Submit Your Work

Literary Liberation weaves together the practices of writing and liberation. We believe in developing writing that serves both individual growth and collective transformation. Our mission is to support writers in decolonizing their craft, their relationships with community, and their ways of being. We seek work that pushes beyond conventional boundaries, honors ancestral wisdom, and contributes to our collective liberation. We are particularly drawn to submissions that explore how writing can be a tool for social change, community healing, and the dismantling of oppressive systems.

We accept work from anyone, but give priority to writers of the Global majority, especially those at the intersection of any marginalized/erased identity markers within that community, including but not limited to disability, gender expansive, LGBTQIA+, immigrant, refugee, Indigenous, working class, neurodivergent, and religious minority identities. We strongly encourage submissions from those who have historically been excluded from traditional publishing spaces and whose voices have been systematically silenced.

We are interested in the following:

• Essays on craft

• Essays on building your writer’s toolkit

• Essays on the writing life

• Detailed writing exercises

• Roundups of writing opportunities

• Author interviews

• Publishing 101

• Critical examinations of decolonial writing practices and their implementation in contemporary work

• Personal narratives exploring the intersection of community organizing and creative expression

• Essays on writing as resistance and the role of literature in social movements

• Analyses of how ancestral storytelling traditions inform modern liberation writing

• Documentation of grassroots literary initiatives and community-based writing programs

• Critical essays on linguistic justice and language reclamation in writing

• Explorations of radical publishing models and alternative distribution networks around the world

• Discussions of oral histories and their role in liberation movements

• Analyses of archive-building and documentation in movement work

• Reviews of small presses and publications centering global majority voices

• Examinations of digital activism and its relationship to contemporary writing

• Essays on teaching writing from a liberatory framework

• Writing that explores healing justice through literary practice

• Deep dives into a book or an author’s body of work (single or series) with a liberatory, global-majority centered, activists lens

• Surprise us!

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Collaborative call for submissions with

Memoir Land

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Submission Periods

Submissions are ongoing; however, we will check every third week of the month and contact accepted writers.

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Guidelines

1. Only 1 submission per submission period permitted. Please wait until we have contacted you to submit new work.

2. All work should be original or you have reverted rights for reprint. Reprints are more than welcome!

3. Submissions must be complete, in English, and under 3,000 words to be considered.

4. Include your full name on the first page of your document. Also include your brief bio (100 words) in third person.

Compensation: We can only offer compensation on select work. While our goal is to offer compensation for every accepted piece, joining Literary Liberation as a paid member helps to move us toward our goal.

Exclusivity: We request exclusive first publication rights for accepted pieces for a period of two months (60 days). After this period, all rights revert back to the author, to reuse and republish as you wish.

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Lit Lib Daily

We are actively seeking community writers to join our collective through regular column contributions. We invite pitches that explore the intersections of writing craft, collective wellness, movement work, and creative liberation. Our columns serve as spaces for sustained exploration of how creative practice can nurture both personal and community transformation.

Column themes can range from practical craft guidance to deeper examinations of how writing serves our movements, documenting our histories, or exploring decolonial approaches to creativity. We particularly welcome pitches that challenge traditional publishing frameworks and center historically excluded voices and perspectives.

Commitment Options:

• 3-month series (12 posts)

• 6-month series (24 posts)

• Ongoing columns

• Flexible posting schedules to accommodate your community work and other commitments

While we welcome submissions from all writers, we prioritize voices from the Global Majority, especially those working at the intersections of multiple marginalized identities and those actively engaged in movement work.

Submit your column pitches by February 1 to join our Spring roster of contributors. More info.