Sustainable Arts Foundation awards

Hey parent-artists! Have you applied for the Sustainable Arts Foundation award yet? The deadline is tomorrow, Sept 2, at 5 pm Pacific time. The organization offers one award of $6,000 and five awards of $2,000 each fall and spring to writers and visual artists who are parents. How cool is that? Go to their website…Continue reading Sustainable Arts Foundation awards

Submission considerations

It took dealing with lots of submissions as an editor for me to wake up. When I’m reading subs for Literary Mama, I have to consider many factors: Does the poem move me, is it well-crafted, does it fit the journal’s mission and style? And of course, where can I fit it, and do we…Continue reading Submission considerations

Got poems? Submit!

Literary Mama’s Poetry department is once again accepting submissions! After a February in which we caught up, we are now ready to read poems from March 1 to June 1. Our submission guidelines give an idea of what we’re looking for. In a nutshell: We publish poetry that has some element of the unexpected–whether it’s the…Continue reading Got poems? Submit!