Writing

Today, a guest post–and the chance to win a book–from Kate Hopper, writing instructor, LM Literary Reflections Editor, and author of the newly-released Use Your Words: A Writing Guide for Mothers.

Goodreads and the Association of American Publishers Trade Division members are sponsoring the Independent Book Blogger Awards to recognize those who are write passionately about books. Four bloggers will win a trip to Book Expo America, including airfare and hotel accommodations. Blogs can be entered in one of four categories: Adult Fiction, Adult Nonfiction, Young […]

We’re pleased to feature a reader’s response to one of our For Your Journal writing prompts, Amanda King writes about the challenges of keeping a secret and the consequences of revealing it.

The Sandstar Review is an online literary magazine that seeks unpublished poetry and prose for its inaugural issue. Send up to 6 poems or 15 pages of prose; cover letter and bio appreciated. Simultaneous submissions accepted upon notification of publication elsewhere. Send all work in one document (poetry or prose; no combined submissions) to sandstar.review@gmail.com. […]

We’re pleased to feature this reader’s response to one of our For Your Journal writing prompts. Emily Yochim shares these thoughts about a mess her child made: Journal Entry: Describe a mess your child made. What was really at the bottom of the pile or glued to the chair? Did you see determination? Cooperation? Collaboration? […]

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 PAPERS International Conference on Mothering, Motherhood and Education featuring an embedded conference on Motherhood Studies: Developing and Disseminating a New Academic Discipline for a New Century October 20-23, 2011, Toronto, ON, Canada Deadline for abstracts: April 1, 2011! We welcome submissions from scholars, students, activists, workers, artists, mothers and others who work or […]

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 […]

Whenever I case a new location, look at friends’ vacation photos, or watch travelogues, I wonder about wheelchair accessibility. I wondered the same thing on Friday afternoon, watching disaster coverage on TV with my eleven-year-old daughter in Japan. Read more of Suzanne Kamata’s story here: Beacon Broadside.