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 4 (October 2025) is here! The issue features:

  • Cover art by:
  • Aicha Benali
  • Art by: Amuri Morris and Donald Patten
  • Fiction by: Han Nelson, Jeanette Barszewski, and Lyan Angela Agustin
  • Nonfiction by: Gail Kaufman, J. D. Harlock, and Sydney Ronquillo
  • Poetry by: Daniel Aôndona, Dara Goodale, Dorothy Lune, Grace K. Schmitt, Hayley Garcia Parnell, Liza Sparks, Nadia Mustefa, Natalie Gachoka, Saheed Sunday, sofia abbas, and Spencer S
Cover art for the summer 2025 issue. This piece features double green self portraits, where one is whispering into the other’s ear. There is a bright sunset and a stormy ocean behind them.

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