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…
Sundress Publications has featured a panel put together by Mom Egg Review, “Baby Steps: How to Nurture a Great Writing Career After Having a Child,” as part of its AWP Roundtable Series. M.M. DeVoe of Pen Parentis, J.P. Howard…
Monica A. Hand departed this week. She was a brilliant poet, artist, and scholar, a loving mother and grandmother, and a long-time valued member of the Mom Egg Review community. She will be deeply missed. Here is a poem from…
Mom Egg Review is pleased to announce this year’s Pushcart Prize nominations: Poetry: Nadia Colburn, “The Physical World” Ann Fisher-Wirth, “In That Kitchen (She Speaks to Herself)” Owen Lewis, “Urgency” Essay: J.P. Howard, “Black Lives Matter: A Mama’s Perspective” All…
J.P. Howard, the poet and founder and curator of the Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon, has joined the masthead of MER Online. J.P. will be an Editor-at-Large, and will curate and edit craft posts, interviews, and other online featured…
Announcing new Mom Egg Review Online Editors Mom Egg Review is proud to welcome editors for several popular online features. Jennifer Martelli and Cindy Veach will edit our VOX MOM column, which publishes poetry, fiction, creative prose, craft discussions,…
About Mom Egg Review MER editor Marjorie Tesser interviewed by Columbia University student Katherine Mullan. MOM EGG REVIEW is an annual collection of poetry, fiction, creative prose, and art that publishes work by and about mothers and motherhood. Celebrated writers…