Submit your creative prompts for Ember a workbook designed for mothers. The purpose of this book is to inspire new mums (or mothers in any difficult season) to kindle their creativity within the spaces and capacities they have available.
This book is for any mom who wants to explore creativity: from professional artists to those who havenât made art since childhood.
This is a self published project. The book will ultimately be for sale through Amazon to reach the most mothers worldwide.
This is an unpaid opportunity. For compensation you will recieve a free PDF copy for personal use (print for yourself or use on your iPad.)
This project will be curated and published by Sarah Shotts. The cover artwork is created by Annie King. Editing by Jessica Allowski. The anthology cover art is by Twiggy Boyer. You can read more about the inspiration for this project
here.
Your best chance at being included is to submit 2-3 specific and engaging prompts. Think beyond asking a mum to freewrite or reflect on their âperfect dayâ.
- Imagine what a new mum has available and how they can make art while holding a babe.
- Think of the mother sitting in their mini van waiting to pick up kids from school or by the side of the pool during her kidâs swimming lessons.
- What about the family on their 10th snow day? Or the whole family is sick AGAIN?
- How do we keep our creative pilot light burning when our energy is almost nothing?
- How can we find energy, relief, and self regulation through art?
Bonus points for visual art prompts and other creative mediums.
If you use supplies focus on those that are easily obtained: crayons, tin foil, collage, watercolors, pencils, camera phone, etc. Consider also poetry, song, dance, baking, video, voice notes, etc.
You may submit 2-3 prompts.
Creative Identity in 1-4 Words (Writer, Photographer, Multimedia Artist, etc.)
1-3 Prompts (If submitting multiple please number them.)