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MER - Mom Egg Review

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MER - Mom Egg Review latest issue

A literary journal on motherhood.

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:
    7%*
    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

  • 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

16.67%

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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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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    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 Laura Dennis avatar

    Laura Dennis

    Book Reviews Co-Editor

    Editor Melissa Joplin Higley avatar

    Melissa Joplin Higley

    Book Reviews Co-Editor