In Loving Memory of Jennifer Martelli We send love to the family and friends of MER’s Poetry Co-Editor Jennifer Martelli on her passing. We are heartsick at this untimely loss. Jenn was a brilliant, unique poet, an astute editor,…
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Congratulations and good luck to our Best of the Net Nominees! MER Best of the Net 2026 Nominations Poetry Adrie Rose Ajanae Dawkins Jill Crammond Jennifer Garfield Maria Mazziotti Gillan Megan Merchant…
Submissions Are Open Until 7/15 MER will be open until July 15, 2025 for literary and art submissions to our annual print issue on the theme of Mother and Family. All submissions are through Submittable. We publish poetry (up to 3 poems, no more…
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,…
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.
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…
Chill Subs showed Mom some love this week! We’ve been named as one of the top 25 Literary Magazines for 2023, a community favorite. Thanks to our editors, Jennifer Martelli, Cindy Veach, JP Howard, JL Scott, Ana CH Silva and…
MER at 2024 AWP in Kansas City