Please submit to the 2026 African American Studies (AFR) and Gender & Sexuality Studies (GSS) Writing Competition!

Please submit your work for consideration in this year’s AFR & GSS writing competition and showcase! Winning entries will receive a prize and be invited to share their work at the AFR & GSS writing showcase on April 23rd, 2026 from 2:30 to 4:30 PM. We are accepting any original work that centers issues of race, gender, sexuality, class and identity from 2025 or 2026 (more details on possible submissions at the link below).

Please use the following link or QR code to upload your student’s work or students can submit their own work: https://forms.gle/P4x3RX6DMEgxGBXd8

Please make sure to include the student’s contact information (preferably a CUNY email) with submission. Please also include the name of the faculty mentor and/or class for which the submission was originally created.

Deadline for submission: March 20, 2026

Please see here for more information!

If you have questions or need more information, please email Megan Behrent (mbehrent@citytech.cuny.edu) & Debarati Biswas (Debarati.Biswas57@citytech.cuny.edu)