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Literary Mama believes that all mothers have a story worth sharing and honors the many faces of motherhood by publishing work that celebrates the journey as well as the job

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  • Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
  • Response time:
    3 months*
    Editor reported data
  • Acceptance rate:
    ?

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  • Accepts simultaneous submissions

    What's that?

    When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time

  • Accepts previously published

    What's that?

    When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary

  • Nominates for prizes

  • Active on social media

  • Available in print

  • Provides contributor copies

  • Has examples online

  • Offers expedited response

    What's that?

    Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee

Poetry

Max pieces: 2

Review

Max words: 800

Max words: 1500

Fiction - 5000 words max

Max words: 5000

Fiction - 1000 words max

Max words: 1000

including flash fiction

Nonfiction - 3000 words max

Max words: 500

Max words: 3000

essays of all kinds (lyrical, personal, memoir, braided, flash) that focus on motherhood

Interview

Max words: 750

Max words: 2500

How to submit

  • Processs

    Email

  • Cover letter

    No cover letter advice

  • Eligibility

    Women and other marginalized gendersAll marginalized creatorsLGBTQ+ creators

  • Formatting

    We don't have formatting requirements for this magazine

  • Author's rights

    We don't have rights information for this magazine

  • Additional info

    seeks: subs by anyone who identifies as a mother, including those hoping to conceive and those who have lost a child (also occasionally publish work by fathers) We are especially looking to hear from traditionally underrepresented writers such as those who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and from other diverse backgrounds.

Tracker statistics

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Total submissions tracked

38 days

Average response time

4%

Average acceptance rate

5 days

Fastest response time

27 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 65 days, 69 days

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The Submissions Grinder Statistics

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12-month average acceptance rate

41 days

12-month average response time

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About

Founded

2002

Country

US

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    Editor Amanda Fields avatar

    Amanda Fields

    Editor-in-Chief

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    Cindy DiTiberio

    Publisher

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    Jenny Bartoy

    Managing Editor

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    Andrea Lani

    Senior Editor and Literary Reflections Editor

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    Libby Maxey

    Senior Editor

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    Rudri Bhatt Patel

    Senior Editor