Woman Scream Celebrates Immigrant Women and Girls in New International Anthology

The Woman Scream cause proudly announces the release of its new international anthology, Screaming: Beyond Borders, a collection that brings together the voices of poets, writers, and visual artists from across the world who lend their words and art to honor migrant women and girls, and to shed light on those who have faced violence and yet continue to rise.

This anthology, marks the beginning of a new Woman Scream Festival’s season, and gathers powerful perspectives that speak of courage, resilience, and thriving. Within its pages are stories and poems that reflect journeys of migration, displacement, violence and survival. Each contribution, through verse or image, captures the strength it takes to rebuild one’s life far from home and to find identity in movement, pain, loss, and rebirth.

The participating authors and artists come from diverse cultures and experiences. Some have lived through the pain of exile or violence; others have transformed their empathy into art that gives voice to those who cannot speak. Their voices echo across languages and geographies, united by the shared desire to be seen and heard.

Screaming: Beyond Borders celebrates women who carry their stories across oceans and borders, who transform uncertainty into purpose, and who plant hope wherever they arrive. It recognizes those who have turned their wounds into strength and their silence into art, stories, or poetry. Each page reflects the belief that art has the power to heal, cross distances, and connect us through shared humanity.

This book includes artworks by Bird Delaney from the United States, Onimaro Efetie from Lagos-United Kingdom, Katerina Grancharova from Ukraine-Bulgaria, Lisa Hess Hesselgrave from the United States, Torea Frey from the United States, and Kendra Yapyapan from the United States.

Poetry selection writers include Aleksandra Vujisić from Montenegro, Amy Jackson from the United Kingdom, Andrena Zawinski from the United States, Anil Kumar Panda from India, Anne O'Donoghue from Ireland, Barbara Anna Gaiardoni from Italy, Bel Aztiria from Argentina and Italy, Bette P. Caperon from Canada, Brenda Saunders from Australia, Catia Silvestre from the United Kingdom, Crisia Constantine from Australia, Diana Raab from the United States, Eliza Goroya from the United Kingdom, Emilija Todorova from Australia, Gabriella Garofalo from Italy, Ghazal Baharestani from Iran, Gillian Davies from the United Kingdom, Hafsa Alkhudairi from Saudi Arabia, Himanshi Tyagi from India, Karina Guardiola-Lopez from the United States, Linette Rabsatt from the Virgin Islands, Lucilla Trapazzo from Switzerland, Lynn White from Wales in the United Kingdom, Maria Alejandra Guardado from Canada, MaryLisa DeDomenicis from the United States, Neha Yadav from India, Nicola Anthony from the United Kingdom, Ojurereoluwasimi from Nigeria, Pembe Panzer from Turkey, Pulkita Anand from India, Rachel Desiree Felix from Malaysia, Rachel Larensen from the United States, Samantha Boswell from Australia, Sharon Ann Sam from India, Sophia Salibio from the Philippines, Souad Zakarani from Morocco, Tabitha Lean from Australia, Urmi Chakravorty from India, Yan Wu from China, and Yeşim Ağaoğlu from Turkey.

Short story contributors include Adjie Henderson from the United States, Agata di Masternak from Poland, Aliza Iqbal from the United Kingdom, Andrena Zawinski from the United States, Arya F. Jenkins from the United States, Asmaa Ferdjallah from the United States, David K. Slay from the United States, Heba Fahmy from the United States, Jennifer Garcia-Guerra from the United States, Kendra Schellenberg from Canada, Kerry Ann Power from the United Kingdom, MelOMomentz from Canada, Nancy Omokefueh Sabo from Nigeria, Paola Jochimsen from Brazil, Phoebe Bowen-Hill from England, and R. A. Morean.

For over a decade, the Woman Scream cause, also know as Grito de Mujer in Spanish, and Cri de Femme in French, has created spaces where the voices of women and girls can rise freely, it also welcomes men to contribute to family education. Through international anthologies, exhibitions, online campaigns, collective artistic projects, and even a festival celebrated annually on March, the movement continues by encouraging solidarity, to raise awareness about gender-based violence and the need for respect, equity, and compassion. This new anthology expands that vision to include the stories of migration and displacement and also violence against women, that impact so many lives today.

Every book in the Woman Scream Collection carries part of this journey. These titles document the collective effort of artists and writers who use their craft to amplify messages of dignity and transformation. By choosing these books, readers enjoy powerful international literature and art while also supporting a global cause that keeps creative spaces open and accessible, encourages meaningful participation, and strengthens the ongoing fight for the rights of women and girls.

This publication invites readers to discover voices that move beyond nationality or language and to encounter stories that show how deeply connected we all are. Screaming: Beyond Borders honors women who have found the courage to start again, those who have lost much yet continue to give, and those who, through their resilience, show that the human spirit knows no boundaries.

The book is now available on Amazon.com, along with other titles from the Woman Scream Collection. You can also find more details on the womanscream.com page, under the menu option anthologies.

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