Personal Narratives

2011 Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship for New Parents POSTMARK DEADLINE is WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20th 2011 Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship for New Parents In addition to a full year of promotion, a $1000 prize will be presented to the Pen Parentis Writing Fellow at a public reading of the winning work in Manhattan on Tuesday, September […]

CALL FOR PAPERS Demeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited collection on Queering Maternity and Motherhood: Narrative and Theoretical Perspectives on Queer Conception, Birth and Parenting Editor: Joani Mortenson Publication Date: 2012 Deadline for abstracts: March 31, 2011 This anthology will explore the continuum of queer mothering, through conception to birth to parenting. Understanding […]

Call for essays: Breadwinning Broads: stories from women who bring home most (or even all) of the bacon The topic of wives out-earning their husbands has received a lot of attention recently. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a third of all wives earn more than their husbands (2003). The Breadwinning Broads project wants […]

Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of Muslim Women Announcing a call for non-fiction/memoir/personal stories by American Muslim women on the search for love. These stories will be published in a book, Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women, by Soft Skull Press in February 2012. WHY A BOOK ABOUT THE SEARCH […]

CALL FOR PAPERS Demeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited collection on Incarcerated Mothers: Oppression and Resistance Co-Editors: Gordana Eljdupovic and Rebecca Jaremko Bromwich Publication Date: 2012 Deadline for abstracts: May 31, 2011! A large proportion – and in many jurisdictions the majority – of incarcerated women are mothers. Popular attention is often paid […]

Do you—or does someone you know—have an interesting story about changing careers? The Working Chronicles will publish the top stories in our online magazine and publicize them on Facebook and Twitter. Your story may also be included in a future book. Details: Submit stories on the topic of career transitions of 1,000 words or less […]

An artful personal essay showcases your wit, wisdom, and window on the world. This information-packed one-day workshop takes your essays from ideas to potential publication. The instructor draws on more than 20 years of magazine-essay-writing experience to share tips on style, structure, voice, the use of anecdote, and how to target what different publications want. […]

Pluff mud is the rich, fertile, mucky soil that lines the harbors, marshes, and tidal creeks around Charleston, SC. Like the primordial ooze, it gives life. Pluff Mud Mag also gives life – to local writers. Pluff Mud Mag brings you new voices, and new visions. To submit your work, check out our Submissions page. […]

Workshop with Columnist Cassie Premo Steele https://literarymama.com/columns/birthingthemotherwriter/ This winter, Cassie Premo Steele’s seasonal Women Writing Naturally Workshop will take place on the feast of Brigid, an Irish saint and the Celtic goddess of poetry, healing, and craft. This workshop, open to all women, will allow time for journaling, meditation, outdoor reflection, and deepening one’s relationship […]

CALL FOR PAPERS Demeter Press seeks submissions for an edited collection on MUSLIM MOTHERING: Local and Global Histories, Theories, and Practices Editor: Dana Olwan Publication Date: 2012 DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS: MAY 1, 2011! The concept of Muslim mothering elicits a wide range of assumptions about the roles Islam plays in shaping experiences of mothering and […]

Demeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited collection on Mothering and Literacies Editor: Amanda Richey Publication Date: 2012/2013 Deadline for abstracts: April 15, 2011 This collection will explore the connections between mothering/motherhood and literacy as it is broadly defined. Literacy, in this case, encompasses reading/writing literacy as well as multimodal, “new”/digital, and contested multiliteracies […]