Headshot of writer Ellen Stearns smiling at the camera. She is sitting in a yellow chair, in a black top with her brown curly hair down. White text on top of her headshot reads "Ellen Stearns" in larger font and "2026 Pen Parentis Fellow" underneath.
Congratulations to 2026 @penparentis.bsky.social Writing Fellow Ellen Stearns for her winning story, "Cold Comfort"!
Under 350 words, “Cold Comfort” is spectacular short fiction that shows what it is like to lose a beloved mother in adulthood.
Learn more: degrootfoundation.org/ellen-stearn...
24.11.2025 20:23 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Two people looking at camera and smiling holding a yellow novel between them
Focused on community and balance, @penparentis.bsky.social helps writers stay on track after they have kids. This emerging, award-winning group is the only nonprofit that focuses exclusively on the creative needs of parents. Visit them at table 734 at the #AWP26 Bookfair!
11.12.2025 18:00 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Join Pen Parentis on November 11 in conversation with Helen Philips, Scott Elliott, David Ebenbach, and Anca L Szilágyi, discussing artificial intelligence. www.eventbrite.com/e/artificial... #writerscommunity #writing #writercommunity #parentwriter #writerparent #events #readatpenparentis
28.10.2025 02:07 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
PEN PARENTIS LITERARY SALONARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEHELEN PHILLIPSSCOTT ELLIOTT ANCA L. SZILAGYIDAVID EBENBACHNovember 11, 2025 7 pm ETONLINE RSVP penparentis.orgThis event is funded in part by public funds from the New York Council on the Arts and Sponspored by the DeGroot Foundation and Poets & Writers
Save the date! I am so excited to join @penparentis.bsky.social on November 11 for their virtual literary salon. I'll be in conversation with Helen Philips, Scott Elliott, and David Ebenbach, on the topic of artificial intelligence. www.eventbrite.com/e/artificial...
09.10.2025 16:32 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
YOU can amplify the voices that spark global change
Join me in celebrating the impact of this Anthem Awards finalist.
ATTENTION: @PenParentis is in 9th place to win an Anthem Community Voice Award! 👏 Rally the troops to celebrate now!: celebrate.anthemawards.com/PublicVoting... #AnthemAwards #writers #writerparents #readatpenparentis #writercommunity #parentwriters
28.10.2025 01:50 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Capturing the Story Before it is Lost - a Career Salon for Literary Parents, Livecast Tue, Sep 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite #JoinUs #share #writerscommunity #writing #online #writing #parentingdonewrite #writercommunity #parentwriter #writerparent #events #readatpenparentis
04.09.2025 16:18 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A flyer for MUTHA x Pen Parentis x Lofty Pigeon Books’ 2025 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT. Featuring a cartoon pigeon standing on a stack of books with a bottle in its beak.
Join MUTHA and Pen Parentis on 9/17 for a night out with parents who are writers/artists across genres that take on taboo topics. Details and tickets at the link in bio!
THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2025 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT
@bkbookfest.bsky.social @penparentis.bsky.social
#BKBF
21.08.2025 19:55 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
GET INTO GEAR THIS SUMMER - Pen Parentis
INTRODUCING – THE SUMMER SPRINT! Stuck on a writing project that just won’t budge? You’re not alone—and you don’t have to push through it on your own either. Pen Parentis…
GET INTO GEAR THIS SUMMER - Pen Parentis
INTRODUCING – THE SUMMER SPRINT! Stuck on a writing project that just won’t budge? You’re not alone—and you don’t have to push through it on your own #writing #parentingdonewrite #writercommunity #parentwriter #writerparent
07.07.2025 14:02 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Pen Parentis Summer Speakeasy Salon
Fabulous authors - one secret location in Lower Manhattan - meet and mingle with with authors V. Efua Prince and Ethan Rutherford!
Pen Parentis Literary Salons are BACK in Lower Manhattan!
Advance tickets will guarantee you get in!
