Kickstarter Spotlight: Nameless Woman ⋆

The Project

The Trans Women Writer’s Collective is publishing an expanded print version of the original An Anthology of Fiction by Trans Women of Color, which was co-edited by Ellyn Peña and Jamie Berrout. Titled Nameless Woman this collection is an unprecedented opportunity for trans women of color to tell their stories, create an innovative book of fiction that trans women can enjoy, and begin to create a place for trans women of color to thrive in publishing.

Nameless Woman will be the first literary anthology ever published and created by trans women and will be a historic contribution in an important moment for trans writers and artists. Writing contributors to the print anthology include new stories by:

Olive Machado
Venus Selenite
Carla Aparicio
Emmy Morgan
and more + stories from the original anthology

Rewards

Nameless Woman is the first project by the newly founded publishing house and they’re hoping to raise a very modest $5,000 dollars. Your financial patronage will help trans women of color continue to produce culturally valuable work in a field where their voices are severely limited by traditional publishers.

Rewards include:

$5 – Digital copy of the anthology
$18 – Print and Digital copies of the anthology (shipping included)
$35 – 2 digital chapbooks of poetry by Jamie Berrout, plus Print and Digital copies of the anthology
$100+ – Your name in our acknowledgements as thanks for helping us bring this project to fruition as well as all other rewards.

The deadline for the Kickstarter is January 16^th, 2017. Nameless Woman is co-edited by Venus Selenite, Jamie Berrout, and Ellyn Peña. The Trans Women Writier’s Collective can be found at www.transwomenwriters.org.