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Pen Parentis Nonprofit organization Building community for parent-writers • Connect with us #readatpenparentis • Offering meetups, fellowship, networking, mentorship, and more linktr.ee/penparentis

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Pen Parentis @penparentis.bsky.social · Sep 4

Capturing the Story Before it is Lost - a Career Salon for Literary Parents, Livecast Tue, Sep 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite #JoinUs #share #writerscommunity #writing #online #writing #parentingdonewrite #writercommunity #parentwriter #writerparent #events #readatpenparentis

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MUTHA Magazine @muthamagazine.bsky.social · Aug 21

Join MUTHA and Pen Parentis on 9/17 for a night out with parents who are writers/artists across genres that take on taboo topics. Details and tickets at the link in bio!

THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2025 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT

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A flyer for MUTHA x Pen Parentis x Lofty Pigeon Books’ 2025 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT. Featuring a cartoon pigeon standing on a stack of books with a bottle in its beak.

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Pen Parentis @penparentis.bsky.social · Jul 7

GET INTO GEAR THIS SUMMER - Pen Parentis
INTRODUCING – THE SUMMER SPRINT! Stuck on a writing project that just won’t budge? You’re not alone—and you don’t have to push through it on your own #writing #parentingdonewrite #writercommunity #parentwriter #writerparent

GET INTO GEAR THIS SUMMER - Pen Parentis

INTRODUCING – THE SUMMER SPRINT! Stuck on a writing project that just won’t budge? You’re not alone—and you don’t have to push through it on your own either. Pen Parentis…

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Pen Parentis @penparentis.bsky.social · May 30

Pen Parentis Literary Salons are BACK in Lower Manhattan!
Advance tickets will guarantee you get in!
Readings by V. Efua Prince and Ethan Rutherford. #playwright #fiction #readings #liveevent #NYC #author #authors #writingcommunity #parents #NYSCArts #readatpenparentis

Pen Parentis Summer Speakeasy Salon

Fabulous authors - one secret location in Lower Manhattan - meet and mingle with with authors V. Efua Prince and Ethan Rutherford!

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Pen Parentis @penparentis.bsky.social · May 2

EVENT 5/13: "Writers w/kids WHO MADE IT" this is your last chance to be in one of our spectacular live off-camera audiences until Fall! #poetry #essays #fiction #readings #talkback #liveevent #NYC #author #authors #writingcommunity #parents #NYSCArts

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Pen Parentis @penparentis.bsky.social · Apr 30

Are you a writer AND a parent and you can't figure out how people do this crazy thing? LET US INSPIRE YOU!
with Susanna Caudell Sonnenberg, Annie Wilcoxson Wenstrup, and Wanda Morris

co-hosts: @mmdevoe.bsky.social and Christina Chiu
#writing #parenting #parentingdonewrite

Writers with kids CAN get published! Last Pen Parentis Salon until Fall!

Featured writers Annie Wenstrup, Wanda Morris, and Susanna Sonnenberg in readings and conversation about successful writing while parenting

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · Apr 25

anxiolytic | adjective | relieving anxiety

We hope this weekend is anxiolytic for you.

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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · Apr 24

Excited to have this piece about my sister Jody and cooking with my children published today at One Potato! Link in bio. And thank you to @penparentis.bsky.social for their support of artists who parent.

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Pen Parentis @penparentis.bsky.social · Apr 14

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Pen Parentis - Terrific Writers who are also Parents Bookshop

Pen Parentis is a nonprofit whose mission is to keep writers on creative track after they have kids. For more than ten years we have presented readings and offered workshops to writers who are also pa...

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The de Groot Foundation @degrootfoundation.bsky.social · Mar 3

The Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship for New Parents is OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS until April 17, 2025!

To learn more, go to degrootfoundation.org/2025-pen-par...

This fellowship is supported in part by The de Groot Foundation.

Blue-tinted graphic of silhouettes of adults and children holding hands with text overlayed. Text reads "Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship for New Parents" in larger font with smaller font underneath reading "3/01-4/17. PENPARENTIS.ORG/FELLOWSHIP/" and "Entry fee waived for title members"

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