Raising Mothers
Open now for fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, and other work.
Last checkedRaising Mothers is a literary publication featuring work centered on motherhood, family, parenting, and related marginalized perspectives.
Response time info: 3-6 months
Read the full guidelines at raisingmothers.substack.com↗Submission calls
Open to: General submissions are exclusively for self-identified mothers and parents, including biological, non-biological, step, foster, grand, or adoptive parents; special Katrina submissions are open to anyone writing in English anywhere in the world, specifically parents, caregivers, and people who were children during the storm.
General submissions focus on the 2026 themes Online, IRL; Our Adoption Truths; Beyond Borders; Writing Midlife; and Girlhood. Special submissions seek short stories for the Katrina 20th-anniversary theme, up to 5,000 words, due December 15. Response time is 3-6 months.
Open to: General submissions are exclusively for self-identified mothers and parents, including biological, non-biological, step, foster, grand, or adoptive parents; special Katrina submissions are open to anyone writing in English anywhere in the world, specifically parents, caregivers, and people who were children during the storm.
General submissions focus on the 2026 themes Online, IRL; Our Adoption Truths; Beyond Borders; Writing Midlife; and Girlhood. Special submissions seek flash creative nonfiction for the Katrina 20th-anniversary theme, up to 1,000 words, due December 15. Response time is 3-6 months.
Open to: General submissions are exclusively for self-identified mothers and parents, including biological, non-biological, step, foster, grand, or adoptive parents; special Katrina submissions are open to anyone writing in English anywhere in the world, specifically parents, caregivers, and people who were children during the storm.
General submissions focus on the 2026 themes Online, IRL; Our Adoption Truths; Beyond Borders; Writing Midlife; and Girlhood. Special submissions seek essays, narrative nonfiction, and interviews for the Katrina 20th-anniversary theme, up to 5,000 words, due December 15. Response time is 3-6 months.
Open to: General submissions are exclusively for self-identified mothers and parents, including biological, non-biological, step, foster, grand, or adoptive parents; special Katrina submissions are open to anyone writing in English anywhere in the world, specifically parents, caregivers, and people who were children during the storm.
Graphic narrative and comics are listed as accepted work, with no word limit for the Katrina 20th-anniversary special call due December 15. The publication also accepts book reviews. Response time is 3-6 months.
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