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 […]
[ Read More...]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 […]
[ Read More...]Meet us at #AWP23 in Seattle
Beloved Writer-Parents who attend the annual AWP writing conference! Pen Parentis is heading to Seattle!! First off – please please please stop by our table T616 ! 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 are […]
[ Read More...]Do you write about Parenthood or Parenting?
A solid portion of our membership supplements creative income (or other job income) by writing nonfiction articles and/or essays about various aspects of Parenthood or Parenting. If this description fits you – we have a FANTASTIC opportunity for you. Meet editors and publishers that are specifically targeting writers of nonfiction about Parenthood or Parenting. ONLINE. […]
[ Read More...]Accountability – Queens and Manhattan groups want you!
No experience or planning necessary – $10 to drop in on a session. OR become a sustaining Title Member starting at just $10/month and all our programs are free. Join now! You MUST be a parent and have a writing project in mind (or started, or in a drawer, we get it). Writing at any […]
[ Read More...]2023 Writing Fellowship Winners List
Congratulations to everyone who applied to the Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship for New Parents! We have made our selection from the many worthy short stories that were submitted this year…. The Pen Parentis Writing Fellow for 2023 is SARAH COURTEAU from Bronx, NY for her story “After the Storm” which you will find in this […]
[ Read More...]MEET US AT #BKBF
Pen Parentis is having a citywide meetup of Writer Parents during the Brooklyn Book Festival this year! Don’t worry – we’re keeping it civilized! Indoors at Barbes in Park Slope at the fabulous Mutha Magazine “BookEnds” event. Let’s go support our colleagues at Mutha, meet some new writer-parents and have a drink or two […]
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