Sea Crow Press, award-winning independent publisher, announces an open call for submissions to its forthcoming poetry anthology Maiden Mother Crone. The submission deadline is July 1, 2025.
The anthology is the third book in the Crossing Places series.
About the Maiden Mother Crone Anthology: Connecting: Building community through poetry. Edited by Madeleine F White and poetry publisher Mary Petiet – and drawn from poems written in response to those in Maiden, Mother, Crone – this anthology harnesses the powerful connection women have, no matter who they are or where they come from. By speaking her own truth, Madeleine’s work is an open invitation to other women to tell what matters to them through a place of empowered creativity. This explosive expression of the spiritual feminine allows tribes of seekers, creators and survivors to come together to rewrite what we’re told we should be, into who we actually are.
About the Crossing Places series: Life affirming, and nurturing, the series challenges women and our allies to come together to express experiences of the feminine through shared values, ideas and stories in different settings, particularly through nature and the natural world.
Previous books in the series:
The Horse and the Girl Discovering: Conversations in verse between the ‘Girl’ – a woman in middle age – and her horse, engage with the big questions and the emotional states in which we live. The collection invites us to look beyond the road they ride on and beyond the page the ‘Girl’ writes, into the beating heart of our natural world and the relationships it contains. A critical message in The Horse And The Girl is, that in order to be able to nourish the place in us that gives us spiritual, mental and physical strength, we need to have the courage to follow where the ride takes us, allowing the old ways and green places foster the stillness within us.
Maiden Mother Crone Unfolding: A memoir in verse, created by accessing that stillness Madeleine first discovered on horseback, this is an unflinching portrayal of trauma, motherhood, addiction, recovery and ultimately hope. The stories are connected, as is the resolution. Mother Maiden Crone takes us on a journey from ‘mother goddess’ to modern faith, taking its cues from the older, more matriarchal nature of Celtic and Nordic traditions. With inclusion and spiritual expression at the heart of it, the collection calls upon us to find a new way to be and to connect; reminding us that as ‘Maidens, Mothers and Crones’ we speak the same fundamental truths the world over.
About Sea Crow Press
Sea Crow Press is an award-winning, woman-owned independent publisher from Cape Cod in Massachusetts committed to amplifying voices that might otherwise go unheard. In a rapidly changing world, we believe the small press plays an essential part in contemporary arts as a community forum, a cultural reservoir, and an agent of change. We are international with a focus on our New England roots. We publish creative nonfiction, literary fiction, and poetry. Our books celebrate our connection to each other and to the natural world with a focus on positive change and great storytelling. We follow a traditional publishing model to create carefully selected and edited books. In turbulent times, we focus on sharing works of beauty that chart a positive course for the future.
We welcome emerging writers, experienced authors, and all readers.
