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Our goal at Strong Girl Publishing is to ENTERTAIN, EDUCATE + ELEVATE girls and women’s sports. We do this through our fun and inspiring fiction books, nonfiction and memoirs that share real stories of young women in sport and the issues they face, and library of parent, coach and educator resources.
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About Strong Girl Publishing
Strong Girl Publishing makes athletically-oriented books + content for middle grade and young adult girls, written by young women athletes.
We’re here to help girls see themselves in sport and outdoor adventure, inspiring them to try new activities by creating engaging stories around girls in sport, through books. We’ve also carved out a space for young women athletes who are looking for a platform to share their voices.
At Strong Girl Publishing, our athlete authors aren’t just great at their sports: We celebrate girls and women as multifaceted individuals who don’t fit into any one box. We don’t believe that girls or women should ever have to choose being an athlete at the cost of any other part of their being. Our readers and our authors are strong women, but not just physically.
She can be anything: She can be into punk rock and want to PR her 5K. She can love fashion while figuring out how to get grass stains out of her soccer uniform. She can read books on the team bus instead of being part of the singalong, or she can be the one who starts up the Sweet Caroline moment. She can wear mascara on the start line—for herself, not for anyone else.
We believe that every girl and woman contains multitudes, and every girl and woman can tap into her inner athlete, on and off the playing field.
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OUR WHY
Girls drop out of sport for many reasons. This leads to lowered self-esteem along with health problems that can stem from inactivity.
7 in 10 girls who quit sports during puberty said they didn’t feel like they belonged in sports.
More than 1 in 5 girls leave sport after age 16 and 5 in 10 are missing out on sport entirely.
By the age of 14, girls drop out of sports at 2x the boys’ rate. From ages 3-9, boys and girls ride at same rate, but at 10, there’s a significant drop off for girls.
Studies have shown that girls will embrace more traditionally “boy” activities when presented with images that show other girls engaging in them.
That’s where Strong Girl Publishing comes in. We tell those stories.
OUR AUTHORS
Our goal is to create a space to young women athletes who are looking for a platform to share their voices. We know that 80% of elite female athletes surveyed by Parity Now said they earned under $5,000 from sponsorships in 2023 and 41% of athletes paid $10,000 or more out of pocket to compete. 64% of these athletes report feeling very or extremely stressed about money.
Strong Girl Publishing offers them a way to fund their dream.
At Strong Girl Publishing, our athlete authors aren’t just great at their sports: We celebrate girls and women as multifaceted individuals who don’t fit into any one box. They’re strong women, and not just on the playing field.
We believe that every girl and woman contains multitudes, and every girl and woman can tap into her inner athlete, on and off the playing field. And our authors aren’t just creating a product. They’re supported with friendship, with mentorship, with whatever they need in the process.
OUR GIVEBACK
Not only do our author-athletes make money on every single book sale, we donate a percentage of our net profits to organizations like Fast and Female, who are working to help more girls discover a love of sport.
We’ve donated over a hundred books to organizations including CAN Fund, which directly support women athletes. We donated time and funds to Girls Forward and She Sends, spoke at over a dozen schools and youth organizations including NICA’s GRiT programs, and of course, handed out hundreds of stickers to young girls who are learning that they can do and be anything.
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