No-fee Visual Art submissions on the theme of Mothers and Families open 10/20/25 - 12/1/25.
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MER - Mom Egg Review publishes literary and art work on mothers, mothering, and motherhood.
MER 24 will be a themed issue. The theme is:
MER 24: Mother & Family
Often, as mothers, we are the nuclei of families—of the legacies, obligations, and stories that orbit around us. Family of heritage, family of birth, family of choice, our greater human family: our families can be sources of support, of exhaustion, of love, of pain. Our families can pass down to us lore or trauma. For MER 24, we are exploring poems, fiction, and creative prose works that address our role as mother in these unwieldy units, how we embroider with and untangle these familial threads that can heal or hinder. Send us your poems, your family recipes, your generational myths, your memories that you’ve borne, your visions for the future.
The issue will be published in April 2025. Work submitted may also be accepted for online folios.
Visual Art: Please submit up to four works of art (drawings, paintings, photos, etc.) that relate to mothers or motherhood and families, in a .jpg file at 300 dpi. (MER cover is color; interior art is black and white. If your art is selected, we will request a larger file.
Contact: MERsubmissions@gmail.com (Please be sure to add this address to your email program so that you can receive correspondence from us). We will add all submitters to our mailing list (we send a bimonthly newsletter) but you may unsubscribe if you wish.
Terms of publication
You represent that you created the piece, you own the rights to the piece, and allow us to publish it. Please do not submit work created with the assistance of AI. 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.
We are a volunteer organization, and are unable to pay for pieces at this time. A complimentary PDF contributor copy of the complete issue will be emailed to contributors prior to the launch date. You will also have the opportunity to purchase hard copies at reduced contributor rates if you wish.
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Visual Art
Please submit up to five works of art (drawings, paintings, photos, etc.) that relate to the theme of motherhood and family in a .jpg file at 300 dpi. (Mom Egg Review's cover is color; interior art is black and white). Please list the titles of your submissions in your cover letter. If your art is selected, we will request a larger file.