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For each issue of Literary Mama, Literary Reflections shares a writing prompt, inviting our readers to respond. Our editors provide feedback on the responses we receive, and we post our favorites on the blog.

Through her writing, Mary Beth Hines processes sadness and happiness.

On the first Wednesday of each month, Literary Mama shares a list of current calls for submissions. Good luck sending your work out into the world!

Caroline Swicegood talks about how writing is a pathway to understanding life.

For each issue of Literary Mama, Literary Reflections shares a writing prompt, inviting our readers to respond. Our editors provide feedback on the responses we receive, and we post our favorites on the blog. This month’s writing prompt is inspired by Sara Burnett’s essay On Repetition and Revision in Motherhood and #MeToo and Deesha Philyaw’s […]

If you are looking for something a little different to read, we have a real mix of genres in this month’s Now Reading post including a novel, a poetry collection and a heart-rending memoir.

Last month, we invited readers to share their responses to a writing prompt inspired by Kandace Chappel’s essay The Single Sentence. We asked readers to tell us about a time they wrote something that caused them to make changes in their life.

Our Writerly Roundup blog series features a curated collection of articles on the craft of writing and the creative life that we don’t want you to miss.

Congratulations to these Literary Mama staff members!

On the first Wednesday of each month, Literary Mama shares a list of current calls for submissions. Good luck sending your work out into the world!

In this month’s Now Reading we have three totally different recommendations: a gritty romance, a book that inspired a blockbuster TV series, and the biography of a favorite author.