Mission

CALYX exists to nurture women’s creativity by publishing fine literature and art by women. CALYX is committed to:

  • introducing a wide audience to high quality literature and art by women
  • providing a forum for diversity and underrepresented writers and viewpoints
  • discovering and publishing emerging and developing writers
  • preserving publications for future audiences

CALYX, Inc., is a nonprofit organization with a 501(c)3 status.

"CALYX holds a very special place in my heart. Some of my very first published words-two poems-were published in CALYX years ago. Feminist literature.amplifies our voices and extends our capabilities. At a time when mass trade publishing in the US is narrowing itself down to a race for the buck, I am increasingly comforted by the presence of feminist presses. Without them we would lose much more than feminist thought-we would lose color, and diversity, poetry, the outside chance, the underdog's story, the heretical questions, the answers we need. As long as we crave honest reading, we'll need our feminist presses." 
Barbara Kingsolver

 

Staff & Volunteers

Board of Directors: Margarita Donnelly (Director), Nancy Greenman (Chair),Cherry Hartman, Susie Lisser, Beverly McFarland (Staff Representative), Gail Oberst (Secretary), Cynthia Spencer, Wynona Tilton (CFO).

Director: Margarita Donnelly

Senior Editor: Beverly McFarland

Accounting Coordinator: Susan  Mackey 

Editorial Collective: C. Lil Ahrens, Alice Ann Eberman, Beverly McFarland, Linda Varsell Smith, Marieke Steuben. Assistant Editors: Tanya McDonald, Tracy Mitzel, Jerri Otto, Chris Peterson, Maureen Rhea, Linda West. Art Editors: Kristina Kennedy Daniels, Margarita Donnelly, Marie LeGlatin Keis, Carolyn Sawtelle. Advisory Editors: Olga Broumas, Shirley Geok-Lin Lim, Ingrid Wendt, Eleanor Wilner. Volunteers: Carol Bosworth (Book Review Coordinator), Cheryl McLean (Production with Imprint Services), Nichele Deutsch, Marie Madison, Micki Reaman, Juanita Rodriguez (Advertising Coordinator), Sarah Sapon-White (Readings Coordinator), Laurence Taoman (Web Support).

Student Interns 2006: Wendy Clark, Tessa Fisher, Beth Forsman, Gabrielle Holmes, Brooke Kaye, Katie Lewis, Krisja Lorenson, Erin Salvi, Anchen Texter, Julia Ulshafer.

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