MER – Mom Egg Review will be open from April 23, 2025 to July 15, 2025 for literary submissions to our annual print issue. This will be a themed issue, “Mother and Family.”
Often mothers are the nuclei of families—of the legacies, obligations, and stories that orbit around us. Family of heritage, family of birth, family of choice, our greater human family: our families can be sources of support, of exhaustion, of love, of pain. Our families can pass down to us lore or trauma. For MER 24, we are exploring poems that address our role as mother in these unwieldy units, how we embroider with and untangle these familial threads that can heal or hinder. Send us your poems, your family recipes, your generational myths, your memories that you’ve borne, your visions for the future.
We publish poetry (up to 3 poems, no more than 5 pages), and fiction, creative prose/nonfiction, and hybrid works (up to 1000 words) on mothering or motherhood. We also seek mother-themed art. You need not be a mother to submit.
We accept submissions through Submittable.
Early Bird (free) submissions 4/23-5/1, or until we reach our Submittable limit.
Regular Submissions ($3 fee or free with subscription purchase) 4/24-7/15.
We will respond by November 2025. The issue will be published in April 2026.
