Congratulations and best wishes to Emma Bolden (“Assumption”) and Kathy Fish (“Muriel’s Cyclone”)! Their pieces from “Riding the Dangerous Wave,” an MER VOX folio curated by Tara L. Masih, have been selected as finalists in fiction for “Best of the…
It’s very difficult to select pieces to be nominated for awards–we love all the work we publish! Here are our recent award nominations. Congratulations and good luck to all the nominees!
We Stand With the People The Offing Dear readers, We have been and will always be committed to the work of Black, Indigenous, POC, Women, GNC, LGBTQ+, Disabled, and all marginalized peoples. It is with a heavy heart that we…
SUBMISSIONS OPENING 5/1 FOR MOM EGG REVIEW 19 We welcome work about any aspects, phases, or experiences of motherhood or mothering, from pre-inception to later life. We accept submissions only via SUBMITTABLE. Read the full guidelines here. Early Bird Submissions May…
MER Editor Marjorie Tesser is excited to announce that the volume she co-edited for Demeter Press with Charlotte Beyer, Dorsía Smith Silva, and Janet MacLennan will be published this March. “Don’t women with children travel?” Marybeth Bond and Pamela Michael…
Margie Shaheed I met Margie Shaheed when I was teaching English literature at Rutgers-Newark in the early 1990s. Margie was returning to college as an adult student; in fact, we were close in age. She rocked my class with…
Trish Hopkinson’s literary blog is currently featuring our Call for Submissions for MER 17. She also interviewed MER Editor in Chief Marjorie Tesser about the publication, our focus, and what we’re looking for in submissions. Read it here: https://trishhopkinson.com/2018/04/23/no-fee-submission-call-interview-mom-egg-review-deadline-april-30-2018/
Jennifer Martelli and Cindy Veach will be guest editors for poetry for our upcoming issue. Jenn and Cindy are accomplished poets and are passionate about MER’s mission to publish the finest literature of motherhood. They will continue to co-edit poetry…
MER editors Jennifer Jean, Jennifer Martelli, and Marjorie Tesser will lead a poetry workshop at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival, to take place in Salem, MA the weekend of May 4th through 6th. Festival headliners include Sonia Sanchez, Kaveh Akbar, Duy Doan,…
The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses series accepts nominations for inclusion of works published in literary magazines and books during the previous year. Here are this year’s Mom Egg Review Pushcart Prize Nominees Fiction Lore Segal, “Divorce” Mariahadessa Ekere…