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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...

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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!

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

anxiolytic | adjective | relieving anxiety

We hope this weekend is anxiolytic for you.

Excited to have this piece about my sister Jody and cooking with my children published today at One Potato! Link in bio. And thank you to @penparentis.bsky.social for their support of artists who parent.

onepotato.substack.com/p/the-solace...

Pen Parentis - Terrific Writers who are also Parents Bookshop Pen Parentis is a nonprofit whose mission is to keep writers on creative track after they have kids. For more than ten years we have presented readings and offered workshops to writers who are also pa...

Shop for our featured writers and support indie book sellers: bookshop.org/shop/penpare...

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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.