A powerful anthology of feminist poetry that weaves together the raw and resonant voices of women and non-binary writers exploring themes of girlhood, body, belonging, mind, memory, and afterlife. This collection offers an intimate look at the diverse experiences of growing up, the complexities of identity, and the enduring strength of rebirth.
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Kyra Meier-Klodt – Founder & Editor
Megan Willis – Submissions Manager & Editor
Camila Macca – Editorial design & illustration
Themes covered
Girlhood (growing up/friendship/being young)
Body (sex / SA / pregnancy)
Belonging (queerness, class, race)
Mind (mental health)
Memory (death, grief, loss)
Afterlife (dark/misogyny but ultimately rebirth)
Longlist
To Be A Girl by Anna Jones / Tannoy by Joanie Aoife / Security Questions by Maria Jennings / Shrink by Catherine Lockhart / Meet Cute by Victoria Walker / Holy by Angelika May / We’ve Been Here Since Sixteen by Molly Byrne / The Sisterhood of Text Me When You’re Home by Florence Grieve / My Sister by Kerrie Draghi / Dancing with My Sister in the Kitchen After Peach Season by Cheyenne McGuire / Ode to the Weird Barbies by Maureen Onwunali / She/They, Lagooning by Noriko Ward / A Girl’s Bathtub by Sara Brudkiewicz / Siren by Martha Bowen / Babes by Charlotte Whiting / Intuitive Mathematics by Skye Lilly / Fontanna Neptuna by Kaci O’Meara / In A Parallel Universe by Jodie Prior / Queen Latifa by Akua Frimpong / Don’t Ayo Babes me By Khadijah Hayden / You by Sofia Bitelli / Veneers by Charlotte le Gresley / Skadi’s Sonnet by Rebecca Zatterstrom / Room Paralysis, Sleep Paralysis, Life Paralysis by Caterina Biondi / I Ate My Heart Today by Courtney Askey / Womb of the State by Faye Banister-Harding / Ovium by Emma Boyns / Guacamole by Skye Lilly / Growing Pains by Anna Grace Hewitt / Pussy Will Reign by Sage Martin / Nike of Samothrace by Carissa Coane / Do You Still Dream About Jennifer by Priscilla Yeung / LGBlackT by Bethlehem Wolday-Myers / Mother Exile by Ulrike Durán Bravo / The Queen of West Green by Bethlehem Wolday-Myers / Immigrant Anthem by Swatee Odedra / Circe Works Nights by Kate MacAlister / The Future by Maya Garcia Fisher / Our Own Revolution by Svetlana Chigozie Onye / I Want to go Where the Birds Live by Keziah Armitage / Biting Into The Apple by Tania Banerjee / Guided Meditation by Betty Townley / Searches (Pre-Dawn) by Mia Scattergood / Flat by the DLR by Rosie Hart / Catch a Tiger by the Toe by Emike Akagbosu / Neurosis at Gatwick Airport by Miranda Horn / Wrong/Peach by Linghui Ng / Black Raven by Emma-Jane Barlow / Birds Fly Because of You by Sam Bean / Phobia Collector by Holly Peters / Borderline by Isuri Jayasinghe / Maggots! By Caitlin Forsgate / Why I Can’t Listen to Instrumental Music by Jemima Stocker / I Often Wonder How I Survive by Molly Nerine Mahoney / Friday Afternoon by Caitlin Allmond Sherret / Les Oubliettes by Betty Owen / I Think of You First by Nancy Dawkins / Little Bag Wonder by Cat Cochrane / You Don’t Remember Me by Maeve McPherson / Goon by Benedetta Mancusi / Elation in Cobalt Blue by Agata Kusiak / The Little Death by Kelly Glás / Radical Acceptance by Kayla Martell Feldman / To The Grave by Jordan Nishkian / The Spider’s Curse by Maree Reedman / My Parent’s House by Julia Irons / The Home You Left Me by Maelle Perelli / Finding You by Mikhaila Friel / A Life Made of Stars by Perdita Stott / The Veil is Thin by Salomée Lou / A Haunting by Georgina Johnson / Gutted by Emily Bulfin / I Don’t Know, Man by Molly Nerine Mahoney / Strip Club by Tiger Paris / Girl Scouting by Renee Eshel / Parable for Spring by Anna Studsgarth / Drenched by Lara Luyts / Leda’s Swan Song by Arwa Alanizi / Cygnet Notes by Kerry Rawlinson / Cailleach Rose Mclaren / Summoning Spell: Reclaim the Night by Kate MacAlister
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