Your story belongs
in the record.
Mothered is the only global magazine documenting how motherhood reshapes work, power, and leadership. Two ways to be part of it, apply for a paid feature, or submit your story for free.
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Published once. Visible everywhere.
Your feature is published and promoted across Mothered's full platform, not filed away after one scroll.
Print & digital magazine
A professionally designed editorial spread, archived permanently in the issue.
Mothered website
Permanent visibility in our archive, built to be linked, shared, and found.
Social promotion
Coverage across Instagram and our channels, built into select tiers.
A community of women
You're not just seen, you're positioned alongside other ambitious women shaping this category.
Who we publish and who we work with.
You're a working mom who is
Whether you're applying for a feature or submitting a story, we're looking for the same thing: women doing real work who are ready to talk about it honestly. Stories, essays, poems, personal moments of strength, truth, love, power, ambition.
- Building a business or a personal brand
- Growing into a bigger career or leadership role
- Ready to be seen as a leader, not just a contributor
- Sitting on a story that deserves a bigger platform
You don't need to be "perfect." You need a real story.
Visibility, in the right context.
Being in Mothered isn't just about being seen, it's about being seen in the right context. When your brand or story appears in Mothered, you're positioned alongside ambitious women shaping the future of work and motherhood.
This becomes an asset you use to:
- Build trust instantly with a new audience
- Elevate your personal brand and authority
- Add credibility to your website, LinkedIn, and media kit
- Pitch yourself for podcasts, press, and speaking opportunities
This becomes a long-term asset you can use across your brand, your content, and your opportunities.
A feature doesn't end the day it publishes. Women use theirs for years, as proof, as positioning, as the thing they point to when someone asks "why should I trust you?"
Anchors a launch strategy, a new book, business, or initiative
Lives permanently on our website, searchable and linkable
Builds authority and reach within your niche or industry
Helps you land speaking opportunities and press pickups
Strengthens investor decks, media kits, and outreach
Your Story, Front and Center.
Not every founder needs an ad. Some women come to Mothered because they have a story that deserves a bigger platform, and they want it told properly, in depth, in print. If that's you, a standalone editorial feature is available in limited quantities each issue.
A full written interview (750–1,000 words), professionally designed and published in the print and digital issue.
- Written interview (750–1,000 words)
- 3–4 professional photos
- Author bio & links
- A podcast episode
- Permanent profile on the Mothered website
- Custom social assets sent to you
Best for: Founders and leaders who want their story documented and positioned as a long-term credibility asset.
Apply for a FeatureEverything in the Signature Feature, plus the cover of the digital and print issue.
- All of the Signature Feature, PLUS:
- Written interview (1,000–1,500 words)
- 5–6 professional photos
- Cover of digital and print magazine issue
- Maximum visibility across all Mothered channels at launch
Best for: Women who want to make a statement, a launch, a milestone, or a career moment that deserves the full spotlight.
Apply for a FeatureBoth tiers include editorial guidance from our team. We help you find the words, even if you don't know where to start.
Want to pair your feature with an ad in the same issue? Bundled packages start from $1,797. See advertising options →
Feature spots are limited each issue and fill ahead of deadline. Applications are reviewed by our editorial team.
Tell your story in Mothered.
Every issue, we publish essays and first-person narratives from working mothers, founders, executives, career pivoters, women returning to work, women redefining what leadership looks like. You don't need a byline history or a massive following. You need something honest to say.
Essays of 500–800 words written in your own voice. First-person, specific, honest, about the intersection of ambition and motherhood. Not a highlight reel. Not a humble brag. The truth about what building something while raising someone actually requires.
Submit your essay below. Our editorial team reads every submission personally. Selected essays are published in an upcoming issue of Mothered Magazine at no cost to the writer. If your essay is selected, you'll hear from us personally, and you'll have the option to upgrade your story with an advertising package for deeper visibility and reach.
Ready to write it?
Submit Your StoryBy submitting you agree to receive emails from Mothered. We never share your information. Selected submissions may be lightly edited for length and clarity with your approval.
How women use their feature.
Part of a launch strategy for a book, business, or new initiative
Added to their website, social media, and LinkedIn
Used to build visibility and reach a larger audience
Leveraged to land speaking opportunities
Used to build authority in their niche or industry
Added to investor decks, media kits, and press outreach
"We are building a record that will exist long after this moment passes." Alexa Starks, Editor-in-Chief
Two paths to the record.
Being Featured
Review the feature tiers and apply.
Choose Signature or Cover Feature and submit your application.
Our editorial team reviews your application.
We review every application personally and will be in touch with next steps.
We confirm your placement.
We send your invoice, custom interview questions, an image upload folder, and a podcast booking link.
Story Submission
Submit your essay using the form above.
Our editorial team reviews every submission.
You'll hear back within two weeks.
If selected, we'll be in touch.
We'll confirm your placement and next steps personally.
"The most driven, focused, and formidable women in any room are often the ones who are also somebody's mother." Mothered Magazine
Your questions, answered.
Essay submissions are free and editorial, we publish the stories that resonate most with our audience, selected by our editorial team. A feature is a paid, guaranteed placement, a full written interview, professionally designed and published, with photos, links, and a permanent web profile. The two work well together, many featured women also have essays published in other issues.
No. Submitting an essay is completely free. There is no guarantee of publication, all submissions are reviewed on merit by our editorial team. Feature applications are separate and start from $995.
That's a different path. Visit our page for brands to see advertising placements and download the media kit.
Start with a moment, a specific day, a decision, a realisation. The best essays in Mothered don't start with a lesson, they start with a scene. If your essay is selected, our editorial team will guide you through revisions.
Both. You're a working mom whether you run your own business or lead inside someone else's. That's the only qualification that matters.
Both. Every issue is available as a digital flipbook on our site, and a print copy is available to order from the issue page.
We feature a small, curated number of women each issue, intentionally. We're building a record, and a record means quality over volume. Space fills quickly and sometimes weeks before the deadline.
Email us at connect@motheredmagazine.com and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.