Torch Magazine

Torch Magazine is the online publication of Torch Literary Arts. Established in 2006 to celebrate creative writing by Black women writers across the diaspora, Torch publishes poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and scripts (plays and screenplays) by emerging and experienced writers. Accepted features are paid for publication. See the submission guidelines for details.

Editor: Amanda Johnston

Associate Editor: Jae Nichelle

Artwork by 2025 Torch Visual Artist, Nitashia Johnson

Monthly Feature

Friday Features

POETRY

Friday Feature: February Spikener

February Spikener (they/she) is a Black femme poet from Detroit. She holds a BA from Wellesley College and an MFA from Randolph College. Spikener self- describes her work as “feral”: meaning, her work embraces the carnal and violent qualities of feral animals while reimagining beasthood as well as daughterhood. Ever inspired by their loved ones, their poems reflect how they navigate through the world and what it means to love and be loved. Her work has been supported by the M

FICTION

Friday Feature: Jae Broderick

Jae Broderick is an award-winning lyricist, librettist, composer, and the author of DeConstructing Criticism and Or You Could Just Not. When she isn’t working, Jae can be found practicing her backhand or on a plane to somewhere amazing because, um, “writers need to experience things.” Documenti is excerpted from her forthcoming novel, A Few Good Years. Documenti Puglia. 2025. Zia said it was because of the grapes. That the flies infecting every corner of the città were drawn

CREATIVE NONFICTION

Friday Feature: Audrey P. Williams

Audrey Patricia Williams (she/her) is a queer Caribbean writer and journalist whose work lives at the intersections of culture, identity, and womanhood. Moving between features, interviews, and cultural commentary, her storytelling holds a magnifying glass to the Black experience, exploring its tensions as much as its beauty. As a Brooklyn native raised by Guyanese immigrants in the American South, Audrey’s perspective is rooted in both curiosity and connection. Her work has

SCRIPT

Friday Feature: JUSTICE

Born in Jackson, Tennessee, JUSTICE is a rising film director, screenwriter, and producer. After attending film school at Belmont University, JUSTICE began her career in film and television by crewing on various local productions. While gaining insight into the inner workings of the industry, she simultaneously tends to the hunger of telling her own stories. JUSTICE believes the world lacks perspectives in Black stories rooted in societal abnormality, social commentary, and

2025 Torch Visual Artist: Nitashia Johnson

Nitashia Johnson is a multimedia visual artist and educator from Dallas, Texas whose work has been exhibited across Texas and internationally. To care about stories is to care about the world, and understanding our own gives us purpose. For as long as she can remember, storytelling through art has been Nitashia Johnson’s way of understanding the world around her and her place within it. As a multidisciplinary artist and educator from Dallas, Texas, her journey since life st

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Black women writers from across the diaspora are invited to submit to Torch Magazine to be considered for a Friday Feature. There is no fee to submit and all accepted features are paid for publication. See our submission guidelines on Submittable for details.

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