We’re uplifting an exciting invitation from COVID Research Accessibility -join in to have your stories preserved in this community archive:
“Instagram account COVID Research Accessibility is organizing an online archive of stories, artwork, and more by and for COVID realists and people with Long COVID about the pandemic period (2020 to the present day)! They are taking submissions for this archive, Pandemic Anthologies, in a variety of forms—poems, screenplays, zines, art, essays, songs, etc.—and are especially wanting those most disproportionately impacted by the pandemic—that is, Black people, indigenous people, disabled people, and trans people—to participate. Individuals from the Global South are also strongly encouraged to participate!
There is a rolling deadline for submission, but to be included in the May 31st launch of Pandemic Anthologies, you must submit by May 17th.
The rules of submission are as follows: No generative AI, no bigotry of any form, and no downplaying the pandemic.
COVID Research Accessibility is also seeking translators to help with outreach to non-English-speaking individuals who may be interested in contributing to the archive; dm them with any leads as well as if you are open to translating!
This is a fully volunteer-led community project.”