Louisiana Creoles’ Editorial Submission Guidelines
Louisiana Creoles is a cultural publication catered for readers, writers (nonfiction and fiction), poets, and journalists born in Louisiana and/or with ancestral roots in Colonial (or present-day) Louisiana. Louisiana Creoles’ mission is to share and archive stories to help keep our culture alive for generations to come.
We understand everyone’s fascination and interest in Louisiana Creole culture and history, but this publication is for us and by us. For decades, we have read about our people through an anglicized-white-American lens. Enough is enough.
We also innerstand the controversy and diverse definition of the ethnic group, Louisiana Creole. A person from New Orleans, LA may have a slightly different definition than someone from Opelousas, LA. Here at Louisiana Creoles, we prefer a conscious inclusive viewpoint that does NOT leave us out from telling our history and stories.
We are aware of the dictionary definition, the historical definition, and the local and cultural definitions of Louisiana Creoles. With that being said, we are open to different perspectives from Louisiana Creole writers, poets, and journalists because we are not a monolith nor are we a homogenous group of people.
Louisiana Creoles Editorial Guidelines:
- Be a Louisiana Creole and/or Descendant.
- No hate speech is allowed whatsoever. You can tell the truth and express your point of view without spewing hate.
- If you write in Kouri-Vini/Louisiana Creole Louisiana French, or Spanish then translate it to English.
- Provide trustworthy sources to support your claims.
- Spell-check and fact-check your work before submitting it.
- Keep in mind that the Louisiana Creoles publication centers on Creoles of Color.
- Find solace in your writing process. We understand that writing about our complex culture and people may not be something easy to do, but it is necessary.
- Your draft story will go through one to two rounds of editing.
- We only consider unpublished work, and we do not consider reprints (work that has been published in another magazine or on your blog or social media) or fan fiction.
- Plagiarized or AI-generated work is not acceptable whatsoever: If we discover that you have submitted such work then we will contact you about a revision. If no revision is made, your work will not be published to Louisiana Creoles.
