Around the Community: Call for Submissions Japanese American/Nikkei Anthology (extended 5/15!)

OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

for an anthology of poetry on Japanese American/Nikkei incarceration edited by Brynn Saito and Brandon Shimodato be published by Haymarket Books, 2025

Dear Nikkei community / Descendants of the WWII prison and camps / Poets,

Brynn Saito and Brandon Shimoda are currently seeking submissions for an anthology of poetry on Japanese American/Nikkei incarceration written by descendants of the forced removal and mass incarceration of our (Japanese American/Canadian/Latin American, Japanese immigrant, Okinawan, Ainu, Unangax̂/Aleut) parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, family members, and ancestors during WWII. The anthology will be published by Haymarket Books in late 2025. 

The deadline to submit is April 30, 2023. 

For more information, including eligibility and guidelines, and to submit, go to Haymarket's Submittable here: bit.ly/40oApTV

The image in the flyer is the Esaki family in the Turlock detention center, courtesy of the Densho Digital Repository: https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-13