Applications will soon be accepted for A Hotel Room of One’s Own: The Erma Bombeck | Anna Lefler Humorist-in-Residence Program (Sept. 5-Oct. 5). The winners, finalists and honorable mentions will be announced in November. The grand prize winners will be honored at the April 4-6, 2024, Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop, where they will be “robed” in […]
While at AWP (read more about my experience here and senior editor Rudri Patel’s takeaways here), I met the creators of two groups all Literary Mamas should know about. Pen Parentis provides critical resources to working writers to keep them on track after starting a family. They provide Writing Fellowships for parents with children under the age of 10 (I sadly […]
Literary Mama is excited to share the Women’s National Book Association-San Francisco (WNBA-SF) Chapter’s Twentieth Anniversary Pitch-O-Rama! It will take place via Zoom on Saturday April 29, 8 am – 1 pm. At Pitch-o-Rama, up to 100 writers get to pitch to agents, book professionals and publishers. Ever since 2020, Pitch-o-Rama has been held online […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]