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2,000-4,000 words Editors: Audrey Bilger and Michele Kort. Audrey Bilger is the Faculty Director of the Writing Center and Associate Professor of Literature at Claremont McKenna College. Michele Kort is Senior Editor at Ms. magazine, a freelance writer, and author of three books (including Soul Picnic: The Music and Passion of Laura Nyro). Same-sex marriage […]

Literary Reflections is pleased to present our featured writing prompt response from October. Earlier this month, we asked, “When have you felt consumed or trapped by the daily demands of your world? How do you free yourself so you have space, time, and energy to write?” Kristal Murphy wrote: The Early Morning I’m awake. It’s […]

Call for Papers Demeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited collection on Laboring On: Testimony, Theory & Transgressions of Black Mothering in Academia Editors: Sekile Nzinga-Johnson & Karen Craddock Pub Date: 2012/2013 This book aims to interrogate the intersecting forms of oppression that are experienced by Black female faculty and scholars who “labor” and […]

Do you keep a journal – or wish you could get one started? Literary Mama wants to help. Three times a month, I’ll post a writing prompt. Open a notebook and write for 10 minutes. Don’t worry about grammar or punctuation – just write. Then let the writing simmer and your mind wander for awhile. […]

Congrats to these LM Staffers! Erika Lutz, Columnist: “I’m thrilled that my novel, now titled The Edge of Maybe, will be published in 2012 by Last Light Studio Books. The publisher, Armand Inezian, calls me a Renaissance scribe, which is beyond flattering. Read the full announcement here.” Kate Haas, Creative Nonfiction Editor: “On October 10th, […]

Do you keep a journal – or wish you could get one started? Literary Mama wants to help. Three times a month, I’ll post a writing prompt. Open a notebook and write for 10 minutes. Don’t worry about grammar or punctuation – just write. Then let the writing simmer and your mind wander for awhile. […]

DATE: Tuesday, October 12 TIME: 6:30-8:30 (new time!) LOCATION: The Libertine Library at Gild Hall,15 Gold Street, NYC FREE ADMISSION Jennifer Belle nationally best-selling author of The Seven Year Bitch, Going down, and Little Stalker Marcy Dermansky author of Bad Marie, a Barnes and Noble Fall 2010 Discover Great New Writers pick, and Twins With […]

International Conference on Motherhood Activism, Advocacy, Agency May 13-15, 2011, Toronto, ON, Canada EXTENDED DEADLINE: OCTOBER 15, 2010! Grounded in a long history, in which women activists, writers, and feminists focused much effort on strengthening the social, personal, and political power of mothers, current motherhood research and activism makes maternal empowerment one of the major […]

Imagine your most frustrating, most irritating day at home with the kids. The girls joust with cuttings from your favorite fern, the boys paint Spiderman with mascara, the casserole smoulders in the oven, the baby wails in the rocker. You want to sleep, or scream, or run. It’s hard. But now imagine how much harder […]

“Novelist and Los Angeles Times Television Critic Mary McNamara offers tips on how to write the book you’ve had in your head while not losing your mind or forgetting your family’s needs.” From the September 26th issue of the Los Angeles Times.

Thursday, October 7 * 7 pm * The Loft Literary Center Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue S Minneapolis, MN Free and open to the public Each year, Kate Hopper coordinates a Mother Words Reading to showcase excellent literary nonfiction by women writing about motherhood. This year she will be joined by Bonnie J. Rough, author […]