Pen Parentis
Pen Parentis
Nonprofit organization
Building community for parent-writers
• Connect with us #readatpenparentis
• Offering meetups, fellowship, networking, mentorship, and more
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@aupresses.bsky.social
A global community of publishers whose mission is to ensure academic excellence and cultivate knowledge. #ReadUP! https://aupresses.org/ Got a question about university press publishing? #AskUP! https://ask.up.hcommons.org/
@womenwritebloom.bsky.social
Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon. NY-based monthly Literary Salon Series modeled after traveling Salons popular during the Harlem Renaissance. Curated by JP Howard. Open to all. Featured on LitHub. Sign up for updates: http://eepurl.com/lNK0b
@legacy1984.bsky.social
In print since 1984, Legacy is the only scholarly journal to focus specifically on American women’s writing, broadly defined, from the seventeenth through the mid-twentieth century. Tag us if you need a re-skeet!
@womenwritersnet.bsky.social
Supporting and promoting #WomenWriters. On insta at womenwritersnetwork and Twitter (X) @womenwritersnet.
@upcolorado.bsky.social
Publisher of books from four amazing imprints: UPC, UAP, USUP, and UWyoP!
@regalhouse.bsky.social
A traditional House, with imprints Fitzroy Books, House of Kel, and Pact Press and nonprofit Regal House Initiative, committed to the publication of finely crafted literature.
@tinhouse.bsky.social
Publisher of award-winning fiction, nonfiction, and poetry & home to a renowned writers’ workshop.
@arlaina.bsky.social
Parent, Writer, Ceramicist, Democracy Enthusiast. Words in One Story, Smokelong, Reckon Review, The Razor, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, etc. Pushcart noms, Best Small Fictions nom, Best of the Net nom. Nom nom nom. And Then Things Fall Apart, NYFA, etc.
@chestnutreview.bsky.social
International litmag ALWAYS open for submissions. Pays $120/piece. Responds in 30 days. Free subs in most genres. Free issues online. Paid feedback options. If you don't submit, we can't pay you. Home: chestnutreview.com Support: patreon.com/ChestnutReview
@clmporg.bsky.social
Ensuring a vibrant, diverse literary landscape by helping small literary publishers work better. www.clmp.org
@hippocampusmag.bsky.social
Online creative nonfiction magazine est. 2010: memoir essays, flash cnf, articles, reviews, interviews + books, events, conference & community. Posts by Donna.
@thesaltonstall.bsky.social
Supporting New York State artists and writers with residencies and retreat space since 1995. We have wheelchair-accessible facilities. Ithaca, NY
@fullbleedjournal.bsky.social
A print and online journal exploring the intersection of the visual and literary arts. Published annually by the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. www.full-bleed.org. // 2025 Issue: Censorship + Manifestos + Ars Poetica.
@agnimagazine.bsky.social
Our avatar is the Vedic god of fire, our goal is literary combustion. A beacon for 50 years, shining brightly in print and online. bu.edu/agni [Art for AGNI 101 by Malak Mattar]
@maxwatman.bsky.social
Author (Race Day, Chasing the White Dog, Harvest). Occasional hack. Creative Writing at VCU. Erstwhile line cook.
@mysteriousbookshop.com
The world's oldest mystery fiction specialty shop, located at 58 Warren Street, NYC. Home to Penzler Publishers and all its imprints, Mysterious Press, Scarlet, Crime Ink, and American Mystery Classics
@specktor.bsky.social
Novelist, memoirist, co-founder of The Los Angeles Review of Books
@missionbelonging.bsky.social
CBAW is becoming Mission Belonging—Reconnecting veterans & civilians with their communities through art. Join us for online art & writing workshops! Learn more at missionbelonging.org.
