Aquarius Press/AUXmedia/Willow Books — Black Fire This Time Volume 3

Overview
Volume 3 of *Black Fire This Time* extends an anthology project dedicated to the history and legacy of the Black Arts Movement, edited by Dr. Kim McMillon under the theme "Black is Beautiful, Black is Powerful, Black is Home." The series positions itself as a multi-generational record, placing the movement's founders alongside contemporary writers working in its tradition. Previous volumes have included Sonia Sanchez, Ishmael Reed, Amiri Baraka, Gwendolyn Brooks, Nikki Giovanni, and Everett Hoagland, among more than one hundred poets, dramatists, and fiction writers from across the country. For Volume 3, the editors accept poetry, fiction, essays, and drama. Contributors whose work is accepted receive $50 and one complimentary copy of the book upon publication. Submissions carry a $20 reading fee. The deadline is December 19, 2026. The curatorial premise is explicitly genealogical: the anthology treats the Black Arts Movement not as a closed historical episode but as an ongoing inheritance, and it seeks work that can stand within that lineage without merely echoing it. The stated frame—beauty, power, home—invites writing that engages Black aesthetic and political traditions on its own terms, across generations and across genres.