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New Pen Parentis Website!

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

("Cold Weather" by Matthew Henry/ CC0 1.0) We are thrilled to announce that the 2026...
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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...
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Meet us at #AWP25 in Los Angeles

Come visit with us at our booth! We have so much fun at the AWP...

Brooklyn Book Festival with MUTHA Magazine and Lofty Pigeon Books

Join us, and the wonderful M.M DeVoe as joint-host and featured author at this year's...