BlackInk New Writing Competition
2025The 2025 BlackInk New Writing Competition is now closed.
The BlackInk New Writing Competition seeks shorts stories from creative writers from the African and African Caribbean Diaspora and is brought to you by Serendipity and Writing East Midlands.
BlackInk New Writing Competition 2025
This year, Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage and Writing East Midlands sought creative writers from the African, African Caribbean and Latin American Diaspora to submit short stories for this edition of BlackInk Writing Competition.
The initiative sought to showcase new short fiction; applicants were invited to submit stories of up to 2,000 words for consideration. One winner and one runner up will be published in Issue 6 of BlackInk for Black History Month in October 2025.
This year, BlackInk Issue 6 is focusing on the theme Intersection: Diasporic Dialogues.
BlackInk Magazine
BlackInk is a magazine focusing on Black arts, heritage and cultural politics. An interface between a physical magazine and digital content, BlackInk is a creative response bringing together a range of interconnected international voices from across the African and African Caribbean Diaspora and indigenous communities. A new edition is published each October for Black History Month.
Serendipity is an internationally connected arts and heritage organisation that actively changes the UK artistic and cultural landscape with an innovative and inspiring high-quality programme.
Serendipity fosters innovative new work from artists, both emerging and established, bringing diversity to the forefront of cultural experiences for all.