Call for Black Queer Voices To Share Stories of Love and Hope

Country:

City:

Eligibility:

A NEW campaign to find and share the stories of Black LGBTQ+ people has been launched this month.

'Amplify Black Queer Voices' is calling on bloggers, podcasters, filmmakers, writers and creatives to share their personal experiences of love, hope, home and family in a bid to increase representation for the Black LGBTQ+ community.

The campaign is being launched by award-winning playwright Paul Boakye, editor-in-chief of blackgayblog.com - successful submissions will be hosted on the popular site.

The "Amplify Black Queer Voices" campaign is taking submissions throughout March 2021.

Contributors can submit short fiction, journalistic pieces, book/film/music/theatre reviews, and creative non-fiction such as memoirs, travelogues, interviews and biographies of notable Black queer folks. Written submissions must be under 1,000 words, while podcasts or short films may be up to 30 minutes.

Selected blog posts will go live on blackgayblog.com from April 2021, with live streaming of short films in May via the BGB YouTube channel or Facebook page.

Paul added: "I believe it is by sharing stories of personal experience that we can shift attitudes in society, and that need is urgent."

"Black lesbians and gay men face considerable inequalities in mental and physical health and wellbeing in Britain and overseas. They are also at far higher risk of severe or lethal violence. Far less likely to be protected, both by law enforcers — who are disturbingly often the violators — and by their own families and friends.

"We want this campaign to unleash the creative force that is at the heart of the Black LGBTQ+ community. We all have the agency to change how we are valued by the world around us, and it starts with our stories."

Submit your entry to editor@blackgayblog.com. All successful contributions will be paid at the market rate.

Black Gay Blog is a not-for-profit publicly funded company with support from Goldsmiths (University of London), Terrence Higgins Trust, and the generosity of private donations.

Deadline: 
31/March/2021

Entry Fee:

Contact & Links: 
Call for Artists

Vestige Concept Gallery

Pittsburgh

3rd Annual New Appalachia Exhibition w/ Guest Curator

15/April/2023

Call for Entries

Kolaj Institute

New Orleans

Collage in Motion at Kolaj Fest New Orleans

30/April/2023

Call for Artists

National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society

Windsor

National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society 2023 Spring International Online Exhibition

09/April/2023

Call for Submissions

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition

Brooklyn NY/Online

Trees

05/April/2023

Call for Submissions

Co-create

Edinburgh

Open Research Data Imaging

20/April/2023

Call for Artists

Heidi Gallery at JSDD

Livingston

Wizards of Age

15/April/2023

Call for Submissions

Artmagazineium

International

Artmagazineium - Issue 26 / April 2023

19/April/2023

Call for Artists

All About Photo

Online

AAP Magazine 31 Portrait - $1,000

25/April/2023

Call for Artists

Las Laguna Art Gallery

Los Angeles/Online

2023 - Digital Art

30/April/2023

Residency

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity

Canmore

Visual Arts Residency: Meeting for Teas

19/April/2023

Call for Artists

Wow World Show

Open Call for Artists for Wow Art Magazine

31/March/2023

Call for Artists

Primo Piano Special Projects

Brindisi

Les enfants terribles - Pop Culture & Visionary ArtExpò

08/April/2023

Call for Artists

Centrale Fies

Dro

Open Call for Artists: Agitu Ideo Gudeta FELLOWSHIP

30/March/2023

Call for Artists

Healdsburg Center for the Arts

Healdsburg

Shadow and Light

30/March/2023

Call for Entries

Instants Vidéo Numériques et Poétiques

Marseille

36 Festival Les Instants Vidéo

31/March/2023

Call for Artists

Danielle Klebes

Wassaic

Wassaic Project 2023-24 Winter Residency Program

03/April/2023

Call for Artists

Florence Contemporary Gallery

Imagination

16/April/2023

Call for Artists

Prisma Art Prize

ROMA

PRISMA ART PRIZE - 12TH EDITION EXTENDED DEADLINE

08/April/2023

Residency

Space A

Kathmandu

Kathmandu international artists in residency (KIAR 2023)

31/March/2023