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Community News: Urban Education Special Issue

Literary Mama is pleased to share the following special call for submissions from M Billye Sankofa Waters and Gholdy Muhammad-Jackson. From their announcement: “ YO! CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS We are working on a special issue for Urban Education titled “The First Authors: Honoring Knowledge Productions of and with Black Mothers.” We’re inviting folx to share […]

Blog Editor |  December 12, 2022 | | Blog |  One Comments

Community News: Museum of Motherhood Yearly Conference Call for Proposals

Literary Mama is pleased to share the Call for Proposals from the Museum of Motherhood for their Yearly Conference to be held in St. Petersburg, Florida & OnlineMarch 24-26, 2023 The theme for this year’s conference is: REPRODUCTIVE LANDSCAPES- Undoing m/otherhood; who has the right to talk about motherhood, who claims that status, and how […]

Blog Editor |  November 9, 2022 | | Blog |  No comments

Community News: Literary Mamas Needed

Calling all Literary Mama contributors! Rachel Stough at Point Park University wants to know about your experiences writing for Literary Mama: “Hello! My name is Rachel Stough and I am currently recruiting for my dissertation research study exploring the experiences of Literary Mama contributors. If you’ve contributed at least one piece to Literary Mama and […]

Blog Editor |  October 26, 2022 | | Blog |  No comments

Community News – Lit Mag News Roundup To Interview Literary Mama Editors

We are so excited to announce that four Literary Mama editors will be sitting down with Becky Tuch from Lit Mag News Roundup on Monday, May 23rd at 11:30 am est for a live interview. This will be a wonderful opportunity to get to know Publisher Cindy DiTiberio, Fiction Editor Lolita Pierce, Senior Editor and […]

Blog Editor |  May 12, 2022 | | Blog |  No comments

#MamaAndWriting Week 2022: Mid-Week Roundup

We have been having so much fun with our first ever Literary Mama #MamaAndWriting Week! As we turn the corner on the week, we wanted to highlight what’s still up ahead. On Thursday, May 12, there will be another Virtual Write-In from 8-9pm EST. Give yourself the gift of an hour and come write in […]

Blog Editor |  May 11, 2022 | | Blog |  No comments

Community News – Literary Taxidermy Writing Competition

We at Literary Mama are excited to share The Literary Taxidermy Writing Competition, which runs May 1 – July 11. The Literary Taxidermy Writing Competition provides your opening and closing lines chosen from a classic work of literature. You provide the rest. This year, writers will create stories and poems inspired by the words of Agatha Christie, […]

Blog Editor |  May 9, 2022 | | Blog |  No comments

Welcome to #MamaAndWriting Week 2022!

We at Literary Mama are so excited to kickoff our first ever #MamaAndWriting Week! With daily prompts, virtual write-in parties, and even a wrap party with Literary Mama staff, this is a great way to treat yourself for Mother’s Day. What’s better than spending time each day doing something you love? Each day our social […]

Blog Editor |  May 7, 2022 | | Blog |  No comments

Community News – Mind the Bird Media’s Publicity for Authors

Mind the Bird Media, a literary publicity and consulting agency, recently shared an educational opportunity with Literary Mama that we’re happy to pass along to you. Publicity for Authors is a 3-week Zoom class that offers processes and tools for building a publicity campaign. It’s useful for authors with a forthcoming book, but also for those who simply want […]

Blog Editor |  May 4, 2022 | | Blog |  No comments

Community News – HerStry Blog

We at Literary Mama love HerStry Blog, where “telling your story is a revolutionary act.” If you haven’t read the personal essays they publish each week, we recommend you check them out, or maybe even submit your own essay under the monthly theme. From their website: “Since 2015 we have collected hundreds of stories from […]

Blog Editor |  April 27, 2022 | | Blog |  No comments

Community News – Zibby Owens’ Upcoming Memoir

 New Book Recommendation! Zibby Owens’ newest memoir, Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature, is slated for publication in July 2022, and we can’t wait to read it. She writes that the book is “a deeply personal memoir about one woman’s journey to finding her voice and rewriting her story by the creator and […]

Blog Editor |  April 20, 2022 | | Blog |  One Comments

Community News – Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop

Literary Mama is proud to support the Erma Bombeck Writer’s Workshop, which will take place October 20–22, 2022, in Dayton, Ohio. Seats are still available for this in-person workshop, and there’s a virtual option too. From their website: “The Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop has been dubbed the ‘Woodstock of Humor.’ Another writer describes it as […]

Bridget Lillethorup |  April 13, 2022 | | Blog |  No comments

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