantastical, your most afro-futuristic, your most dystopian, your most magical realistic writing. Maybe in the future, Black rebels fight against surveillance culture. Maybe tech ruins the planet and Black people have to start all over. Remember, the future isn’t only about the future- it’s also about the past. Maybe you want to write a critical piece on infanticide and its place in Black cultural canon (Beloved didn’t just come from nowhere.)

Give us anything that exemplifies where you see Blackness in the future and the future in Blackness. It can make us laugh, it can make us cry, but is it must be good and different. *Simultaneous and multiple submissions accepted*

While Print Aint Dead is unable to promise writers compensation at the moment, we can promise writers helpful writing feedback and critique. PRINT AINT DEAD does not own exclusive rights to anything published on our platform.

Short fiction: 1,000–5,000 words

Personal essay/ non-fiction: 800- 2000 words

Cultural Criticism: 800- 2000 words

Poetry: 5 poem maximum (all poems may or may not be published)

DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 28

PUBLISH DATE : MARCH 25- 29

Use the Google Form below to submit your work.