Amanda Jaros
Amanda Jaros is a freelance writer and editor living in Ithaca, NY. Her essay “Blood Mountain” won the 2017 Notes From the Field contest at Flyway Journal. Other work has appeared in numerous journals and magazines including Terrain.org, Newfound, Life in the Finger Lakes Magazine, Highlights for Children, and Cargo Literary. She holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from Chatham University. Amanda served as a blog editor, creative nonfiction editor, senior editor, and editor in chief at Literary Mama.
Contributions:
Thin Air and Sticks
Where Are They Now? An Interview with LM Contributor Windy Lynn Harris
May Editorial Feedback Opportunity
From the Editor: March/April 2022
From the Editor: November/December 2021
From the Editor: May/June 2021
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January Editorial Feedback Opportunity
A Conversation with Camille T. Dungy
Giving Tuesday 2020
Now Reading – October 2020
In Solidarity
From the Editor: March/April 2020
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Now Reading: January 2020
A Conversation with Andrea J. Buchanan
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From the Editor: June 2019
A Conversation with Sherisa de Groot
A Conversation with Deesha Philyaw
From the Editor: March 2019
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From the Editor: October 2018
From the Editor: August 2018
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From the Editor: April 2018
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A Conversation with Rebecca Barry
After Page One: The Journey
Literary Mama Rewind: Home
Writing Prompt: Pictures Speak
Literary Mama Rewind: Parties
Writing Prompt: Pictures Speak
Literary Mama Rewind: Lessons
Literary Mama Rewind: College
Literary Mama Rewind: Technology
Writing Prompt: Growing a Tribe
Writing Prompt: Why I Write
Writing Prompt: Stream of Consciousness
Literary Mama Rewind: Friendship
Writing Prompt: Pictures Speak
After Page One: The Journey
Literary Mama Rewind: Dance
Literary Mama Rewind: Our Editors
Writing Prompt: Pictures Speak
Writing Prompt: Books that Shaped Us
Literary Mama Rewind: Mother’s Day
Writing Prompt: What is Time?
Writing Prompt: Pictures Speak
Literary Mama Rewind: Poetry
Literary Mama Rewind: Siblings
Writing Prompt: Free Write
Writing Prompt: Pictures Speak
Literary Mama Rewind: Literacy
Writing Prompt: For Your Journal
Writing Prompt: For Your Journal
Literary Mama Rewind: Birth
Literary Mama Rewind: Mothers and Art
Writing Prompt: For Your Journal
Literary Mama Rewind: Holiday Food
Writing Prompt: For Your Journal
After Page One: The Journey
Literary Mama Rewind: Illnesses
Writing Prompt: For Your Journal
Literary Mama Rewind: Adoption
For Your Journal: Writing Prompt
For Your Journal: Writing Prompt
Literary Mama Rewind: Science
Literary Mama Rewind: Money
For Your Journal: Writing Prompt
Literary Mama Rewind: Summer
For Your Journal- Writing Prompt
Literary Mama Rewind: Dogs
After Page One: The Journey
Literary Mama Rewind: Earth Day
For Your Journal: Writing Prompt
For Your Journal: Writing Prompt
Literary Mama Rewind: Spring Cleaning
Celebrating Ten Years of Literary Mama: Amanda Jaros
For Your Journal: Writing Prompt
Literary Mama Rewind: Sports
Literary Birthdays: Jane Yolen
Literary Mama Rewind: Romance and Dating
Literary Birthdays: Rosemary Wells
Literary Mama Rewind: Winter
Literary Mama Rewind: Endings and Beginnings
Literary Mama Rewind: Music
Literary Birthdays: Louisa May Alcott
Literary Mama Rewind: Birthdays!
Literary Birthdays: Katherine Paterson
Literary Birthdays: Eleanor Roosevelt
Literary Mama Rewind: Stepparenting
Literary Mama Rewind: School
Literary Birthdays: Mary Shelley
Literary Mama Rewind: Escapes
Literary Mama Rewind: Mental Illness
Literary Birthdays: Jean Craighead George
For Your Journal- Writing Prompt
For Your Journal- Writing Prompt
Literary Birthdays: Harriet Beecher Stowe
For Your Journal- Writing Prompt
Literary Mama Rewind: Food and Family
Creative Writing Workshop for Kids with Dianna Hutts Aston
For Your Journal: Writing Prompt
Literary Birthdays: Margaret Wise Brown
For Your Journal: Writing Prompt
For Your Journal: Writing Prompt
Two Literary Conferences
Literary Mama Rewind: Finding One’s Voice
Literary Birthdays: Beverly Cleary
Literary Mama Rewind: Language
Highlights Foundation Workshops
Literary Mama Rewind: Grandparents
Reading News: Mem Fox’s Birthday
Literary Mama Rewind: Parenting Teens
Reading News: March Reading Events
Reading News: Erma Bombeck’s Birthday
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Giving Tuesday 2022
20 Years of Literary Mama: Introducing the New Anthology