Call for Essays: LDS Women & Patriarchy: Reflections and Experiences
We invite LDS women to participate in an open, honest, and courageous conversation about patriarchy in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Inspired by Neylan McBaine’s speech at Restore and recent interview with us, we want to explore the reality she articulates so clearly: that patriarchy is part of our ecclesiastical structure—and that acknowledging it is the first step toward understanding our individual and collective experiences within it.
We invite personal essays or proposals of essays from LDS women representing a wide range of beliefs and experiences—whether you feel at home within the current structure or wrestle with aspects of it while choosing to stay. What does it mean to you to live, worship, and seek spiritual growth in an institution that functions as a patriarchy? How has that shaped your faith, your identity, your choices, your relationships, your hopes?
This is not a call to arrive at a single conclusion. It’s a call to speak truthfully and listen deeply.
Writers will work with our editors to produce thoughtful and well-written essays.
Submission Guidelines:
- Proposals of 200 – 250 words
- Completed essays of 500–1500 words
- Personal, reflective, and grounded in lived experience
- We welcome a range of tones—from critical to hopeful, analytical to poetic
- Please include a brief bio (2–3 sentences)
Let’s engage this conversation—not by looking away, but by looking together
Submission Deadline: October 1, 2025
Submit by filling out this form.
Please direct any questions to our editor at mwpeditor@gmail.com.