Mother's Day Essay Contest Judges Announced

Susan Giusto
Activist & Mother

Susan worked as a Vice President at American Express before giving up the corporate life to spend time with her family. She works tirelessly to raise money and awareness for Human Options, an organization dedicated to breaking the cycle of domestic violence. She lives in Laguna Beach with her husband and three daughters.

Judy Howard
Playwright, Novelist, Journalist, Mother, Grandmother & Great-Grandmother

Judy's articles and short stories have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The Transatlantic Review, and Santa Barbara Magazine. Her award-winning plays, The Waiting Room and Saint of the Day, were performed at the prestigious Actors Theatre Louisville. She is currently working on her second novel, The View From Suicide Bridge. Married to actor Rance Howard, she resides in Toluca Lake, California.


Eren McGinnis
Filmmaker, Writer & Mother

Eren is an award-winning filmmaker whose film credits include Beyond the Border, Impresario, Kit Kat, The Kentucky Theatre, and her most recent film The Spirituals. She is currently working on The Incredible Journey, a film about sculptor Steve Armstrong. and raising her teenage daughter and tweenager son. A frequent traveller to Mexico, she currently calls Tucson, Arizona home.


Laura Zigman
Novelist, Writer & Mother

Laura's best-selling novels include Dating Big Bird; Her, Piece of Work and Animal Husbandry, the basis for the film, Someone Like You, starring Ashley Judd and Hugh Jackman. She is currently at work on her first attempt at autobiographical non-fiction, Failure: A Story: How I Succeeded Without Really Trying. She lives outside Boston with her husband and young so.