*Deadline extended to April 14, 2023*
The Black Allyship @ Mochi (BA@M) column is an ongoing project that urges an awareness of racial injustice in the United States, particularly the oppression of Black people in America. The articles, resources, and opinions we share are a call to action, an open discussion, and a place to take a stance against anti-Black racism.
You cannot change any society unless you take responsibility for it, unless you see yourself as belonging to it and responsible for changing it.”
— Grace Lee Boggs
Thanks to our partnership with A Code and B Code, we are proud to present the Second Annual Writing for Change Contest. Like last year, in memory of Grace Lee Boggs’ work with Black communities, we are seeking essays from BIPOC writers that answer the question:
In consideration of complex histories and current movements, what can Asian Americans do to be better allies and co-conspirators in the fight for racial justice?
The kinds of writing we want to see are previously unpublished pieces that blend personal experience with data or interviews from changemakers in a way that educates an Asian American audience of all ages. For example:
- Fight Anti-Blackness with our Asian Parents – Mochi Magazine
- Mom and Dad, This is What I Want to Tell You About the Riots – Mochi Magazine
- We Cannot Trust White Society With Asian Justice – Mochi Magazine
- I want justice for anti-Asian violence — but not at the expense of Black people
- Miseducated: Encounters with Blackness and Whiteness
All submissions will be reviewed by current BA@M co-editors and Rohan Zhou-Lee, one of last year’s contest winners, along the following criteria:
- Engagement with the prompt in actionable for Mochi’s audience
- Exploration of a topic or perspective not yet present in the BA@M column
- Originality of ideas or a unique perspective
Confessional Vulnerability in Action: How Positionality and Privileges Inform Our Biases
Submissions must be 1,800 words or less.
The grand prize is $500 and publication in Mochi Magazine’s BA@M column. Finalists will also be notified and awarded $100 and publication. Current Mochi staff and previous contest winners are not eligible to submit. Writers must be willing to work with our editors to ready their pieces for publication according to Mochi Magazine’s publishing calendar.
Feel free to email Giannina Ong (gianninaong@mochimag.com) with questions or comments. Submit your piece to BlackAllyship@MochiMag.com by NEW extended deadline of April 14, 2023.
