The Motherwhelm Journal is an independent Australian literary journal dedicated to women's writing and art about motherhood.

Through creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, visual art, and conversations with writers and artists, the journal explores motherhood in all its complexity, making space for experiences that are often overlooked, simplified, or left untold.

We welcome work that challenges expectations, complicates familiar narratives, and approaches maternal experience with curiosity, honesty, and imagination.