waxing & waning presents: the blackout edition

As 2021 draws to a close, George Floyd’s killer is behind bars, Breonna Taylor’s still enjoying their time of freedom, and countless other BIPOC people’s deaths are still without justice, our humble literary and art journal is seeking writing and art that exemplifies the BIPOC experience worldwide. In a time of racial unrest, where privileges are being called out and people are being asked to change their behaviors to make the world we live in accountable for its unfairness and injustices, we at Waxing & Waningare looking for creative work that both includes this aspect, but we are also looking for any and all work about the modern BIPOC experience, even outside of race. Give us your poems about sunsets, stories that strike a chord in the human experience, and art that screams to be heard. Be deep, true, and honest. Here is not where limits lie. We want it all.

Poetry: 1-3 poems, up to 3,000 words Prose: (fiction or creative nonfiction), up to 8,000 words

20% of submission proceeds will be donated to Po’boys & Poets Nashville.