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Raising Mothers [1]

Basic Information
Website: 
https://raisingmothers.com [2]
Submission Guidelines: 
https://raisingmothers.com/submissions [3]
Contact Information
Sherisa
de Groot
Editor in Chief
Contact E-mail: 
hello@raisingmothers.com [4]
Details
Formats: 
Online
Digital
Audio
Payment: 
No payment
Genres Published: 
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Charges Reading Fee: 
No
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions: 
Yes
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: 
Yes
Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Response Time: 
3 to 6 months

Calls (sub window):

  • Radical Joy (closes July 31).
  • Books on Books; Connections; The Fiction That Changed Me (closes July 31).

Calls (always open):

  • Write Here, Write Now.
  • Writers on Writers.
  • General Fiction and Essay.
  • Comics.
  • Book Excerpts.

The editors only accept work by and about writers from the global majority and offer select honoraria. They also accept column pitches (comics, interview, essay).

Raising Mothers publishes original work that explores life and in turn how that affects us as parents and people. Work is accepted year-round. Please read our submissions guide carefully to be considered.

Representative Authors: 
Denene Milner, Kristen Gentry, Deesha Philyaw, Jane Wong, Cinelle Barnes, Dara Mathis, Dani McClain, Donja Thomas, Sydney Valerio, Melania Luisa Marte, Cleyvis Natera, Nefertitit Austin, Chin-Sun Lee, Melissa Coss Aquino, Neda Toloui-Semanani, Malaka Gharib, LaToya Jordan, Adiba Nelson, Claire Jimenez, Maritza Ruiz-Kim, Daisy Muñoz, Carla Cherry, Anna Malaika Tubbs, Keisha-Gaye Anderson, Lori Tharps, Aliya King Neil, Susan Ito, Kelly Jo Ford, Rebecca Carroll, Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts
Year Founded: 
2015
Percentage of Unsolicited Submissions Published: 
11% to 25%
Subgenres: 
Autobiography/Memoir [5]
BIPOC Voices [6]
Creative Nonfiction [7]
Cross-genre [8]
Experimental [9]
Fiction [10]
Flash Fiction [11]
Graphic/Illustrated [12]
Humor [13]
LGBTQ Voices [14]
Literary Fiction [15]
Narrative Nonfiction [16]
Serialized Fiction [17]
Short Fiction [18]
Speculative Fiction [19]

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/literary_magazines/raising_mothers

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/literary_magazines/raising_mothers [2] https://raisingmothers.com [3] https://raisingmothers.com/submissions [4] mailto:hello@raisingmothers.com [5] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/autobiographymemoir [6] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/bipoc-voices [7] https://www.pw.org/category/subgenres/17192 [8] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/crossgenre [9] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/experimental [10] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/fiction [11] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/flash_fiction [12] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/graphic-illustrated [13] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/humor [14] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/glbt [15] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/literary_fiction [16] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/narrative_nonfiction [17] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/serialized_fiction [18] https://www.pw.org/category/subgenres/short-fiction [19] https://www.pw.org/category/subgenres/speculative-fiction