bul-bul press announces an open call for submissions to our inaugural anthology. The publication will delve into the topics of power, privilege, and permission. Submissions are open until the end of June 2025. The email for submissions or inquiries is info[at]bul-bul.press to Asad Chishti.

The collection will examine the relationships between these concepts through poems, essays, and visual works. What are the innumerable ways these forces circuit and shape the spaces around us?

We are looking for contributions that snag at the intersections of power, privilege, and permission.

Submission Guidelines

We welcome submissions from all backgrounds, with a particular emphasis on those who identify as Black, Indigenous, of colour, people with disabilities, as well as LGBTQIA2S+. Established and emerging talents alike are invited to contribute.

Types of works

Essays - up to 4,000 words - these can include interviews / conversations

Poems - short poems, long ones, mid-range, visual - up to 5

Visual work - a sample of images - up to 10

Concept pitches for or visual submissions.

Works must be previously unpublished.

Simultaneous submissions are welcome, please inform us if your work is accepted elsewhere. We will accept works in any format: PDF, .doc. .docx, png, jpeg etc.

Please feel at liberty to include a brief introduction of yourself and your work.

Publication

Selected works will be published in print editions of the anthology. Print copies as well as $50-$500 (depending on the work) will be given to contributors upon publication. We are also looking at how this call translates to a digital release and presence.

Credits

Currently based on the contemporary and tradtional territories of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and Ta'an Kwäch'än Council (~Whitehorse, Yukon) but we print elsewhere too.

This call for submissions was supported immensely by Sarah Ahmed, Andrew Steeves, Shuchi Saraswat, and Dahlia Docrat.

Please email Asad Chishti, info[at]bul-bul.press, for questions, comments, and more. We are @bul_bul.press on instagram and @bul_buldotpress on Twitter/X.