Fiction Submission Wanted!

May 18, 2023May 16, 2023 Fiction and nonfiction, Latest News, NLAPW

By Sarah Honenberger Fiction/Nonfiction Editor Help! Pen Women nonfiction writers have been busy and submissions are varied and steady. But we need fiction from all you creative people. Excerpts from ... Read more

Featured Poem: Polarization

May 15, 2023March 27, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Jane B. Howard Vero Beach Branch   Oh wonderful years — time presses on. What happened to those Slow, green days of summer When we loved and laughed together? ... Read more

Featured Art: Beyond the Bend

May 9, 2023April 18, 2023 Art of the Week, Featured Art, NLAPW

“Beyond the Bend” by Wendy Harris, Central New York Branch Pastel, 16 x12

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Featured Poem: Grief

May 4, 2023May 24, 2023 NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Andrea Walker Pensacola Branch, Florida   Yesterday, an old friend died, big brother to several of us when we were teens. This morning as I walk, I am warmed ... Read more

Featured Poem: Trails of Kindness

April 27, 2023March 27, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Megha Sood Member-at-large     I count the years as I walk past the trees lining my courtyard, counting them one by one neatly on my soft supple fingers. ... Read more

Featured Poem: We Gathered in the Garden  

April 18, 2023March 27, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Carol H Ehrlich Denver Branch   “The ladies,” we were called by the neighbors, our husbands, even our children. Noontime chores over, kitchens cleaned up, an hour welcome respite ... Read more

Featured Art: Alviso, Before & After

April 12, 2023April 5, 2023 Art of the Week, Featured Art, Latest News

“Alviso, Before & After” by Bonnie J. Smith, Santa Clara Branch (California) Textile, 48×54 Artist Statement: “Looking at before- and after-drought photographs of the Alviso Salt Marshes really jarred my ... Read more

Featured Poem: Bare Branches

April 6, 2023March 27, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Lorraine Walker Williams Member-at-large, California and Florida   Have nothing to hide, they are truth-tellers.   Keep promises that leaves will appear season after season, year after year.   ... Read more

Celebrate National Poetry Month

April 3, 2023March 27, 2023 Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

A Message from Claire Massey, NLAPW Poetry Editor April is the month to celebrate the power and potential of poetry to rock our world! Poems can widen eyes; broaden minds; ... Read more

Featured Poem: The Immigrant in 1900

March 20, 2023February 16, 2023 Featured Poem, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Nancy Haskett Modesto Branch, California   The Immigrant in 1900 knows steerage and squalor, suspenders, shirts of heavy ticking; labors in a Lower East Side sweatshop filled with whirring ... Read more