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I'm reeling. I was at a cell phone service store today, chatting with the staff while waiting to deal with a billing question and my g...

This is going to be an unusually personal post - I went to AWP (the massive, twelve-thousand writers in a single event space dance-with-your...

It's grant season! The NEA's amazing fiction grant is available every other year - and this is the year for fiction (next year is ...

Guest blogger, Birgitte Rasine checks in with manuscript and toddler from her writing travels in the wilds of South America... ...

Sarah Gerkensmeyer, you will recall, knocked our socks off with her story "Monster Drinks Chocolate Milk" when she accepted her $1...

Hope your Winter Holidays have been full of light and find you surrounded by your loved ones! 2012 at Pen Parentis was a series of overco...

As a reminder: Birgitte Rasine, a California-based member of Pen Parentis, is guest-blogging for us. Here is the first  installment from her...