Ianna A. Small | Founder & Editor in Chief
Ianna A. Small is the founder and editor-in-chief of midnight & indigo, a literary media company and creative home for Black women writers. Since 2018, she has published more than 400 writers, educated more than 1,000 through the m&i Writing Program, and built one of the few platforms dedicated entirely to Black women’s literary voices across the diaspora. A developmental editor with more than a decade of experience, she is a member of ACES: The Society for Editing and the Editorial Freelancers Association, and a proud Syracuse University alumna.
By night, you might catch her lost in a Black or South Asian novel or yelling at a twist in a Korean horror movie. She binges Insecure, The Golden Girls, and cultural food documentaries like it’s a competitive sport, and dreams of one day running m&i from a lounge chair overlooking the archipelagos of her happy place: Greece. Roti in one hand, a manuscript in another. editor@midnightandindigo.com
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Editors
Jina DuVernay | Editor
Jina DuVernay is a Southern California native currently residing in Atlanta, Georgia where she works as a librarian and an English adjunct instructor. She has published several professional articles and book chapters, and is a contributing writer for Sisters from AARP. jina@midnightandindigo.
What is she looking for? Check out her Editor profile.
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Ravynn K. Stringfield, Ph.D. | Editor
Ravynn K. Stringfield, Ph.D. is a writer based in Virginia. Ravynn’s creative nonfiction has appeared in Catapult, Shondaland, Greatist, ZORA and midnight & indigo. She penned the column “Superhero Girlfriends Anonymous” for Catapult magazine from 2021-2022. Her debut novel, Love Requires Chocolate (Joy Revolution, August 2024), is a young adult romance following young Black American theatre nerd, Whitney Curry, as she conducts research on her idol, Josephine Baker, during a study abroad program in Paris but gets sidetracked by her French tutor. Her sophomore novel, Love in 280 Characters or Less (Feiwel & Friends), was published in April 2025. You can read more at ravynnkstringfield.com
What is she looking for? Check out her Editor profile.
Are you a Black woman writer? We’re looking for short stories and personal essays to feature on our digital and print platforms. Check out upcoming submissions periods at midnightandindigo.com/write-for-us or visit our Submittable page.
