Grey Coven Publishing is a small press that publishes bi-annual anthologies, poetry & short story chapbooks, full length poetry collections, and full length short story collections. We strive to give new and marginilized voices the spotlight. Our goal is to publish dark, introspective work. Art is supposed to make people uncomfortable and encourage them to think about the world in a different way.
We want the esoteric, the strange, and the unsettling. We want heartbreak and hope. Give us surprising language and difficult topics.
Our anthologies accept poetry (mainly free verse), flash fiction, short stories, and artwork. We prefer previously uncurated work, but do accept reprints.

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Cat Speranzini - Editor in Chief
Cat (she/her) is a New England native and Emerson College alumna. She works as the editor of Grey Coven and is also a reader for Querencia Press. She has two full length poetry collections: "Watercolor Souls" and "Calm in the Dark." Her work has been published by the Eunoia Review, Clever Fox Lit Mag, Querencia Press, Glass Gates Publishing, and Moss Puppy Magazine amongst others.
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Claudia Jean - Editor
Claudia Jean (she/her) is a Filipino-German American poet and Reiki Master. She has been published for her works in poetry and memoir essays, and she released her first poetry collection in February 2024, THE SECRETS MY SKIRTS KEEP. Claudia has been writing poetry since she could wrap her fingers around crayons, and her grandmother was her first number-one fan. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in English, specializing in comic scripting and creative writing. Her parents wanted her to be a doctor, but you can see how well that turned out.
When she isn’t writing, realigning chakras, or recycling death into life and poetry, she runs through forests with her staffy terror, basks in the sun with her lazy felines, and sings to her cheery parrots.
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Courtney Hanks - Designer
Courtney Hanks is an artist, designer, and writer based in Central Florida. She's currently attending the MFA of the Americas at Stetson University for prose writing. She's published three children's books and supports Grey Coven with digital design and illustration. Her neurodivergence keeps her busy, but she enjoys all that life offers.
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Gwendolyn Meredith - Reader
Gwendolyn Meredith writes poems daily in her journal as a way to process her inner journey and connect with nature. She works full time in special education, but loves writing, hiking, thrifting, and baking in her free time. She lives with amazing her wife and three cats, who she loves dearly.
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Timothy Roy - Reader
Tim (he/him) is the drummer of the band No Detour. He has written numerous songs and brings a fresh perspective to Grey Coven. In his spare time, he enjoys attending shows, listening to audiobooks, playing video games, airsoft, and skateboarding.
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Mia Pantano - Reader
Mia Pantano (she/they) is a writer and a dreamer. They spend their days raising a tiny human and obsessing over the nature of reality. You can find her staring into the abyss. Mia helps run a local queer climbing meetup & networking group and is an active advocate for Trans rights.
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Anna Oh - Reader
Anna Oh (she/her) is an aspiring writer from Singapore who enjoys exploring themes of existentialism. Her other hobbies include avoiding human interaction and finding her place in the universe.
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Johnny Byutorie - Reader
Johnny Byutorie (he/him/they) is a multidisciplinary author whose works have been published in the Hog Creek Review (during his tenure at The Ohio State University), North Meridian Review, Cardinal Arts Journal, and FUCKUS literary journals as well as a reader for Gigantic Sequins. He has just completed his Master of Arts degree in English at the end of 2024, and has a love of horror and its gradual rise as a genre worth serious literary consideration. His many influences include Pullman, Pratchett, Peele, Jemisin, Jackson, and Mothman.
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Stephanie Rose Hold - Reader
Stephanie Rose Hold (she/her) is the poet behind "Abominations of The Wilting Rose" and an author. She roams around the coasts of the United States turning fragments of her life into poems and fantasy creatures. When she isn't spending her hours or yearning hopelessly, she is reading, watching, or playing her way through any stories that catch her eye.
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Ghazal Faridi Haftkhani
Ghazal (she/they) is a Queer Iranian poet, psychology student, and activist for the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement. Her work- inspired by Persian culture and absurdism- has appeared in multiple publications, namely University of Louisville's 'Miracle Monocle Review' and Cathexis Northwest Press. She was a Markham Talent's acting category finalist and has featured at events such as Mother Tongued, Verse Deli and Art Bar. They're also the founder a literary series in Toronto named 'Poe-a-Tea', a reader board member for Sundress Press and Grey Coven Publishing, and a literary workshop instructor for 'TMU's Literary Salon'. You cannot find her. Sorry. She has well become one with the old rug in her university's library- but rumor has it she occasionally appears on Instagram as @cherry_vvine
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A. Polly - Reader
Polly (she/her) is a hopeful writer and devoted poet who thrives in surrealism and madness. A teacher at heart, softly escaping life with a runaway spirit you'll find her hiding in a creative writing bunker at UofT - not wishing to be found.
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Meghan King - Reader
Meghan King (she/her) is a New Jersey writer. Her most recent work is in Bad Girls & Influencers Issue 6 – Alice Says Go Fuck Yourself online literary magazine. She has several poems published in Not Ghosts, But Spirits Vol I and Vol III, Winter Anthology 2023 and Summer Anthology 2023 by Querencia Press. Meghan was first published in NJ Bards Poetry Review 2022 by Local Gems Press. She writes on the resilience of the human spirit. Her love of life, wit, and humor are as vibrant as her Jersey accent. Fueled by strong coffee and ambition, Meghan holds to the belief in being able to change the tide.
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Miasma Park - Reader
Miasma Park is an author who loves to collect CDs, paint countless canvases on her balcony, and listens to music whenever and wherever she can. She’s currently a student at the Orange County School of the Arts where she’s a part of the Creative Writing conservatory. Her poetry works "sunspot" and "butterfly's swan" have appeared in WILDsound Writing Festival, and her short story work "Dregs" will soon appear in The Ana's 16th issue.

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