Community as Passion, Purpose, & Protest
Our Voices, Our Community (Volume 2)
Our Voices Our Community is committed to publishing the original work of fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry of BIPOC writers and poets. Whether you are an established writer, just getting started, or somewhere in between, we invite you to submit your short stories, narrative essays, and poetry that explore the role of community in our various pursuits of Passion, Purpose, and Protest. We seek work that illuminates how and why communities are formed, denied, challenged, celebrated, imagined, and transformed as acts of Passion, Purpose and Protest. We welcome bold storytelling, creative risk‑taking, and authentic voices that reveal community not just as a place of belonging, but as a force with a seat at the table.
Our Process
Submit your work by OCTOBER 15, 2026:
Send your essay, story, or poem as an email attachment by following the guidelines below. Submissions that do not adhere to the submission guidelines will be not be considered. Given the small editorial team, please allow five - seven business days for acknowledgement of submission. Selection decisions are tentatively scheduled for mid-November.
Guidelines:
Word count: Writers can submit prose (essays and stories) of no more than 5,000 words; poets can send up to three poems, not to exceed five pages (all the poems in a single submission may not be selected)
Originality: Submitted work must be original and previously unpublished.
AI: We do not support and will not publish work that has been written with the use of generative AI tools. We support and publish human-created work only.
Format: Prose submissions should be double-spaced in a Serif font please (e.g., Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman) with page numbers on the top right corner. Poetry can be single-spaced.
File Type: Submit work as a .doc and .docx file. Do not include artist name/your name anywhere within submitted work as submissions are reviewed using an anonymized process.
Simultaneous Submissions: No simultaneous submissions, please.
Email Instructions: Email essay, story, or poem as an attachment to info (at) kitchen-table.org
Use the Subject line: Our Voices Issue 2 - Title of Submission, Last Name