Literary Mama

Our regular “Mama And” prompt series is back! Thank you to all who participated in our first-ever #MamaAndWriting week in May. Our staff enjoyed writing and connecting with the writer mama community. If you missed the Wrap Party or want to replay it, you can watch the AMA portion here. Here are some of our favorite […]

We invited Mama Writers to share their words wrestling with the pain and emotion of the horrific shootings at Robb Elementary School, Uvalde, TX. We hope their art inspires and challenges you. Have you created art from the recent events? We’d love for you to share it in the comments. Tender Flesh, Delicate Bone, Remains […]

Thank you to everyone who participated in our first ever #MamaAndWriting week! It was a wonderful week full of word goals, writing prompts, write-ins, and a wrap party. We hope you felt inspired by the opportunity to connect with some other mama writers. We loved hearing from you as the week progressed. During the first […]

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 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 […]

Welcome to our newest blog series: Where Are They Now? In this series, our editors interview past Literary Mama contributors to see what they’ve accomplished since publishing in LM and talk about their writing journeys. This week, Senior Editor Christina Consolino chatted with Trish Hopkinson, who has published both poetry and a review for Literary Mama. You […]

We are excited to announce Literary Mama’s first annual #MamaAndWriting week! This virtual writing week will kick off on Mother’s Day, May 8, for a full week of prompts, goals, community, and resources. We invite mama writers to participate in any or all of #MamaAndWriting week. Meet a word count goal, attend a virtual write-in, […]

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 […]

 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 […]

In an effort to help offset the systematic inequality in the literary industry, Amanda Jaros will offer editorial feedback to people who donate to nonprofit organizations that support people traditionally underrepresented or marginalized.