Readings by V. Efua Prince and Ethan Rutherford. #playwright #fiction #readings #liveevent #NYC #author #authors #writingcommunity #parents #NYSCArts #readatpenparentis
30.05.2025 16:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
EVENT 5/13: "Writers w/kids WHO MADE IT" this is your last chance to be in one of our spectacular live off-camera audiences until Fall! #poetry #essays #fiction #readings #talkback #liveevent #NYC #author #authors #writingcommunity #parents #NYSCArts
02.05.2025 20:37 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Writers with kids CAN get published! Last Pen Parentis Salon until Fall!
Featured writers Annie Wenstrup, Wanda Morris, and Susanna Sonnenberg in readings and conversation about successful writing while parenting
Are you a writer AND a parent and you can't figure out how people do this crazy thing? LET US INSPIRE YOU!
with Susanna Caudell Sonnenberg, Annie Wilcoxson Wenstrup, and Wanda Morris
co-hosts: @mmdevoe.bsky.social and Christina Chiu
#writing #parenting #parentingdonewrite
30.04.2025 02:04 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
anxiolytic | adjective | relieving anxiety
We hope this weekend is anxiolytic for you.
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Blue-tinted graphic of silhouettes of adults and children holding hands with text overlayed. Text reads "Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship for New Parents" in larger font with smaller font underneath reading "3/01-4/17. PENPARENTIS.ORG/FELLOWSHIP/" and "Entry fee waived for title members"
The Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship for New Parents is OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS until April 17, 2025!
To learn more, go to degrootfoundation.org/2025-pen-par...
This fellowship is supported in part by The de Groot Foundation.
03.03.2025 20:28 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
A house of poetry overlooking the Hudson River - a library, literary center, & locus of poetic inspiration. //
Writer- Reader- Mother. Suspense fiction and thrillers. #amquerying
I follow writers, publishing folks, and other interesting people.
www.larahenneman.com
Former publishing professional. Current writer, bookstore consultant, and mom. 2026 Pen Parentis Writing Fellow.
The Self-Pub Hub (Indie Book Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submit-book/
Book tours:
https://book-shelfie.com/book-tour
Author of DAUGHTERS OF THE AIR, called “a striking debut from a writer to watch” by Shelf Awareness & DREAMS UNDER GLASS, called “a novel for our modern times” by Buzzfeed Books. ancawrites.com.
Intelligent cultural criticism and literary analysis intended for the reading public.
Pittsburgh, PA.
http://www.pghrev.com
Pittsburgh word-wrangler, mom, Hollins grad. Author of GASTROMYTHOLOGY (2024). Development editor at Belt Magazine. Marketing & Communications for Carnegie Mellon Dept. of English.
University of Arizona Addiction & EM Doc | MOTHER OF METHADONE, Beacon Press, 2025 | Rep'ed by Ayla Zuraw-Friedland at Frances Goldin Lit | www.drmelodyglenn.com | https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781015/mother-of-methadone
Publishing in its current form since 1957, Wesleyan UP focuses on poetry, music, dance, and the arts. See weslpress.org for new poetry!
Author of the debut novel THE CHEESEMAKER’S DAUGHTER. kristinvukovic.com
professor, writer, reader
Free visiting author events for Minneapolis-St. Paul! Studying and creating literature in English since 1897.
Author of Leafskin (Stillhouse Press 2025). Writer living in Portland, Oregon whose work circles magic and folklore, queer ecologies, and the more-than-human world. More at mirandaschmidt.com
A global community of publishers whose mission is to ensure academic excellence and cultivate knowledge. #ReadUP! https://aupresses.org/ Got a question about university press publishing? #AskUP! https://ask.up.hcommons.org/
Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon. NY-based monthly Literary Salon Series modeled after traveling Salons popular during the Harlem Renaissance. Curated by JP Howard. Open to all. Featured on LitHub. Sign up for updates: http://eepurl.com/lNK0b
In print since 1984, Legacy is the only scholarly journal to focus specifically on American women’s writing, broadly defined, from the seventeenth through the mid-twentieth century. Tag us if you need a re-skeet!
Supporting and promoting #WomenWriters. On insta at womenwritersnetwork and Twitter (X) @womenwritersnet.
Publisher of books from four amazing imprints: the University Press of Colorado, the University of Alaska Press, Utah State University Press, and the University of Wyoming Press!
A traditional House, with imprints Fitzroy Books, House of Kel, and Pact Press and nonprofit Regal House Initiative, committed to the publication of finely crafted literature.
