(Write Like a) Mother's Day Reading

(Write Like a) Mother's Day Reading

Scribente Maternum is a powerful community of writers who identify as mothers. We each have our own stories and struggles, but we are all writers and we are all mothers. This reading celebrates the works of writer-moms in our community who have new or forthcoming works that we want to uplift and celebrate.

This event is free. While there is no fee to register, we ask that all who attend please make a $5 donation (or more!) to our You Deserve to Be Here scholarship fundraiser. Your generous support helps us amplify the voices of those writers who may not otherwise be able to attend our events. These voices are needed now more than ever! Thank you for your support.

Featuring

Jennifer Case grew up along the river valleys of Minnesota, in a family that took weekend backpacking trips on the Superior Hiking Trail. The North Shore’s red rock, pine, and lichen have continued to resonate with her, even after moving to Nebraska, upstate New York, and Arkansas. Jennifer’s writing explores issues related to place, environment, home, family, and motherhood. Her work has appeared in journals such as Orion, North American Review, Prairie Schooner, and Michigan Quarterly Review. She is the recipient of a Bread Loaf Bakeless Scholarship and Stone Canoe‘s 2014 Allen and Nirelle Galson Prize in Fiction. She is the author of two books: We Are Animals: On the Nature and Politics of Motherhood and Sawbill: A Search for Place.

Michele Evans, a fifth-generation Washingtonian (D.C.), is a writer, teacher, and adviser for Unbound, an award-winning high school literary magazine. This Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee, Watering Hole Fellow, and winner of The ASP Bulletin Poetry Contest studied at Smith College, King’s College London, and the Graduate School at the University of Maryland. Her poems have appeared in Artemis Journal, Maryland Literary Review, Yellow Arrow Journal, Mid-Atlantic Review, Spoken Black Girl Magazine, Sky Island Journal, and elsewhere. purl is her first full-length poetry collection.

Christina Rivera is the author of MY OCEANS: Essays of Water, Whales, and Women (Northwestern University Press/Curbstone Books, March 2025). Her work has won a Pushcart Prize, the John Burroughs Nature Essay Award, and appeared in Orion, The Cut, The Kenyon Review, and Terrain.org, among other places. Christina credits the fragmentation of her writing to her two young children and is also the grateful recipient of creative residencies at Millay Arts, Craigardan, and the Wellstone Center. You can learn more about Christina and MY OCEANS at www.christinarivera.com. Check out this excerpt of her new book over at The Cut and join us on March 28 to join Christina and other writer-moms in person.

More About the Fundraiser

Mother's Day is more than just brunch and flowers. It is an opportunity to lift up and give thanks for all the mothers in our lives. Since our very first day, Scribente Maternum has celebrateed all writers who identify as mothers. We especially celebrate you on Mother's Day.

This year, help us show love for all writer-moms by making a donation to our You Deserve to Be Here fundraiser. We'll show our gratitude by sending a thank-you gift after the campaign closes. The deadline has been extended because of this fundraising event! Make a donation by 11:59pm on Saturday, May 31.

$25+: Custom "I Write Like a Mother" bumper sticker

$50+: Limited-edition "Write Like a Mother" mug featuring custom artwork + "I Write Like a Mother" bumper sticker

$100+: Gold-embossed "Write Like a Mother" journal + tote with custom artwork + "I Write Like a Mother" bumper sticker

Thank you for your generous support of all moms this Mother's Day!