Our latest show is up now for you to watch at your leisure: youtu.be/lxY4qN12n6o #writers #horror #HWA #parents #brilliant

PEN PARENTIS IN COMMUNITY: Horror Writers Association (HWA)

YouTube video by Pen Parentis - resources for Writers Who Have Kids

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Debut Novel by MMDEVOE reviewed: Traveling to Vilnius in 1985 to Find Himself by Tucker Lieberman medium.com/the-identity...

Traveling to Vilnius in 1985 to Find Himself

Poignant new novel: ‘The Boy Who Loved Trees’ by M. M. De Voe

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Thanks to Marc L. Abbott, Leslie Lutz & L. Marie Wood of the Horror Writers Association, and our sponsors: New York State Council on the Arts, The de Groot Foundation & Adriatic Writers Conference!

Calling all Writer-Parents — join us TODAY!! October 13th at 7PM for our Literary Salon, featuring writers from the Horror Writers Association: Leslie Lutz, L. Marie Wood, and Marc Abbott. Moderated by M. M. De Voe and Marina Aris, CEO of Book Biz Hub.

MM DE VOE just published a poem on SCUZZBUCKET. Check out "Routinely" - medium.com/scuzzbucket/...

Routinely

A Poem By M M De Voe

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A huge thanks to the Adriatic Writers Conference and Kristin Vuković (@kristinvukovic.bsky.social) for sponsoring our October Salon, Tuesday, October 13th at 7PM! Our founder, M. M. De Voe, attended the inaugural conference and loved it. Next year’s cohort meets on the island of Lošinj, Croatia.

Thank you to Emily Flake, Emi Nietfeld, and Cat Willett for a fantastic night at Lost and Found! Thanks also to MUTHA Magazine and Lofty Pigeon Books for co-hosting, and to everyone who came out and filled the room.

If you can’t attend the MUTHAxPenParentis event on the 24th: Be sure to stock up your shelf! Cat Willett (Unconditional: Stories of Women and the Animals They Love), Emily Flake (All Toddlers Are Scorpios), Emi Nietfeld (Acceptance), and our own founding director M. M. De Voe's "Book & Baby."

Join us for Lost and Found! An official BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT. On Thursday, September 24, 7-8:30pm at Lofty Pigeon Books, Brooklyn. Featuring Emily Flake, Emi Nietfeld, and Cat Willett. MUTHA Magazine and Pen Parentis are teaming up for a night that goes from panel to party.

Congratulations to 2026 @penparentis.bsky.social Writing Fellow Ellen Stearns for her winning story, "Cold Comfort"! Under 350 words, “Cold Comfort” is spectacular short fiction that shows what it is like to lose a beloved mother in adulthood. Learn more: degrootfoundation.org/ellen-stearn...

Focused on community and balance, @penparentis.bsky.social helps writers stay on track after they have kids. This emerging, award-winning group is the only nonprofit that focuses exclusively on the creative needs of parents. Visit them at table 734 at the #AWP26 Bookfair!

Join Pen Parentis on November 11 in conversation with Helen Philips, Scott Elliott, David Ebenbach, and Anca L Szilágyi, discussing artificial intelligence. www.eventbrite.com/e/artificial... #writerscommunity #writing #writercommunity #parentwriter #writerparent #events #readatpenparentis

Save the date! I am so excited to join @penparentis.bsky.social on November 11 for their virtual literary salon. I'll be in conversation with Helen Philips, Scott Elliott, and David Ebenbach, on the topic of artificial intelligence. www.eventbrite.com/e/artificial...

ATTENTION: @PenParentis is in 9th place to win an Anthem Community Voice Award! 👏 Rally the troops to celebrate now!: celebrate.anthemawards.com/PublicVoting... #AnthemAwards #writers #writerparents #readatpenparentis #writercommunity #parentwriters

YOU can amplify the voices that spark global change

Join me in celebrating the impact of this Anthem Awards finalist.

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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

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 @bkbookfest.bsky.social @penparentis.bsky.social #BKBF

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 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

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

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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anxiolytic | adjective | relieving anxiety We hope this weekend is anxiolytic for you.

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. onepotato.substack.com/p/the-solace...

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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 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.