A large part of Sweet’s mission is to create a space for writers of marginalized communities. The mass shooting in Atlanta that killed 8 people–6 women of Asian descent–is a tragic reminder of the increase in hate crimes against Asians and Asian Americans over the past year. According to the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, hate crimes against Asian Americans increased 149% from 2019-2020.
Everything about this breaks our hearts. This country continually breaks our hearts. But Sweet believes in the power of art, the power of words, the power to heal in the face of systems that seek to exclude, exile, and terminate.
Sweet Lit is opening up submissions for a special issue on Asian Solidarity during the month of May. Please send your poems, short essays (300-1000) words, your in-betweens, your comics, your video and photo essays, your playlists, your rants here:
If you’re not sure which category your piece fits into, please just select one that seems closest. Our editors will confer and reassign as needed. As always, Sweet doesn’t charge submission fees or subscriptions fees so that we may all be a part of something Sweeter.
