Submissions Are Open at MER 4/23 – 7/15! We are seeking poetry (1-3 poems), fiction and nonfiction (up to 1000 words) and art for a themed issue on Mothers and Family. Often mothers are the nuclei of families—of the legacies,…
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Please join us! “Maiden, Mother, Crone: A Reading Celebrating 22 Years of MER – Mom Egg Review,” on Saturday, May 31, 2025, from 2-3 p.m. at the theater inside Cinema Salem.
MER will celebrate the publication of Volume 23 with two online launch parties on Sunday, April 27th, and Sunday, May 4th, both at 5:30 PM Eastern time. These will be quick, lightning-style readings of one poem or prose excerpt per…
Get a print copy! ($18) Get a PDF copy ($5, direct to your inbox) Editor-in-Chief Marjorie Tesser Poetry Editors Jennifer Martelli Cindy Veach Prose Co-Editor J.L. Scott The issue features poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art by:…
Please join us for an off-site reading featuring authors from WTAW imprint Betty Books and MER. Friday, March 28 5:30 – 7 PM Shoo Shoo Baby 717 W. 7th St. Los Angeles, CA 90017 Featuring: M.P. Carver, Bradel France de…
SWWIM, MER, Whale Road Review, Perugia Press, & Cultivating Voices present: Off site. On purpose. Thursday, March 27, 2025, 7:00 PM MG Studio, 1319 W. 11th St., Los Angeles, CA 90015 (Free Admission – Doors Open at 6:30) SWWIM,…
We’re on the list again! Pleased to have been selected as #3 (we got Bronze!!!) in Poetry! Thanks for the votes and the kind words and thanks to Chill Subs!
Congratulations and good luck to our Pushcart Prize nominees: POETRY Doralee Brooks, “Hips” Carolina Hotchandani, “Chiaroscuro” Hilary King, “Investigations” Natalie Solmer, “I Am a Great Lake” FICTION Cheryl J. Fish, “A Seven-Year-Old Left Alone Shivering” NONFICTION Cheliss Thayer, “Co-Sleeper”
Congrats to our nominees! POETRY Anna Abraham Gasaway – The Kenmore Refrigerator Elinor Ann Walker – I will hunger Nicole Greaves – Scars R. Erica Doyle – Wander Caridad Moro-Gronlier – For My 21-Year-Old Son, Who Cals Me on The…
MER vol. 22 Ages/Stages Issue Launch Reading Sunday June 9th, 6 PM EDT Watch the reading on our @merliterary YouTube channel Get the print issue here Get the PDF issue here Hosted by Cindy Veach, Jennifer Martelli, and Marjorie Tesser…