Writing

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 Leeny Sullivan’s essay, A Box Labeled “Tinsel and Lights.” We asked readers to tell us how writing helps them understand or preserve their identity.

Last month, we invited readers to share their responses to a writing prompt inspired by Josie Glausiusz’s essay, Ned the Noodle-Eating Knight and Other Tales. We asked readers to tell us about a favorite story that helps teach their children about the kind of people they hope they’ll be. Below is Catherine Gentry’s response.

In this week’s After Page One, Lorena Parker Matejowsky discusses the urgency of putting the words on the page.

In this week’s guest post, Candace Alnaji explains how writing can serve as a source of consolation.

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.

You’ve written it, but now it needs a home. How does a submission make the cut? In this series, the editors at Literary Mama offer their thoughts on the process. This month, Reviews editors Camille-Yvette Welsch and Jamie Sumner share with readers some insights into the pieces they love and the submissions they seek.

Last month, we invited readers to share their responses to a writing prompt inspired by Julie Lehman’s essay, Ten Books. We asked readers to tell us about a favorite book that serves as a ritual for their family and what that ritual means to them.

In this week’s guest post, Rebecca Faye Smith Galli discovers how writing can heal.

Do you and your children have a favorite book that serves as a kind of ritual? This month’s writing prompt is inspired by Julie Lehman’s essay, Ten Books.

You’ve written it, but now it needs a home. How does a submission make the cut? In this series, the editors at Literary Mama offer their thoughts on the process.