Welcome to The B'K Magazine

The B’K Magazine (The B’K) is an art and literature magazine prioritizing and paying traditionally marginalized creators, but open to all.

The B’K is proudly edited by Chris Talbot, a mixed-race, autistic, queer, and trans nonbinary editor.

We are interested in people being able to decolonize and tell their own stories.

– Chris Talbot

The B’K Current Issue

The B’K Volume 16, Issue 2 (April 2025) is here! The issue features:

  • Cover art by: Amuri Morris
  • Art by: Anna Kirby, Jacelyn Yap, and Susan L. Lin
  • Fiction by: Azalea Withrow, Ella T Holmes, Jasmin Leigh, and Tosin Okewole
  • Nonfiction by: Casper Orr
  • Poetry by: arushi (aera) rege, Ayana Bhattacharya, Caiti Quatmann, D. Keali‘i MacKenzie, Diem Okoye, Elise Scott, Em Roth, Emily Yates, jp thorn, Katherine Kelly, Leopold Crow, Mallie Holcomb, Neha M. Sampat, Precious Chidera Harrison, Regine Jackson, River J. Myers, Sage Q, Satvika Menon, Stella Aster, téa serena, and ziqr peehu
The cover art by Amuri Morris featuring a woman in a blue heavy gown crouches with her pet wolf sitting behind her. The subject is in a vast forest with bits of bright blue sky peaking through. Behind her a gold portal opens to another world of flames and a burning city.

The B'K Archive

The B’K has been in print since July 1, 2010! Check out all the issues here.

Submissions, Copies, and Subscriptions

If you would like to submit to the next issue, please follow our guidelines, which can be found on the Submissions page.

You can buy back issues of The B’K, All My Relations, The Story of Them, and more in our Ko-fi shop page. All proceeds go toward paying our BIPOC, gender variant, and disabled creatives; our website; and software.

Photo of Chris with a yellow background