Call for Submissions

Too Much Woman: Compendium 2026

Have you been called…or thought of yourself as:

Knows Too Much?
Too Damaged?
Too Hairy?
Too Quiet?
Too Loud?
Too Feminine…Too Masculine?
Too…?

We invite you to share your art, poems, prose, essays, spells, reflections, dreams, exercises in the third Womancraft Publishing compendium… Too Much Woman.

Join us and reclaim your muchness, embrace your enoughness with words and images to empower, inspire and heal. This collection will celebrate the hungers, longings, desires and realities of all those who have been shut down, made small, cut off, silenced in the name of controlling the feminine.

Join us in voicing new visions, dreams and permissions for a cornucopia of feminine abundance.

Share your bravest, truest words with us – under your own name or a pen name – unleash your authentic voice.

Welcoming diverse voices – all abilities, ages, feminine of centre genders, ethnicities, sexual identities, neurotypes and nationalities.

About the book

This will be our third Womancraft compendium. Weaving together voices from our authors, community of readers and supporters, the book will open with an Introduction by Lucy H. Pearce, founder of Womancraft.
Our previous Compendiums have been extremely well-received and we receive a high number of submissions each year. We are able to publish about 20% of what we receive.

We would LOVE to include your voice! We aim for beautiful diversity.

We welcome: prose, poems, essays, blessings, visions, dreams, living examples and art of all sorts. You don’t need to have been published before to submit. In fact, for many of our contributors this was their first time seeing their words in print. What we ask you to do is to write from the heart, with passion and authenticity.

Practicalities

Each individual can contribute up to 3 pieces of writing AND 3 of art – so pick carefully!

Submissions can up to 2500 words, but much shorter is fine by us.

We welcome your words that have been published elsewhere – articles or book extracts – simply tell us where and when they were previously published.

You retain all copyright to your writing. You can republish it anywhere else – we simply ask for the courtesy that you note that it appeared in our Compendium.

If you are contributing artwork, please note, it will be a black and white book.

Submissions

Please follow these guidelines precisely.

1. Email your submission to info@womancraftpublishing.com by November 14th 2025.
2. The subject of your email should be: Compendium 3 Submission.
3. In the body of the email please provide your name and mailing address for your copy (if you are accepted for publication). If you are writing under a pen name please ensure you let us know.
4. For WRITING – please share your contributions as .doc or .docx ATTACHMENTS – a separate file for each piece of writing.
5. For ARTWORK – please share your contributions as .jpeg, .tiff or .png ATTACHMENTS – a separate file for each piece of art. Please ensure they are a decent file size and of decent quality (at least 1500px in the narrowest dimension).
6. Please name each attachment with your FULL NAME and the TITLE OF THE PIECE. Please use the same TITLE and NAME at the top of the page of your writing.
7. PLEASE EDIT AND PROOFREAD YOUR WORK CAREFULLY BEFORE SUBMISSION. WE CANNOT ACCEPT ALTERED VERSIONS LATER ON. Once accepted all contributions will be edited for clarity and length. Any substantial edits will be sent to you for approval.
8. Please attach a separate file with your bio – 60 words max ( as a .doc or .docx file). This must include your NAME or PEN NAME, and can include your profession, qualifications, passions, location. Please write in the third person. You can also provide us with two links – for example one social media account and your website.

Example

Lucy H. Pearce is the author of 12 non-fiction books, including Nautilus Award silver winners Medicine Woman, Burning Woman, and Creatrix. Her writing weaves women’s archetypal psychology, feminist historical awareness and the healing power of creativity and nature. She is the founder of Womancraft Publishing and host of the Creative Magic podcast. She lives in Cork, Ireland.
lucyhpearce.com
Instagram: @womancraft_publishing

Dates for your Diary

• Submissions close November 14th 2025.
• Successful contributors will be contacted by April 3rd 2026.
• The book will be published November 2026 and will be available in paperback and ebook.

Compensation

• 10% of profits from the book will go to women’s charities suggested by contributors – please let us know who you would like this year’s book to support.
• All contributors will receive a complimentary paperback copy of the book as well as all pre-order goodies.
• All contributors will be able to purchase unlimited additional copies of the book at a 20% discount, plus shipping.
• All contributors are invited to the online Zoom launch for the book and are offered the opportunity to read/speak at the event.

NB: In previous years all contributor names have appeared on the cover, we are not sure if that will happen with this third Compendium.