Co-curated with Djed Press and edited by Rafeif Ismail and Ellen van Neerven, Unlimited Futures: Speculative, Visionary Blak+Black Fiction is an anthology for young adults which provides the chance for established, new and emerging First Nations writers and Afro-Black writers to share their stories about visionary pasts, present and possible futures. Around 20 Australian own-voice contributors will be selected for the anthology, which will be published by Fremantle Press in 2021. 

SUBMISSIONS OPEN:  31 July 2020

SUBMISSIONS CLOSE:  31 August 2020

More information: If you require assistance with your electronic submission or for any other queries, please contact admin@fremantlepress.com.au. 

Guidelines 

Submissions will broadly fit into the category of visionary fiction for young adults, which encompasses science, fantasy and speculative fiction.

Submissions will only be accepted from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people and individuals of the Black and/or Indigenous African (e.g. Amazigh, Tuareg, Copt) diasporas. This anthology is open to those who live in so-called Australia or hold Australian citizenship living overseas.

Submissions from new, emerging, mid-career and established writers are all welcome.

You may submit one piece of fiction of up to 3,000 words, or up to three poems with a combined word count of up to 3,000 words.

One submission per person. 

The submitted work must be previously unpublished.