🚵♀️ Meet Strong Girl Publishing's Newest Author! 📚
Mackenzie Myatt is a mountain biking poet—and her first book is out this Fall!
Week 1 of Strong Girl Publishing being out in the world is done, and we’re so thankful for all of your support. Now, we want to introduce you to our first author, share info about our anthology that’s now open for submissions, and get the party started with some fun merch. You may also notice that this looks a little different than our last newsletter… We’re testing out Substack as a new way to reach more readers, since it will allow us to create some special channels where our authors can share sneak peeks, early reader copies and so much more.
Meet Mackenzie Myatt
Mackenzie Myatt is an elite mountain biker based in Nova Scotia, Canada—though she spends plenty of time in the US for racing and training! She joins Strong Girl Publishing as our first author. Her poetry book “In Defense of Big Dreams” will be out in Fall 2023 (pre-order info coming soon).
Find out more about Mackenzie right here.
Anthology Submissions Open Now
For our first anthology, we’ll be choosing 10 stories that answer the question of “What do you wish you knew when you first got started in sport?” Have a story to share? This can be anything from practical advice like smarter fueling strategies to learning teamwork to mastering your pre-competition nerves. Think back to your younger (early to mid-teen) self: What advice would you give her? You can choose the format: It can be an essay, short fictional story, poetry, graphic novel, memoir—the sky is the limit! OK, technically, the limit is 10,000 words max. But otherwise, go for it! (And we encourage outside of the box thinking. Of course, an essay format is likely the simplest way to share your advice. But play with it! Heck, maybe this is a screenplay in the making. Get creative!)
Learn more and submit your story here
Support Strong Girl Publishing
Right now, you can get copies of the books in the Shred Girls series along with Shred Girls shirts and caps, plus our Strong Girl Publishing t-shirt. Proceeds help fund our campaigns for our new authors, and 5 percent of net profits go to organizations focused on supporting girls in sport!
So excited for this book to come out, and about Strong Girl Publishing in general!