'OTHERHOOD - open for submissions
Posted: Monday Feb 20, 2023
In Aotearoa there are more couple-without-children families than other family types, and the number of child-free adults is growing. As editors and writers, we want to give voice to these people and more: to those who are motherhood-adjacent, those who’ve chosen to remain child-free, those who didn’t get to choose, and those who through bereavement or blended family dynamics ask themselves – am I a mother or am I other?
‘OTHERHOOD will explore a common experience that still feels taboo, in a collection of personal essays that tell the stories of people without children, edited by Alie Benge, Lil O’Brien and Kathryn van Beek.
We are thrilled to be working with Massey University Press to bring 'Otherhood to life. Massey University Press is an award-winning independent publisher renowned for its high-quality, beautifully produced books. The Press punches above its weight as an innovative, daring, skilful and responsive publisher of important non-fiction and poetry, and is committed to creating books that contribute to the national cultural conversation and advance new ideas.