MOTHERLORE THREADS

call for submissions

Because Motherlore Magazine is a slow, mostly analogue, project, I’ve been thinking about starting something a little more mycelial, something more connected, accessible and supportive for writers—especially unpublished ones. As I venture further into the world of submissions for my own poetry, creating more spaces to exhibit real-time creative work on mothering, nature and care is something I’ve been so grateful to be part of, and I love to see more and more opportunities spreading online and offline.

Following on from the hands-on MAKE•SHIFT project, which you can buy here, I’m excited to share something exclusively digital: Motherlore Threads. A more regular series of calls for submissions for work that explores ideas of ‘mother’ and ‘nature’, to be published digitally, here on Substack. As always, interpret the words ‘mother’ and ‘nature’ in your own way — your connection to the word ‘mother’ in particular is personal, and you do not need to be a mother to submit.

The tentative plan is for Motherlore Threads to be sent out monthly, though this may be too ambitious among all the other directions I’m being pulled in!

July’s Motherlore Thread — SOLAR MOTHER

Deadline: July 16th

Call for submissions on or around the theme of “solar mother”:

𓍯 tiny book reviews — ca. 500 words

𓍯 poetry/lists — ca. 25 lines

𓍯 prose/prose poetry (both fiction & non-fiction) — ca. 500 words

𓍯 digital content, any size/length (audio, video, images)

Send work, including a 2-3 line bio & social links, to motherloremagazine@gmail.com as i) a .doc/.docx file (no pdfs please! no Google Drive links, etc.!), ii) .jpg/.png file, or iii) video/audio link or file (please note that, if selected, videos and audio files will need to shared with me directly or uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo so that I can embed them into the post)

For subscribers

Each Motherlore Thread will be shared with all free subscribers, with a reading list, writing prompt and mother/care/write opportunities below the paywall for paying subscribers

Comment below with any questions so others can benefit from the answers too!

Happy creating x