Relaunching “Mama And…”

The hiatus of Literary Mama gave staff time to pause, and from that pause came some realizations as Editor-in-Chief Amanda Fields noted in the Jan/Feb 2025 issue.

What community looks like has changed since 2020, and it continues to change, but that doesn’t mean that community isn’t needed. In fact, it seems that people have an even greater craving for connection and camaraderie than ever before.

To celebrate the magazine’s relaunch and foster connection between mama writers, the Blog Editors have decided to restart the community writing project “Mama And.”

Once a month, we will post a “Mama And” prompt on the blog, and we encourage you to write in response to it, whether it is in the form of short poetry, flash fiction, micro-stories, or other kinds of art.

For February, the topic is “Mama And… Relaunching.” What does it mean as a mother to experience relaunch? When is it needed? What can it look like? We want to read your thoughts on whatever relaunching means to you as a mama and writer.

How to Participate

Share your contribution on Instagram or Bluesky and tag Literary Mama (@literary_mama on Instagram and @literarymama.bsky.social on Bluesky) and/or use the hashtag #MamaAnd. The prompt will be active for the entirety of the month.

Contributions are only limited by what can be shared on Instagram or Bluesky and may be posts, captions, images, stories, or videos.

If participants DO NOT want their contributions to be reposted or highlighted by Literary Mama, please note so in your post or message Literary Mama directly.