Jessica DeVoe Riley

Silver Boomer Books has extended their reading period for submissions to On Our Own, an anthology about the widowhood experience, to March 31, 2012. Either prose or poetry is welcome. All aspects of widowhood are acceptable; we’d be especially interested in essays or poetry about how widows/widowers have become “survivors” and learned to live “on […]

Author Seré Prince Halverson’s first novel, The Underside of Joy, recently published by Dutton in January 2012, is sure to not disappoint. The Underside of Joy is an emotional roller coaster about two mothers who are forced to deal with uncovered secrets and lies that threaten to tear their worlds apart. Seré Prince Halverson lives […]

So to Speak: a feminist journal of language and art is now accepting submissions for its Fall 2012 issue. This issue will feature the fiction contest winner, as well as poetry, nonfiction, and art. Submissions will be accepted from January 1- March 15 through the online submissions manager at http://sotospeak.submishmash.com/submit The contest judge for the […]

WINTER 2012 FLASH FICTION CONTEST OVERVIEW: WOW! hosts a (quarterly) writing contest every three months. The mission of this contest is to inspire creativity, communication, and well-rewarded recognition to contestants. The contest is open globally; age is of no matter; and entries must be in English. We are open to all styles of writing, although […]

Skirt!® is a nationally and locally branded Web site, magazine and book publishing company. The following list includes their monthly themes for the remainder of 2012. Submissions are due the first of the month prior to the one you are submitting. MARCH – The Tick-Tock Issue Losing time, making up for lost time, perfect timing, […]

From Parenting magazine: Wanted: 51 amazing moms! Are you or do you know a mom who’s made a real difference in her community’s schools? We want to hear about it! We’ll be selecting one outstanding mom from every state to receive an all-expense paid trip to Washington, DC to attend Parenting’s 2012 Mom Congress on […]

Creative Nonfiction is seeking essays by and about nurses for a new collection, Becoming a Nurse: Real Stories of Nurses, Their Lives and Their Patients. Most Americans will be hospitalized at some point in their lives, and nurses will be their most consistent point of contact with the health care establishment. While doctors have long […]

Subcontract Opportunity Announcement: Blog Expert The United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) has been contracted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health to enhance the coordination and reach of effective messaging to mothers on the “Break Time for Nursing Mothers” provision of the Affordable Care Act. As part of this […]

CALL FOR PAPERS Demeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited collection on Mothering in the Age of Neoliberalism Editor: Melinda Vandenbeld Giles DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS: NOVEMBER 1, 2011! The term “neoliberal” has come to define our current global age, yet definitive understandings of what “neoliberal” means remains a contested terrain. In the past three […]

The Mom Egg publishes sharp, articulate, inventive work by mothers about everything and by everyone about mothers and motherhood. So if you are not a (self-identified) mother, your work should deal with mothers or motherhood. Submissions period for poetry, fiction, creative prose and art for The Mom Egg 2012 Vol. 10 will be July 15 […]

The online literary journal for women, damselfly press, is seeking electronic submissions of original fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by female writers only. The seventeenth issue will be available Oct 15th, 2011. Submissions are due by Sept 15th, 2011. Their latest publication, Issue 16, includes a brand new audio feature. These are the e-mails per genre […]