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Call for Submissions: Barbie

Unless you’ve been living in a bubble, you’ve seen video and memes or heard chatter from friends about Greta Gerwig’s new film, Barbie. If you’ve seen it, we’d love to publish your 400-700 word essays or poems on the blog about what Barbie means to you as a mama. These are just some ideas you […]

Blog Editor |  July 31, 2023 | | Blog |  No comments

Call for submissions: Teen and young adult writers

We’re excited to launch a new project at Literary Mama that will bring youth voices (ages 13-21) to our blog.  We’re seeking submissions in the following categories: * From teen and young adult children of mama writers. How has your mother’s writing life impacted your life? Has it influenced or inspired you? Has it clarified for you that a writing […]

Blog Editor |  March 18, 2023 | | Blog |  No comments

Kudos!

Congratulations to these Literary Mama Staff members! ~~~~~ Reviews Editor Rudri Bhatt Patel taught a live workshop via Writers.com on “Moving Your Writing Forward: The Art of the Bullet Journal,” as well as an eight-week class, “Writing Our Grief: How to Channel Loss Into Creative Expression.” She published the piece, “Turmeric for Depression: Is It Worth Trying?,” for […]

Blog Editor |  June 10, 2022 | | Blog |  No comments

Kudos!

Congratulations to these Literary Mama Staff members! ~~~~~ Literary Reflection Editor Kimberly Lee’s creative nonfiction appeared in the anthologies I Am Woman: Expressions of Black Womanhood in America and Rearing in the Rearview by Quillkeepers Press. Other writing was published in Fresh Ink, Mom Egg Review, and on the blogs of Amherst Writers & Artists and the Transformative Language Arts Network. Kimberly’s review of Motherhood: Facing & Finding Yourself appeared […]

Blog Editor |  February 25, 2022 | | Blog |  No comments

Where are they Now? An Interview with LM Contributor Suzanne Farrell Smith

Literary Mama was on my radar early on. I’d been an elementary school teacher and came to realize I wanted to be a writer who teaches, rather than a teacher who writes. I attended the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop in summer 2007, where I was introduced to Literary Mama and other journals. I knew I wanted to submit at some point.

Stephanie Buesinger |  July 12, 2021 | | Blog |  No comments

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