Write For Us
Welcome, Writers!
We are grateful for your interest in contributing to the Kindred Mom community. This collaborative blog and podcast are quiet offerings in a noisy world, curated with the primary goal of encouraging moms through personal and family challenges with wisdom and intention.
We feature writing from mothers with all different mothering experiences including married moms, single moms, adoptive moms, step-moms, ethnically diverse moms, and moms of children with special needs/unique challenges. New writers are always welcome!
General Information
We seek original essays for inclusion on our blog, and we request 30 days exclusivity from the date of publication. We reserve the right to decline essays that don’t fit with our curated series. All submissions are offered by writers on a voluntary basis, and we make every effort to promote featured pieces to the furthest extent of our social reach. We are unable to offer financial compensation for featured essays.
Themes & Deadlines:
Strong, Brave & Beautiful Series
Submission Deadline: April 1, 2021
We are now accepting submissions for our extended 2021 series: Strong, Brave & Beautiful. This series is a celebration of the recent Kindred Mom book release Strong, Brave & Beautiful: Stories of Hope for Moms in the Weeds. The series will feature story-driven essays exploring themes of motherhood and how strength, courage, and beauty are found in both expected and unexpected places.
Essay topics may include, but are not limited to:
STRONG
Spiritual health & wholeness, physical disciplines and the process of strengthening our bodies, teaching kids strength of character, endurance, perseverance, and learning how to press forward even when you don’t feel like it
BRAVE
Resilience, courage, facing fear, taking risks, helping kids develop confidence (or growing in yourself), fostering age-appropriate independence and self-reliance in our kids, overcoming obstacles
BEAUTIFUL
Self-esteem, body image, self-care, character-building, selflessness, tender mothering moments, the beauty in each new stage of motherhood, stories of meaningful sibling and family relationships, biblical foundations for families
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We provide additional details regarding our upcoming series topics, opportunities to be involved with special Kindred Mom projects, and courtesy deadline reminders for writers who subscribe to our contributor email list.