BOMBS Publishing accepts submissions for publishing consideration all year.
BOMBS Publishing is an independent, 501c3 literary press committed to expanding the Black literary landscape.
The name "BOMBS" does not suggest militarism nor violence. Rather, it is an acronym for Betting On My Black Self, founded in 2023 as a response to the gatekeeping specific to the Big Five publishers. BOMBS Publishing is a Black, woman-owned and operated press dedicated to supporting other Black women writers who need a publisher to "bet on" them and their creative works. In the spirit of Audre Lorde's Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press (1980), Alice Walker's Wild Flower Press (1984), and Alexis De Veaux's Diva Enterprises (1980), BOMBS Publishing positions itself as a contributor to the Black literary tradition and celebrates the voices of Black women writers.
At BOMBS Publishing, we strive to foster a creative space for Black women writers—especially those who are first-time poets, creative non-fiction authors, and children's book writers. Our mission is to produce literary works that intentionally respond to the social uplift and critical consciousness of Black people, while nurturing a community of Black women writers whose contributions expand the literary landscape.
we be theorizin keeps alive the 1960s Black Arts Movement with tankas, sonnets, and spoken word poems written in a Black English, hip-hop blues funk celebrating and detailing Black life unexpected. Organized into three sections that each include a prose essay, we be theorizin affirms Black folks' intellectual grit and divine spirit.
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