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The winners of our drawing for a copy of Adoption Nation by Adam Pertman are: Jennifer Arzola and Melanie L Winners should email their addresses to lmblogcontact(at)literarymama(dot)com.

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. […]

We’re pleased to feature this reader’s response to one of our For Your Journal writing prompts. Emily Yochim shares these thoughts about a mess her child made: Journal Entry: Describe a mess your child made. What was really at the bottom of the pile or glued to the chair? Did you see determination? Cooperation? Collaboration? […]

Congrats to these LM staffers! Suzanne Kamata, Fiction Editor : “My short story collection, The Beautiful One Has Come is now available for pre-order.” Christina Marie Speed, Literary Reflections Editor: “A brief piece about our family’s transition from a military life to a civilian one is featured in my column at Moondance.org this month. While […]

2011 Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship for New Parents POSTMARK DEADLINE is WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20th 2011 Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship for New Parents In addition to a full year of promotion, a $1000 prize will be presented to the Pen Parentis Writing Fellow at a public reading of the winning work in Manhattan on Tuesday, September […]

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. […]

Literary Mama is giving away one copy of Adoption Nation by Adam Pertman. Leave a comment and your email address at the end of this post, and you’ll be entered in our random drawing. Or, if you prefer, send your comment via email to lmblogcontact (at) literarymama (dot) com. Entry deadline: April 21. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Adoption […]

Join LM editor-in-chief Caroline M. Grant, Samantha Parent Walravens, and Stacey Delo for a Moms’ Night Out this Mother’s Day week (why should it only last one day?). What? A lively conversation about the struggle and juggle of motherhood today. Free and open to the public. Where? Books Inc., 2251 Chestnut Street, San Francisco When? […]

The winners of our February giveaway are Ashley Hedrick and Manas. They each receive a copy of Something to Prove: A Daughter’s Journey to Fulfill a Father’s Legacy. Winners, please email us at LMreviews (at) literarymama (dot) com with your address and we will send your books. Thanks for reading!

So … How’s your journaling? Would you like to share an entry with LM readers? Until April 10th, we’ll accept responses to the For Your Journal writing prompts posted in January, February, and March. We’ll offer our feedback on each response privately before the end of the month and post our favorites to the LM […]

CALL FOR PAPERS Demeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited collection on Queering Maternity and Motherhood: Narrative and Theoretical Perspectives on Queer Conception, Birth and Parenting Editor: Joani Mortenson Publication Date: 2012 Deadline for abstracts: March 31, 2011 This anthology will explore the continuum of queer mothering, through conception to birth to parenting. Understanding […]