Join Us and welcome to the Cycle of Support!
Monthly LIterary Salons – Weekly Accountability Meetups – Annual Fellowship entry
OUR PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO HELP YOU COMPLETE WRITING PROJECTS OF YOUR CHOICE
Sustaining membership is 100% tax-deductible–thank you so much for your support of ALL parents who are writers.
Sustaining Membership Options
All memberships have an annual billing option to save you money and time
Introductory Level $10.00/month
Take it slow. Sign up with an entry-level donation each month
Plan Includes:
- Monthly Newsletter
- 24/7 Online Writer Community
- Fellowship Submission
- Invitations to events
- Annual National Writer-Parent Meetup
- Allies welcome!
Professional Level $15.00 / month
WRITER-PARENTS who are published professionals; mid-career or established
Plan Includes:
- All Intro-level perks
- Be considered as a Featured Author for our Salons
- Members-only News
- Extra Fellowship Submission
- Apply to be an Accountability Group Team Leader!
- Member freebies
All-Access Level $20.00 / month
Embrace the Cycle of Support fully and get ultimate access to all of our perks and programs. OPEN TO ANY WRITER-PARENT. All programs are included for free, from Fellowship entries, to being considered as a Featured Author at our Literary Salons to participation in our famed Accountability Groups.
Plan Includes:
- All Intro & Pro level perks
- Weekly Accountability Groups
- Strong Writer Community
- Extra Fellowship Submissions
- After 3 months in an Accountability Group, apply to run your own group
- Member freebies
Be a part of our larger community
Nearly all of our offerings are free, just leave your email address and you can join our circle right away. Please use the resources we have. Be counted! We are happy to support you in your time of need, and hope that as your income grows, you will support your community in return.
We built a National Writer Parent Hub (on Discord)- and now we need writer-parents to populate it!
Pop in. Chat. Find editors. First Readers. Help with kid stuff. Help with agents. Give advice. Get advcie Find solace. Complain. Brag. It's a place where you can be the expert. A place where people care that you finished a sentence. A place where people pool resources. A place to breathe a second. Silent writing rooms. Chatty writing rooms. A water cooler. Watch parties. It's up to you. It's your space, made for you. Waiting for you.
Come on in and see what is on offer. The longer you stay and the more you interact, the more you are rewarded. Levels and levels of cool stuff for writers who are also parents.
CLICK HERE TO JOIN.
(link expires 10/15/26)
You also have full access to the Pen Parentis Behind Closed Doors group on Facebook - connect and interact with likeminded writers who have kids. There, you can get a mentor (or become one), and participate in weekly writer-parent checkins.
We are also on Linked In, Twitter and Instagram.
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Extra perks for sustainers:
ALL SUSTAINING MEMBERS are offered a multitude of opportunities both professional and social at the AWP conference that happens annually in March.
Our annual Writer-Parent Meetup is a highlight of the conference! Sustaining Members who attend AWP are also welcome to volunteer at the popular Pen Parentis table at the associated AWP Small Press Bookfair to meet many more author-parents in person, and/or to sign and sell their own books. This annual event is a joy and will absolutely uplift you!
SUSTAINING MEMBERS also enjoy the additional benefits listed below:
- One Lit Place: a Full-Service Writers’ Center provides online writing courses and workshops and personalized coaching and editing services to writers of creative, academic, and business projects. Their newsletters are full of video tutorials and free downloadable guides such as a proprietary writer-parent scheduling tool!
They offer fantastic self-paced writing courses as well as private coaching and editing services. Give your writing career a productive and motivational boost at One Lit Place!
- Access us on the Pen Parentis Writers App available on Android or iPhone platforms – search for Pocket Pen by Pen Parentis! (now getting a refresh & returning soon)
Please note that Sustaining Membership is a recurring donation. Particularly if you sign up at the annual rate–be aware that your donation will autorenew.
If you need to cancel at any time, just log into your own PayPal or Zeffy account (depending on how you chose to initiate your recurring donations). We do not store your financial information or control your sustaining membership in any way. We simply appreciate your support and wish you all the best in your writing career! That’s the beauty of the CYCLE OF SUPPORT!