Carefree Magazine Is Blooming, And They Want Your Story !

Carefree Magazine has spent the last five years doing something simple and radical: making room for Black women to tell the truth about their lives. Not the polished version. Not the “glow up.” The real story — the awkward pivots, the survival, the strange turns, the quiet victories.

Founder and editor-in-chief Anayo has been collecting those stories one by one. Essays about love, grief, adventure, identity, and the messy work of becoming yourself. The kind of stories that feel more like a late-night conversation than a magazine article.

Now the project is turning into something physical.

Carefree is releasing a limited-edition coffee table book in early 2026, a collection of writing and artwork by Black women centered around a simple idea: blooming. If you’ve lived something worth telling, this might be the place to put it into words.

If that sounds like you, consider sharing your story with Carefree.
Someone out there probably needs to hear it.

Check out their call for stories and collaborators here.