#ADA30InColor: Call for Stories
Deadline for submissions: February 28, 2020
The Disability Visibility Project will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with a series of stories: #ADA30InColor. Disabled Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) 18 years and older in the United States are invited to submit a short pitch for an essay on the following themes:
- Reflection on what the ADA means to you (the good, bad, everything in between)
- Your lived experiences as a disabled BIPOC 30 years after the passage of the ADA
- Current and future concerns about disability rights and justice from your perspective
- The work that remains within the disability community regarding diversity and intersectionality
- Anything else you care deeply about related to disability and activism
Twelve submissions will be selected for publication. These 12 essays (1000-2000 words) will be published throughout the month of July on the Disability Visibility Project website and each writer will receive $250 for their work. An audio and plain language version of each essay will be published as well.
Submit your short pitch here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7CT9PHH
Questions? Contact Andraéa LaVant, #ADA30InColor Project Coordinator
Email: alavant@lavantconsultinginc.com
Important Dates*
January 15: Call for Stories launch
February 28: Deadline for submissions
March 9: Contributors will be notified
April 20: Deadline for first draft of essay
May 15: Final essay due, payment made to contributors shortly
July 1-31: 12 essays published on DVP website
July 26: #ADA30InColor Twitter Chat
*Approximate timeline
Guidelines and Other Details
Upon notification in March, each contributor will be required to sign a writer’s agreement and turn in a signed copy along with a W-9. Writers will be paid after turning in the final version of their essay.
Each essay should be 1000-2000 words. Use plain language as much as possible, include hyperlinks or footnotes as needed.
Contributors will also be asked to turn in a short bio (under 100 words), a high-resolution photo (optional), and image description with their first draft. Audio recordings will be made of the final essays and contributors are welcome to record their story but are not required to.
Essays, quotes, and images will be used by the Disability Visibility Project on social media. All content published by the DVP is under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
