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Introducing Claire Massey, New Poetry Editor

May 14, 2022May 9, 2022 Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW

By Claire Massey It’s a great honor to join the editorial team of The Pen Woman as your new poetry page editor. Former editor Karen McAferty Morris contributed much to ... Read more

Send Us Your Poems from the Biennial Competition

April 14, 2022April 14, 2022 Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Karen Morris Poetry editor Did you enter one of the Biennial Letters poetry contests this year? In the latest Biennial Letters competition, there were 350 submissions (a record!), and ... Read more

Networkshop #1: Firsts Author Credits as Promised

April 11, 2022April 10, 2022 Fiction and nonfiction, Latest News, NLAPW

By Sarah Honenberger The Pen Woman fiction/nonfiction editor As the new fiction/nonfiction editor for The Pen Woman, I posted earlier this year several first paragraphs for critique and feedback. This ... Read more

What Happens Next?

March 1, 2022 Latest News, NLAPW, Nonfiction

By Sharon Canfield Dorsey, Chesapeake Bay Branch I pull into the restaurant parking and just sit. My heartbeat quickens. I’ve had my vaccine. So has my friend. A ... Read more

New Fiction/Nonfiction Editor Joins The Pen Woman

November 2, 2021November 3, 2021 Latest News, NLAPW

By Sarah Honenberger Greetings from new Fiction and Nonfiction Editor Sarah ‘Sally’ Honenberger. Over the last decade, the talented and creative Virginia Pen women have inspired me to reimagine ... Read more

Featured art: Order of Life, Gen. II

August 10, 2021August 8, 2021 Art of the Week, Featured Art, Latest News, NLAPW

“Order of Life, Gen. II” by Tomi La Pierre, Member-at-Large, Las Cruces, New Mexico Cast stone (11×16) From the artist: Sometimes I create a sculpture that gives me multiple ideas ... Read more

Cacti

July 21, 2021June 23, 2021 Art of the Week, Featured Art, Latest News, NLAPW

“Cacti” by Susan S. Buzzi, Fort Lauderdale Branch (Florida) Film photography, 30×40 From the artist: “As an arts educator and coach practitioner working with at-risk youth struggling with depression and ... Read more

The Ocean Beckons

July 6, 2021June 23, 2021 Featured Poem, Latest News, NLAPW, NLAPW Featured Poem, NLAPW Poem of the Week

By Cyndy Falcoff Diamond State Branch, Delaware Sunlight bounces off the water sparkles like tiny jewels ripples of waves lap lazily onto the shore leaving behind ... Read more

Convergence

June 30, 2021June 23, 2021 Art of the Week, Featured Art, Latest News, NLAPW

“Convergence,” by Anne Price Yates, Portland Branch (Oregon) Acrylic (12×12) From the artist: “My 12-by-12-inch acrylic, Convergence, waited years to be painted. Every spring, my front yard explodes with ... Read more

Featured Art: Flight of Fancy

April 20, 2021April 8, 2021 Art of the Week, Featured Art, Latest News, NLAPW

“Flight of Fancy,” by Lorraine Gabbert Mixed media, 10×12 Text by Patricia Dennis Another multi-talented woman joins the Santa Clara County Branch. Welcome, Lorraine Gabbert! Joining in letters, Gabbert is ... Read more

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