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New Pen Parentis Website!

Exciting news - we have been squirreling away creating a gorgeous new website, as you...

Spring Roundup of Opportunities

We were thrilled to be among the Writing Fellowships that Poets & Writers Magazine chose...

Celebrating Writer-Parents and their Allies

Please click through to RSVP - we would love to have you to join us.
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SPRING CLEANING YOUR MANUSCRIPT – A SPRINT

(an editing accountability group) JOIN THE 8-WEEK COHORT $100 One-hour every Thursday on Zoom from...

MARCH 2026 NEWS

NO LONELY WRITERS THIS MARCH! EVENT NEWS at #AWP26 as well as in person in...

Pen Parentis is an award-winning nonprofit!

CELEBRATING PURPOSE & MISSION-DRIVEN WORK: Pen Parentis won a 2025 Anthem Award -- how lovely...

Grant Winners!

Our October, November & December Salons are now funded in part by Poets & Writers...

2026 Fellowship Winners List

We are thrilled to announce that the 2026 Pen Parentis Writing Fellow will be Ellen...
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CROSS THE FINISH LINE THIS FALL

NEW - our Fall Finish Line Cohort! Stuck on a writing project that just won’t...
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Manhattan 2025

On June 17, 2025, New York City welcomed authors V. Efua Prince and Ethan Rutherford...
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Pen Parentis Fellowship is just what you need!

Here is a word or two from our 2024 fellow, Taylor Hobbs, on how applying...