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Executive Editor and Senior Columnist Margaret Kimberley -- margaret.kimberley(at)blackagendareport.com

Black Agenda Report only responds to submissions we intend to publish.

Black Agenda Report Submission Guidelines

Black Agenda Report began publication in 2006 and publishes, “News, commentary, and analysis from the Black left.” Submissions must be original, and present analysis and perspectives representative of Black radical thought domestically and internationally.

We welcome submissions from contributors around the world. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with our content and follow all guidelines before sending us your work. Submissions that do not conform to the guidelines will not be considered.

Black Agenda Report pays $125 US for work that has not been published elsewhere. Do not submit simultaneously with other outlets. We do not engage in extended editorial exchanges with contributors, so we assume that all submissions are publication-ready. If any changes or edits other than small typos or style adjustments are deemed necessary, we will verify those suggested.

We are unable to respond to each submission individually. Publication may take as long as three weeks. BAR publishes 50 weeks per year, with a two-week break in December and early January. We will notify you if we accept your submission and ask for information needed for payment.

To submit an opinion article for publication, please adhere to the following guidelines:

Opinion Submissions Should Be:

Composed as original opinion or analysis in keeping with our mission of prioritizing, “News, commentary, and analysis from the Black left” and includes anti-colonial, Global South, and anti-imperialist perspectives. Please familiarize yourself with our body of work before submitting.
Appealing to a national and international audience.
Concise: please limit submissions to between 800 and 1,200 words, though we sometimes publish essays that are shorter or longer.

Format

Proofread. Please only submit single articles that are in "final draft" form. Pitches, partial submissions, or multi-part articles will not be considered.
Please do not use HTML coding in your submission
Please include a suggested headline and subhead, though understand editors will have final say on these decisions.
References/support material must appear as embedded hyperlinks (How to: Word docs / Google docs) within the article.

Submitting Process

Submissions should be sent as a shared Google Document or Word document as attachments via email.
Subject line of your email should follow this formula: "Submission + last name(s) + Article title or Subject Matter)
In addition to the attached Google or Word doc, please copy the text of the article into the body of your email.
If we have not previously published your work, please provide a short (one or two-sentence) bio and a recent square headshot/photo (approx. 250x250p pixels). You may include your Twitter/X platform handle if you want to include it.

Email to: bareditors@gmail.com

Please note that all submissions are subject to an editorial review process, proofing, and possible headline change.

Any work published by Black Agenda Report will be published under a Creative Commons license. Unfortunately, we are unable to respond to questions on why we did not choose any specific submission.