Literary Mama

Enjoy these book recommendations from Literary Mama editors.

✨Literary Mama has nominated these lovely writers for Best of the Net!✨ FICTION “To Wish and Wish and Wish Properly” by Katie Venit “Test Results” by Amy Lyons POETRY “Dragonfly Daughter” by Trish Hopkinson “Someone Else’s Ovaries” by Jennifer Ronsman “The Fall” by Morrow Dowdle “How to Explain Death to Your Daughter” by Kate Kearns […]

Welcome to our new Literary Mama blog series: Craft Talks. In this bi-monthly post, we’ll have a mini-interview with our own editors about craft, what they look for in submissions, and all things writing. Today, I talked with Kate Haas, Creative Nonfiction Editor. She told me about Stephen Dunn, happiness, and the importance of reflective […]

The Literary Reflections department at Literary Mama seeks writing by Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and other Women of Color.

We’re looking for a Poetry Editor to join our team!

Today, I talked to Felicity Landa, Fiction Editor. She told me about Elizabeth Acevedo, the importance of the first sentence, and stories that feel cared for.

Literary Mama is open for submissions year-round. Send us your best work! Below is a quick guide to our editorial slant. Happy submitting! More submission guidelines can be found here. Fiction The Fiction department at Literary Mama seeks fiction under 5,000 words about all aspects of motherhood. We look for pieces with strong narrative structure, great characters, interesting […]

Welcome to our new Literary Mama blog series: Craft Talks. In this bi-monthly post, we’ll have a mini-interview with our own editors about craft, what they look for in submissions, and all things writing. Today, I talked to Allison Blevins, Poetry Editor. She told me about James Galvin, the beauty of metaphors, and the importance […]

Congratulations to these Literary Mama staff members!

We’re looking for a few mamas to join our team!

More than a year ago, when I helped clean out my parents’ home, I discovered a letter my mother had kept for 27 years. It was dated December, 1991, the same year I began my university studies, and signed by the instructor of a writing course my mother had taken at the local community college. […]