Black Elephant Literary started as a literary journal with a focus on highlighting emerging and marginalized voices in the literary and arts landscape. We have had the pleasure of working with an amazing array of visual, literary, and multi-genre artists. Our focus for the future is publishing individual works of literary fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, journalism, academic papers, and perhaps the occasional manifesto.
We are interested in receiving completed manuscripts in the genres of poetry, literary fiction, speculative works, and creative non-fiction. We will consider philosophical works and genre complex manifestos birthed from the ardent brilliance of rare political and philosophical minds. If you have completed a long form journalism project or an academic article and are interested in publishing a small trade zine or paperback, send an email describing your project. Last, but not least, we have an interest in discovering brilliant works of religious literary fiction or speculative literary fiction.
Winner of our first chapbook contest. "Pull the Blinds" by poet Kelly Jones.
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We understand that access to opportunities and equity is an issue in the communities of marginalized peoples. If you would like to support authors in need, please contribute here. All funds received via these links will give authors experiencing financial hardship the opportunity to access our contests.
If you are an author experiencing financial hardship, please use the "Contact Us" form to inquire about the availability of contest grants. Contest grants will be distributed on a first come first serve basis for authors that qualify. If no contest grants are available and you qualify for a need based grant, we will add your name to a waiting list. We will award contest grants as they are received for the duration of the contest period.
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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