Call For submissions

Call For Submissions: Anthology on black women living in Buenos Aires

Hola Morocha: Black Girl Tales from Buenos Aires

Submission Deadline: Open
Hola Morocha will serve as a companion for any black women planning a trip to Buenos Aires or just wondering what it would be like to take one. Part titillating read, part guide book, Hola Morocha will be made up of two parts. Part one Black Girl Tales from Buenos Aires will include real life stories written by black women from around the globe on an array of topics. Part two A Black Girls Guide to Buenos Aires will be a mini resource guide including information on where to shop, go out dancing and how to get around the city on the buses and trains.

Writer Jennifer Poe seeks first person narratives for this upcoming anthology from women living or who have lived in Buenos Aires. I want stories that are hip, fresh, sexy, humorous and intriguing. Please visit http://blackgirlsguidetobuenosaires.wordpress.com to see the blog that birthed this project and rough drafts of some of the memoirs I will contribute to the book.

Each essay should reflect a particular moment based on one of the following topics: culture shock and arriving in Buenos Aires, hair stories (including any nightmare or funny hair stories) dating, nightlife and going out dancing, sex, racism and changes (how Buenos Aires has changed you as a person). For example if you choose the nightlife topic tell the story about a particular moment when you went out dancing. Bring your essay to life. Make the reader believe they are there and excite their five senses. Take yourself back to that moment and bring the readers too. Or write as if you were retelling the story to a close friend. Remember, “Everybody is talented, original and has something important to say” Brenda Ueland. Please feel free to submit more than one essay.

Please include with your Submissions:

Your name

Age

Geographic location

Email address

Phone number

Submission title

Mini biography

Please only submit writing that has not been published unless you own the rights to your previously published work.

Send submissions to:

holamorocha@gmail.com