MER - Mom Egg Review
Literary Magazine
A literary journal on motherhood.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 3-6 months*Editor reported data
- Acceptance rate: 7% *Editor reported data
PaysNo
Fee$3
Find more details in the Genres section
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
From the editors
Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
From the editors
A complimentary PDF contributor copy of the complete issue will be emailed to contributors prior to the launch date.
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: Literary, Experimental, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Historical, Magical Realism, Speculative
Submission fee: $ 3
Nonfiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Submission fee: $ 3
Poetry
Max pieces: 4
Submission fee: $ 3
Hybrid
Max words: 1000
Submission fee: $ 3
Art
Max pieces: 4
Submission fee: $ 3
Photography
Submission fee: $ 3
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
Please include the title(s) of each individual work in the submission and a brief (50-75 word) third person bio.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
docx. preferred; pdf okay for specific formatting Poetry Please submit poems in a single word or text document. Please number your pages and start each poem on a separate page. Formatting request: Please left justify your poem without indenting and single space (unless indenting or extra spacing is an integral part of the poem). Fiction, Creative Prose, Hybrid Please double space, number your pages, and put title of the submission on top of each page.
Author's rights
You represent that you are the author of the piece, that you own the rights to the piece, and allow us to publish it. MER acquires first-time publication rights to the piece. We also reserve the right to republish it in a future electronic and/or print collections. Back issues are archived indefinitely. Rights return to the authors after publication; after the contributions have appeared in MER, the authors may republish their pieces in any manner they wish but it is requested they acknowledge prior publication in MER.
Additional info
Your submission should reflect this year’s theme and and our general focus on motherhood.
Tracker statistics
21
Total submissions tracked
73 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
12 days
Fastest response time
118 days
Slowest response time
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Submission calls
General
Deadline: Jul 15, 2024
About
a literary journal about motherhood. MER promotes and celebrates the creative force of mother writers and artists through publications, performances, workshops, and online, at www.momeggreview.com. MER is about being a mother, in its many varieties. It is also about being a daughter, worker, partne...
Read moreFounded
2002
Country
US
Masthead
Marjorie Tesser
Editor-in-Chief
Jennifer Martelli
Poetry Co-Editor
Cindy Veach
Poetry Co-Editor