.​Walking In The Feminine: A Stepping Into Our Shoes Anthology – Call For Submissions



Introducing Walking in the Feminine: Stepping into Our Shoes Anthology, a new book about the perplexities of Women’s lives, which in spite of all the advancements made by the feminist/womanist movements, remain hidden. This project is being developed by authors, writers, public speakers, bloggers, poets, and Truth Seekers Cherise “Reese” Charleswell and Arletta “Unleashed” Saafir.
 

Details
 

We are looking for women who are willing to share their thoughts and add their voices to this anthology that seeks to illustrate the unique journey to womanhood they've experienced, and the different paths that each of us have taken along the way. We believe that every single woman has an interesting and fantastic story to tell.

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We’re looking for funny, educational, interesting, inspiring, and powerful essays about your adventures of “Walking in the Feminine”. These are stories about womanhood, discrimination, sexual liberation, teenage angst, relationship disappointments, workplace advancement, motherhood, menopause, and more. We are looking for submissions of a minimum of 1500 words. We are only looking for unpublished original essays. If you publish a story on a blog, even your own personal blog, or any website accessible to the general public (i.e., if the story can be found and read online without a password or friend status or other limitation), it is considered published and therefore inappropriate for our market.

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Our most critical criteria for Submission is that your essay be honest, open, and captivating. If you would prefer to have your essay published as “Anonymous” we are willing to do so. We would just publish the other pertinent demographics: age, race/ethnicity, and general location. We will select 57 entries for publication in the anthology.

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​Submission Themes​
 

We are looking for stories on the following topics. If you do not think that your story exactly fits any of these topics, we still encourage you to submit. We will consider including other topics/chapters:

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  • Girlchild
  • Coming of Age
  • Moontime Stories
  • Key to Daddy's Heart
  • Light of Mama's Smile
  • Sheroes
  • Independent, Successful, Alone
  • 21st Century Female
  • 70s Baby, 80s Baby, 90s Baby
  • The Baby Boomers & Revolutionaries
  • Elusive Search for Mr. Right
  • Fierce Warrior Queens
  • Size, Shape, Beauty Delusion
  • Loving Ourselves
  • Hidden Hurt
  • Pleasing Him or Satisfying Me
  • Finding Normalcy in Alternative Lifestyles
  • Shame and Pain of it All
  • Footsteps Abroad

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Submission Guidelines


 • Essays will be accepted minimum of 1500 words. Please use 12 point Times New Roman font, single spaced.
 

• We are looking for stories about YOUR experiences, so essays should be written in first person.
 

 • Please include a single-paragraph bio (up to 80 words). Be sure to include your name (or specify that you want to be published    anonymously), age, place of residence, and whatever information that you would like to share. You are welcome to include a website or blog link.

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​Submission Process​
 

We accept submissions through our online form, via email, or snail mail. Please send emails to walkinginthefeminine@gmail.com. Snail mail may be sent to PO Box 97327, Pasadena CA 91105.  As part of the submission process, you are asked to agree to our contract for publication of your story, should it be accepted. The submission system will then send you an automated response email confirming that your submission has been received.

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Accepted submissions will be notified within 90 days.  If for any reason you believe that we have held your story without a response past 90 days, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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​Multiple Submissions​
 

Multiple submissions are acceptable; you may have up to three stories in our submission process at any one time. Please be sure to classify which Section/Theme you would want each submission to be considered for.

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​Deadline:​
 

Submissions will be accepted through April 30, 2013 at midnight PST.

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​Compensation​
 

Writers of selected essays will each receive 1 copy of the book along with an honorarium of $10.00, to be paid upon publishing. Other benefits of submission include the chance to see your story in print and the opportunity to inspire and connect with readers who have had a similar journey. Also, our website will list our contributing authors, and affords you an opportunity for promotion of your writing. We will link to your blog or website, and if you have a book on Amazon or another publisher, we can link to that as well.

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​Regarding Editing​
 

All essays that are selected for publication will be thoroughly edited for grammar, spelling, and punctuation. We may make minor modifications may be made for clarity. We will send your edited essay back to you for final approval prior to publishing.

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​Terms and Agreements​
 

Due to our aggressive publication schedule, you must agree to our terms and agreements as part of the submission process. Submissions will not be considered without a signed contract. Also, we ask for your mailing address solely for legal purposes (the contract identifies you as NAME residing at your ADDRESS, we will never send you anything without your permission, nor will we distribute that information to any third party.