Join a community of like-minded writers today. Here is how.
PARTICIPATE IN A WRITING FELLOWSHIP
The Sacred Work of Black Writers
Tracing Our Spiritual and Cultural Legacies will recruit 10 participants. It will focus on developing writing and archival skills while producing a collaboratively authored volume featuring participants’ work. Open to all Black folks.
Aya Collective Publishing’s Writer Fellowship will recruit 4 participants and focus on publishing new, individually authored texts. Interested writers should have a manuscript that is near completion (between 8,000-10,000 words) that has not been previously published or developed through A.I. Open to Black women and Femmes.
Both cohorts consist of a year of writing, skill development, editing, publishing, and a community celebration in May 2027. Deadline to apply is July 17. For more information, click here.
JOIN A WRITING COMMUNITY
Writing Prompt Wednesdays: Starting in June 2024, Writing Prompt Wednesdays give an opportunity to Black women writers – at all stages of their writing journey – to take a few minutes out of their day to reflect and write around a writing prompt. We host #WritingPromptWednesdays on Instagram, so be sure to follow us at ayacollectivemn so that you don’t miss our next prompt.
Sacred Saturdays: Sacred Saturdays provides an opportunity for Black women to come together and write early Saturday mornings before we get into the meat of the day. These times together are focused on connection with each other and the spirit within, deepening our capacity to build relationships and do the thing we love to do the most: write. All you need to participate is a computer (we meet virtually), a journal/inspiring book, and your hot beverage of choice. If you haven’t joined us for a session before, be sure to sign up here.
You can find out more about both WritingPromptWednesdays and Sacred Saturdays by visiting our online writing portal, She Writes Holy. This platform brings together both communities for the purpose of deepening our writing practice and connections to each out.
SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER
Our newsletter provides subscribers with all of the things that we have happening with the Aya Collective and also includes writing tips/opportunities to strengthen ones’ writing practice. In every newsletter, we profile one of our collective members/writers and also advertise opportunities of relevant businesses and opportunities that revolve around writing, arts, spirituality, and culture. Want to be profiled, have your business featured, or share out your writing? Email ebony@ayacollectiveme.com with the subject line – newsletter.
PARTNER WITH US
The Aya Collective is an organization that thrives because of our commitment to collaboration and partnership. We are always looking for new opportunities to bring our skills, network, and creativity to like-minded entities focused on the connection between writing, arts, and spirituality. Recent projects include: Finding the Voice Within anthology with Strive Publishing.
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