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A Letter to My Mom

A project of Chronicle Books (see other related projects).

Permanently Closed: This project is permanently closed to submissions (May 2016). We provide the following information as an archive.

About

“A Letter To My Mom” will be full of compelling letters and intimate portraits honoring the powerful, loving, complicated, one-of-a-kind relationships we all have with our mothers.

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Frequency

Print Publication Print Publication
One-time publication

Nonfiction Closed

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Essay: Up to 800 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Other: See guidelines.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Multiple entries: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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A Letter to My Mom Submission Statistics

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Dates

Last Updated: 22 May 2026

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