Share Your Mixed Race Experience and Stories

I know many of my readers are either mixed race or part of an interracial/intercultural family. While each of our stories are unique to us, we share similar experiences. I hope that's why you continue to read this blog. (Thanks for reading!)

Being mixed race is nothing new. Being mixed race today is much different today. Instead of marking "Other"  on the census, my children can mark all the boxes applicable to their cultural background. That's why I'm sharing these calls for submissions/stories about the mixed race experience.

The Asian American Literary Review: Special Mixed Race Issue

Thanks to political organizing, scholarship, and the arts, not to mention media coverage, mixed race has become hyper-visible. So what’s next? AALR’s special issue on mixed race, due out in Fall 2013, won’t simply be a reexamination of race or a survey of mixed voices, important as both are. We envision our role as that of provocateur—inspiring new conversations and cross-pollinations, pushing into new corners.

What are the nerve centers of mixed race? How does mixed race mark fault lines the world over? We invite you to be the curators of this special issue, to tell us what about mixed race we need to address—and how.

All contributions to the issue will be collaborative, “mixed” in nature, bringing together folks across racial and ethnic boundaries, across disciplines, genres, countries, languages, and generations. We see the issue as a meeting point for visual artists and writers, filmmakers and activists, students and teachers and scholars of every stripe—an incubator of new ideas and fresh approaches. Multilingual exchanges and formal innovations welcome.

For proposal guidelines and more info, visit The Asian American Literary Review. Deadline for proposal submissions is 11/9/12.

Your Teen Magazine 

Your Teen Media is looking for teens and parents of teens who want to share their story about life as a biracial teen or the parent of a biracial teen. Some potential areas to explore are racial identity development in the midst of teenhood; relationship with parents; dealing with forms that ask him or her to choose a single-race selection; how music choices influence friends; working toward college or career and independence; being teenagers who grew up with a biracial president. For more information, email editor@yourteenmag.com.
I'm Not the Nanny

I want to share your stories too! If you're interested in guest posting on I'm Not the Nanny, contact me.

I am not affiliated with any of the above magazines. Please contact them directly for more info.