WELCOME TO THE UNEDITED WOMAN ANTHOLOGY PROJECT

We are Natalie Osa Fraser and Janet Sona Beers, the mother daughter, co-creators of the Unedited Woman Anthology Book Project. 

Ten years ago we started our journey planning a project called Unedited Woman which we hoped would be an anthology of stories about raw and exciting experiences of being a woman. 

We were sidetracked from our project when we were offered a grant from HelpAge Canada to collect stories from seniors from all across Canada. We were so excited to receive submissions from east to west, which were eventually published in two volumes called Our Stories,Their Stories. These were sold to raise funds for HelpAge Canada. When the Wabano Center heard about the Our Stories,Their Stories Project with HelpAge Canada. They applied for a grant and asked us to collect stories specifically from First Nations, Inuit and Metis seniors and again we were blessed with submissions from across the country which were published in a third volume of Our Stories,Their Stories 

We are excited to finally be back to our original project and are reaching out to women of all ages and backgrounds across the continent requesting your submissions and inviting you to join us on our journey to share these experiences in a published anthology. 

Format 

•poem ( any style ) 

•a personal true story 

•an opinion piece based on the topic and your personal experience •a monologue 

Style 

• don’t worry about being a serious writer. We have editors who will work with you on your 

finished product. 

• it is your creativity and your lived experiences that count. 

• length should not exceed 5 minutes if read aloud. 

Tone 

• positive or negative 

• humorous or serious 

• subjective or objective • etc.

Suggested Topics 

• periods, birth control, menopause 

• equality, sex, work, age, abuse 

• family, marriage, motherhood, sisterhood, daughterhood (is that a word?) • body image, size, shape, advantages or disadvantages of boobs, vagina etc. • joys and/or uniqueness of being a girl 

Timing 

As we are planning to publish by the end of this year, we are accepting submissions starting immediately and continuing until the end of October, 2022. 

We encourage you to invite the women in your life of all ages and backgrounds to join in and send in their submissions to us. 

Finally please note: 

• all submissions are donated and part of the profits from the project will be donated to programs which help women reach their full potential. 

• any final editing is meant only to enhance both the writer’s work and the project. • all edited products will be shared with and approved by the contributors before publication. 

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY?

There are TWO steps to complete your entry.

1. Please complete the form below

2. Email your entry to Janet Sona Beers at beersj@hotmail.com once you complete this form.