Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 180 days after submission*/Editor reported data72 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 7%*/Editor reported data16.67%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Publication
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
Best Microfiction, Best Of The Net, Best Small Fiction, Pushcart
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
Runs themed calls
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). Submit up to 3 poems. Fiction, Creative Prose, Hybrid Please double space, number your pages, and put title of the submission on top of each page. 1000 words maximum
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
We publish mothers and others, as long as the submitted work has a focus on mothers, mothering, or motherhood. We are eager to read your strongest work!
Tracker statistics
37
Total submissions tracked
72 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
12 days
Fastest response time
139 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 145 days
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