AWP24 with kids!

This is going to be FUN! Download our FREE parent-friendly guide to AWP24 with just one click! No mailing lists, no requirements. It includes excellent information like babysitting services, things to do with kids, and tricks & tips to survive AWP with kids! Just click here for the 16-page AWP24 Parent guide -with resources, tricks, […]

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Meet your people!

Living is a miracle and an act of hope. Parenthood is that times a thousand. Add to this the creation of art in a society that values only commercial success and you know what heroes you are. Thank you for never giving up. Pen Parentis is here to help keep you going. Join us.    […]

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CITYWIDE WRITER-PARENT MEETUP

We had an incredible turnout for the Wednesday, January 17th at 6:30 pm in-person Literary Salon at the Writers Room – Pen Parentis hosted a room full of writers from just everywhere – fiction, poetry, essays, nonfiction, screenwriters – the words! it was a Citywide Writer-Parent Meetup! Check out these photos!  The artistic program featured […]

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Free “Treasures” of Pen Parentis

Subscribe to the Pen Parentis YouTube Channel for exclusive content featuring authors who read for us at past Pen Parentis Literary Salons. Grab some inspiration from notable authors who have kids like Cara Hoffman, Darin Strauss and Jennifer Egan! These short videos run about 20 minutes and drop each Thursday, all summer long! Subscribe to […]

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Read all about us!

This excellent organization, Nonprofit New York, did a feature on us when we joined! Enjoy the read!  Here’s the link.  

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We won our first-ever NEA GRANT! but there is a catch….

The National Endowment for the Arts will give us $10,000 of support! We just have to match the money. Click to help:  donate any amount We love that you love our mission – please help us spread the word Across the USA to writers who have kids and live in rural areas (and towns where […]

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Meet us at #AWP24 in Kansas City

Beloved Writer-Parents who attend the annual AWP writing conference! Pen Parentis is heading to Kansas City, MO! First off – please please please stop by our table T1115 ! We will have book signings (contact us to get on the list–all writers who have kids are welcome to take a one-hour slot first-come first-gotten, until they […]

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