Current Issue
midnight & indigo: issue 16
Nine Black women writers from across the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe share unforgettable short stories and essays that span four continents and nearly a century of Black women's lives.
From 1940s South Carolina and 2020 Lagos, to a Parisian market and Toronto bungalow, this is a collection about characters with somewhere to be. You’ll meet a girl navigating a birthday party, big Jamaican family, and a road trip, a woman at a village burial remembering every version of herself, and a Black American student discovering that the mirror Africa holds up is not the one she packed.
Why We Publish
midnight & indigo was born from a deep love of reading and writing—of finding yourself in a story and realizing your voice belongs on the page. Our literary journal is a place where Black women writers and their readers connect. Since 2018, we've published work from over 400 Black storytellers across the globe, building a living archive that honors our past, speaks to our present, and imagines our literary future.
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We publish short fiction and nonfiction narratives that center the voices, lives, and imaginations of Black women writers. Our digital journal is updated year-round, and each triannual issue is a carefully curated collection of standout work across genres and styles.
If you’re telling a story that resonates, challenges, lingers—we want to read it.
Submissions are open and ongoing.
