Calling all Black women writers of the South!
Ready to pitch?
Read below for our writer guidelines to learn more about the types of articles and essays we accept.
Black Girl Times (BGX) is always looking for thought-provoking stories and content for Black women, girls in the Southeast and the people who love them.
We are actively seeking submissions from freelance writers, storytellers, journalists, and content creators. We pay competitive rates for original, high-quality work.
We want your triumphs and your disappointments. We want your tales of personal growth, and we want to hear about the growth that still needs to happen in our community, our schools and our government. Above all, we want our readers to gain a better understanding of our identity, triumphs, struggles and the beauty of Black girls and women in the Southeast and beyond.
When pitching:
Make your pitch clear and concise
Lead with the headline and get to the central idea quickly and succinctly.
Show your expertise … or your experts
We love when writers have professional, lived experience, or a beat that feeds into their stories: doulas writing about maternal health, activists sharing tips on advocacy, career coaches writing about job searching, or cultural critics writing about music and film. If you don’t have this type of experience, please have experts ready that you can interview on the record.
Remember the south
Please center southern Black women and girls in your pitch. If your pitch reflects on recent unemployment statistics, include how this news affects Black women and girls in the south.
Bring us your cultural criticism
Pieces that identify and expand ideas about television, music, art, or books and how they impact culture, especially when they are set in the southeast.
Show us you can handle the pitch
Link to examples of past work that features a style, tone, or format that’s similar to what you’ve pitched us. This will help inspire confidence that you are capable of executing on your idea.
Before you hit send here are a few tips
Summarizing or linking to posts on social media is not a substitute for conducting interviews with real people.
Offer actionable tips or advice. If you want to argue social media is a harmful space for Black women, have some tips about how readers should navigate it. Assume we believe your argument, now what?
We are Black, Southern girls, women,
gender non-conforming, and we are resisters.
We want to hear about your experiences. You’re creative. Show us so we can show others – and pay you for it. One of the most important things about all the storytelling we do is the essentiality of using narrative and voice to shift culture, perspective. BGX relies on content creators to do this.