In The Style of Liberation (ITSOL) is a celebration of Black creative thought with intentions to honor and uplift the legacy & teachings of our Black feminist foreparents in the creative writing pantheon. Offerings within In the Style of Liberation are held with the intention foster the study, ritual, iteration and excavation of Black feminist thought. Programs will run from April to November 2025 and will include virtual & in-person/hybrid events featuring contemporary thinkers and voices in Black queer feminism, womanism and beyond.

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Nestled within ITSOL program series is the Luminary Editorial Incubator for Black Feminist Writers (LEI). The Luminary Editorial Incubator is a 16-week paid fellowship that will host up to six (6) young Black queer creatives, ranging from ages 22-28, who will focus on the life and work of contemporary Black feminist writers, and model the art/work made during the duration of the fellowship after, or in the style of, their works. Alongside the Black feminist learnings of the luminaries to be studied, LEI will be coupled with editorial mentorship from the SISTORIES staff editors. Each fellow will be given $1500 of unrestricted funds to actualize as they require & desire.

The LEI fellows will also be the co-editors, designers, and contributors to a special forthcoming edition of SISTORIES to be released at the conclusion of the program.