Writing Prompt

For each issue of Literary Mama, Literary Reflections shares a writing prompt, inviting our readers to respond. Our editors provide feedback on the responses we receive, and we post our favorites on the blog. This month’s writing prompt is inspired by Jacey Rogel’s Let Grace Lead and Shonac Young’s The Good-enough Mother. ~~~~~ “The kids are […]

Last month, we invited readers to share their responses to a writing prompt inspired by Nadia Colburn’s essay, Writing and Not Writing Motherhood and the Self. We asked, “Is your writing centered on your experience as a mother and the lives of your children? Or does it explore other topics related to your life and identity? […]

Last month, we invited readers to share their responses to a writing prompt inspired by Nadia Colburn’s essay, Writing and Not Writing Motherhood and the Self. We asked, “Is your writing centered on your experience as a mother and the lives of your children? Or does it explore other topics related to your life and identity? […]

This month’s writing prompt is inspired by Deborah Serra’s Bouncing Off Rock Bottom.

For each issue of Literary Mama, Literary Reflections shares a writing prompt, inviting our readers to respond. Our editors provide feedback on the responses we receive, and we post our favorites on the blog. This month’s writing prompt is inspired by Christie O. Tate’s essay, Tornado Drill Position, and Odeta Xheka’s essay, At the Kitchen […]

Last month, we invited readers to respond to a writing prompt inspired by Susannah Q. Pratt’s essay, “Get in the Car!” Ashlee Laielli’s essay explores how parenting has shown her what it is to be a seeker.

For each issue of Literary Mama, Literary Reflections shares a writing prompt, inviting our readers to respond. Our editors provide feedback on the responses we receive, and we post our favorites on the blog.

For each issue of Literary Mama, Literary Reflections shares a writing prompt, inviting our readers to respond. Our editors provide feedback on the responses we receive, and we post our favorites on the blog. This month’s writing prompt is inspired by Sara Burnett’s essay On Repetition and Revision in Motherhood and #MeToo and Deesha Philyaw’s […]

Last month, we invited readers to share their responses to a writing prompt inspired by Kandace Chappel’s essay The Single Sentence. We asked readers to tell us about a time they wrote something that caused them to make changes in their life.

For each issue of Literary Mama, Literary Reflections shares a writing prompt, inviting our readers to respond. Our editors provide feedback on the responses we receive, and we post our favorites on the blog.

Last month, we invited readers to share their responses to a writing prompt inspired by Beth Winegarner’s essay Birth Meridian. We asked readers to tell us about a book that prepared them in unexpected ways for birth or parenting.