Check out the highlights from the 49th Biennial in Des Moines
Latest News, NLAPWDid you miss this year’s Biennial in Des Moines? Pensacola, Florida, Pen Woman Anne Baehr captured the best moments in a video. See what you missed!
Read moreA Pen Woman in the Right Place
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The National League of American Pen Women was the subject of an interview with President Virginia Franklin Campbell, featured in the latest issue of The Write Place at the Write Time, ... Read more
Call for Coloring Book Art Submissions: “Celebrating 120 Years of Pen Women”
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Dear Pen Women, NLAPW is going to publish a coloring book titled “Celebrating 120 Years of Pen Women.” This will be a coloring book for adults familiar with ... Read more
NLAPW’s Social Media: Come & Connect with Us!
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Looking for other Pen Women online? The National League of American Pen Women has expanded and consolidated its social media platform. Click on the links below to access the following ... Read more
Call for Guest Bloggers
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Calling all creatives! We invite our fellow Pen Women to submit guest posts for two new series: Creative Inspirational Wisdom and A Creative Business. Accepted pieces will first appear on ... Read more
2016 Biennial Installation of Officers
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The new national board members, left to right, Jane Maclean, fifth vice president; Sheila Byrnes, second vice president; Ronnie Miller, fourth vice president; Virginia Franklin Campbell, president; Lorna Jean Hagstrom, ... Read more
A conversation with two collaborators
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Why be a Pen Woman? This conversation with two Iowa Pen Women who wrote Mary & Me: A Lasting Link Through Ink together, says it all! The length of the ... Read more
Poem of the Week–I am a Bubble
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I am a Bubble Sometimes easily burst, other times, not. I can linger around and just float into space, without direction Or I can land heavily and drop onto someone ... Read more
Flash Fiction–Fateful Crossing
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Fateful Crossing I stuffed everything I could into my small knapsack. This Mediterranean journey would determine my destiny. I left everything; my country, family, friends. But this wasn’t what I’d ... Read more
Flash Fiction–In Justice
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In Justice Sally runs to playground. Sally swings on swing. A group of schoolyard bullies beats up Sally and steals her lunch money. Sally organizes a team of avenger-nerds, chases ... Read more