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Found this on Erika Dreifus' The Practicing Writer: Catalyst Book Press seeks literary essays telling personal stories for two anthologies, one focusing on birth parents, and the other on the subject of miscarriage. The submission deadline for both books is...

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Inspiring Mother* Voices featuring Shari MacDonald Strong editor of The Maternal is Political: Women Writers at the intersection of Motherhood and Social Change; Jen Parsons, Mothers Acting Up and Run for Congo organizer; and Amie Nelson, currently writing Inspiring Mothers....

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Come join us for a writing vacation! Amy Hudock will teach a course in Memoir Writing at the Citadel in Charleston, SC, this summer, June 15-26, weekdays, 8:30-1:45. You'll love the writing marathons in historic downtown Charleston, days at the...

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A Works-In-Progress Play Reading Series Deadline: January 5, 2009 To be produced by RCA Theatre, She Said Yes!, and White Rooster Productions in celebration of International Women’s Week, March 6 – 8, 2009 Theatre companies RCA Theatre, She Said Yes!,...

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The producers of What's Your Point, Honey? (see Mama at the Movies column on the film) will offer a 20% discount on purchase of the DVD for Literary Mama readers. The film makes a great gift for parents, teachers, your...

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Announcing the newest issue of Miranda, a zine about motherhood and other adventures by Creative Nonfiction editor Kate Haas. In issue #18: Kubla Khan in Morocco – How the crushing heat of a North African summer inspired me to memorize...

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The editors of Dads in Academia: Male Voices In and Out of the Ivory Tower invite contributions for an interdisciplinary collection of creative nonfiction essays on the rewards and challenges of being both a father and an academic. Much recent...

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Dear Reader, Four weeks left to enter! The Crazyhorse Fiction Prize The Lynda Hull Memorial Poetry Prize $2000 each and publication in Crazyhorse. Postmark Deadline to Enter: December 15, 2008 Upload your entry online or mail. Each year Crazyhorse offers...

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Fiction editor Kristina Riggle's first novel, Real Life and Liars, is now available for pre-order. Also, two former LM columnists are publishing memoirs based on their columns. Sybil Lockhart's Mother in the Middle: A Biologist's Story of Caring for Parent...

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Part of the problem is that I treat writing like a privilege not an obligation. It comes after everything, after all my other responsibilities. Maegan “la Mala” Ortiz My Writing Life Woman’s Work: The Short Stories is a celebration...

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....and we need a fresh look! We're soliciting designs for a new logo that includes our name and tagline -- Literary Mama: Reading for the Maternally Inclined -- plus, optionally, an image that captures the spirit of the site. The...

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The Mama Mary Show is seeking submissions about stories of loss, grief, redemption and joy from Daughters who have lost their Dads: I am looking for submissions from any and all women who have lost their dads, any age and...

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Mama, PhD Reading at University Press Books 2430 Bancroft Way, Berkeley Thursday, November 13th, 6 PM "All those sleepless nights and dirty diapers and baby food in your hair — where’s the discursive construction of motherhood when you need it?"...

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January 12th- February 23th, 2009 (may also be arranged as an independent study, beginning at any time before or after the group dates) For past students of Violeta's CNF 1 class, or for intermediate creative nonfiction writers, Creative Nonfiction...

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Follow Literary Mama on Twitter and get periodic updates on your favorite mama-writers! We're on Facebook, too; become a fan! We'll be using both sites to update you on our contributors' readings and publications, plus new writing and old favorites....

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January 5th- February 23th, 2009 Violeta Garcia-Mendoza will be offering a 7-week online workshop for beginning to intermediate creative nonfiction writers. If you want to explore creative nonfiction writing, develop your voice, and go deeper into your craft, this...

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Read an interview with Senior Editor and Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance columnist, Shari MacDonald Strong in, Mom Writer's LITERARY MAGAZINE. Shari talks about spending her days juggling her work as a writer and editor and “being a...

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Literary Reflections is pleased to present our featured writing prompt response from October. We asked, "Have you ever re-read books as an adult that had been your own childhood favorites? What was the experience like the second time around compared...

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After all that frustration of dealing with the bank-- I can completely understand why that felt so good!

I hope you're documenting all of this and writing a letter to the bank.

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Suzanne Kamata's first picture book, Playing for Papa was published bilingually in Spain by Topka Books and is now available for purchase via PayPal. Have a look here: http://www.topka.es/topkabooks/bo_playingpapa.php...

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The 2009 MAU calendar, The Moment, is dedicated to moments of personal change that shift the direction and purpose of our lives. Often these extraordinary moments are heralded by very ordinary tasks. They arrive – when we're cradling babies,...

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An Edited Collection by Demeter Press The Palin Factor: Political Mothers and Public Motherhood in the 21st Century Editors: Andrea O’Reilly and Deirdre M. Condit The nomination of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as the Republican party Vice Presidential nominee...

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This anthology, to be published in 2009, will explore, through personal essays and first-person accounts, the phenomenon of lesbian moms (single and coupled) who choose male friends or acquaintances, rather than an anonymous sperm donor, to father their children....

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From the Associate Press, my favorite line of the morning: "What an inspiration. He is the first truly global U.S. president the world has ever had," said Pracha Kanjananont, a 29-year-old Thai sitting at a Starbuck's in Bangkok. "He had...

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President-Elect Barack Obama. *whew* Just wanted to see what that looked like. To be in this city, in this moment, sitting next to my son...is a blessing beyond words....

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Words Without Borders, is looking for a volunteer blogger. This would be a good opportunity for any writer with a strong interest in international literature. The site receives solid traffic and I expect it to grow dramatically in the coming...

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LM contributor Sheilah Zimpel has an essay called, "Creating a Good Life" in the recent issue of skirt! magazine... Our history proved that we liked to move, and we both had a bad case of wanderlust. Or, it could be...

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You know, this is been kind of hard one for me because, in the past, I have voted for BOTH McCain and Obama (different elections, of course). Although there's a lot of people who feel passionately one way or another,...

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Dear ARM Members and Friends, Andrea O'Reilly will be in Little Rock, AK for a conference Nov 4-8 and Montreal, QC for a Fellowship Nov 11- Dec 10. While there, she should like to do some interviews for her being...

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MOTHERHOOD & PHILOSOPHY: WHAT PHILOSOPHY HAS TO SAY ABOUT MOTHERS AND WHAT MOTHERS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT PHILOSOPHY Sheila Lintott (ed.) Department of Philosophy Bucknell University Abstracts with titles are solicited for a new volume in the Wiley-Blackwell series...