MER – Mom Egg Review Vol. 24
MER MOM EGG REVIEW Vol. 24 – 2026 – Print Isse
MER is a literary journal focusing on mothers, mothering, and motherhood.
This year, the issue is themed “Mothers & Family.”
Often mothers are the nuclei of families—of the legacies, obligations, and
stories that orbit around them. Family of heritage, family of birth, family of
choice, our greater human family: our families can be sources of support, of
exhaustion, of love, of pain. Our families can pass down to us lore or trauma.
For MER 24, we are exploring poems, prose, fiction, and artworks that address
the role as mother in these unwieldy units, how we embroider with and untangle
these familial threads that can heal or hinder.
