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    MER - Mom Egg Review

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    MER - Mom Egg Review latest issue

    MER publishes literary work on mothers, mothering, and motherhood, in an annual print and quarterly online issues of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art.

    Highlights

    • Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
    • Response time:
      180 days after submission*
      Editor reported data
       / 
      72 days*
      Chill Subs tracker stats
    • Acceptance rate:
      5%*
      Editor reported data
       / 
      16.67%*
      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

    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

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    Total submissions tracked

    72 days

    Average response time

    16.67%

    Average acceptance rate

    12 days

    Fastest response time

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    MER – Mom Egg Review publishes literary work on mothers, mothering, and motherhood, in an annual print and quarterly online issues of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art. We also present craft notes, interviews, features, and book reviews online at http://merliterary.com. We publish established and...

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    Founded

    2002

    Country

    US

    Masthead

      Editor Marjorie Tesser avatar

      Marjorie Tesser

      Editor-in-Chief

      Editor Jennifer Martelli avatar

      Jennifer Martelli

      Poetry Co-Editor

      Editor Cindy Veach avatar

      Cindy Veach

      Poetry Co-Editor

      Editor J.L. Scott avatar

      J.L. Scott

      Prose Co-Editor

      Editor J.P. Howard avatar

      J.P. Howard

      Editor-at-Large

      Editor Ana C.H. Silva avatar

      Ana C.H. Silva

      Editor-at-Large

      Editor Melissa Joplin Higley avatar

      Melissa Joplin Higley

      Book Reviews Co-Editor

      Editor Laura Dennis avatar

      Laura Dennis

      Book Reviews Co-Editor