PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MOMOIR STUDENTS
By cori • Jul 12th, 2009 • Category: What's New?Sweetspot.ca is Canada’s first online trend-spotting lifestyle guide of its kind. Daily emails are sent out to subscribers across the country and they have a newsletter dedicated to motherhood.
Momoir Students are invited to submit a 300-word blog entry for their regular Guest Blogger column which launches this year and will regularly feature Momoir students. Please email nadine@sweetspot.ca with your submissions, along with a headshot and 30-word bio. Please make sure these are tightly-written, edited and polished pieces or future submissions will not be considered.
You can check out published stories here.
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The Motherhood Muse literary magazine is published online four times a year with theme issues, all focusing on women, nature, and children. We are seeking creative non-fiction essays, fiction short stories, poetry, articles and artwork. Please see our website (www.themotherhoodmuse.com) for writing guidelines. We also host two writing contests each year (May and November) for essays and short stories with monetary awards and publication.
Please email editor@themotherhoodmuse.com with your submissions.
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Hybrid Mom is a new online magazine for moms based in the US. Editor Beth Smith is interested in reading submissions from Momoir students. Please make sure you check out the site and read it closely before submitting, as the site is constantly evolving and you will need to tailor your submissions to their needs.
Email beth@hybridmom.com with submissions.
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For Students in Canada:
The Globe and Mail publishes short memoirs (about 800 words) in their daily Facts & Arguments section. Submissions can be sent, in full, to: facts@globeandmail.com. Here is the new link to their submission guidelines: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/submit-your-own-facts-arguments-essay/article980640/
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For Students in British Columbia:
Family Connections is a quarterly publication published by the BC Council for Families. This magazine is looking for feature essays on the topic of motherhood. This is a paid opportunity, and you can send your stories to for consideration. 600 Words. $150. They are looking for three more for 2010.
Please check out their website before submitting.
Contact: Marilee Peters at marileep@bccf.ca
cori is an award-winning journalist who has worked in newspapers, magazines, television and radio, filing stories from across the world. Her writing (much of it personal essays on motherhood) has appeared in publications including The Globe and Mail, Canadian Geographic, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Independent, Maclean’s, Chatelaine, Flare and Today’s Parent. She is the editor of the recently published anthology, Between Interruptions: Thirty Women Tell the Truth about Motherhood.
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