@amysohn.bsky.social
Albany Reporter @nyc.streetsblog.org Author of award-winning The Man Who Hated Women and 12 other books. “No matter the excuse or explanation, whatever a person does in the end is what he intended to do all along.” - Constantine “Cus” D’Amato
@uncpress.bsky.social
The University of North Carolina Press 📖 First University Press in the South 📚 Publishing distinguished books and journals for academics, students, and general readers for over a century
@evandaltonsmith.bsky.social
Looking for Andy Griffith, available now. https://bookshop.org/p/books/looking-for-andy-griffith-a-father-s-journey-evan-dalton-smith/20619097
@riotinyourthroat.bsky.social
publishing fierce, feminist poetry. www.riotinyourthroat.com Submissions are closed. EIC: @wordperv.bsky.social
@briansimoneau.bsky.social
Poet & teacher. Author of NO SMALL COMFORT (Black Lawrence Press, 2021) & RIVER BOUND (C&R Press, 2014). He/him. https://www.briansimoneaupoet.com
@amyshearn.bsky.social
ANIMAL INSTINCT is out now⚡️ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746997/animal-instinct-by-amy-shearn/
@bookcritics.bsky.social
Honoring outstanding writing and fostering a national conversation about reading, criticism, and literature since 1974. bookcritics.org
@everylibrary.bsky.social
Let's support America's libraries. America's Library PAC. Donate at http://action.everylibrary.org/donate
@authorsguild.bsky.social
Authors working together to ensure fair pay, protect copyright, and defend free speech.
@greedyreads.bsky.social
Your friendly neighborhood independent bookstores in Fells Point & Remington, Baltimore www.greedyreads.com
@reeamilcarscott.bsky.social
Camouflage fatigues & dashikis. Somewhere in between Ralph Ellison and PE 📚:🔥INSURRECTIONS🔥(PEN/Bingham winner) and THE W🌍RLD DOESN’T REQUIRE YOU I write love notes to black people & dis songs to white supremacy. 90% love. 10% dis. I deserve it all.
@maudeadamshub.bsky.social
@elissaschappell.bsky.social
I’ve published two books of fiction, Use Me and Blueprints for Building Better Girls, and other stuff and had jobs and even if I could capture lightning in a bottle I wouldn’t because lightning should be free. You are so beautiful when you’re angry.
@worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social
World Poetry is a nonprofit publisher of poetry in translation founded in 2017 and based in New York City. See all our books at http://worldpoetrybooks.com. https://linktr.ee/worldpoetry
@saraschaff.bsky.social
2025 NYSCA Support for Artists Grant Recipient; 2024 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Fiction; Author of THE INVENTION OF LOVE and SAY SOMETHING NICE ABOUT ME; Professor of Creative Writing; Editor of Saranac Review https://www.saraschaff.com
@unsolicitedpress.bsky.social
Unsolicited Press strives to produce exceptional works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from award-winning authors. Unsolicited Press is based out of Portland, Oregon and focuses on the works of the unsung and underrepresented.
@rscalia.bsky.social
Author of the story collection, Stumbling Toward Grace (Unsolicited Press 2021) and the forthcoming collection, Under the Radar (Unsolicited Press 2025).
@lucindarose.bsky.social
novelist; essayist; fishwife; #endtheoccupation; #StephenMillerisTheDevil
@asterixjournal.bsky.social
Aster(ix) is a transnational feminist literary arts journal committed to social justice and translation, placing people of color at the center of the conversation.
@wendychin-tanner.bsky.social
Novelist: King of the Armadillos Poet: Anyone Will Tell You, Turn Editor: Embodied, An Intersectional Feminist Comics Poetry Anthology Publisher: @awaveblueworld.com wendychintanner.com
@mayaangelouaward.bsky.social
National Literary Award ✨Recognizing contemporary authors whose work demonstrates a commitment to social justice. Learn more at our website! https://linktr.ee/mayaangeloubookaward
@iowawriterswksp.bsky.social
The Program in Creative Writing at the University of Iowa
@scbwi.bsky.social
Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators Supporting quality children’s books & the artists who make them since 1971.
@elizpagelhogan.bsky.social
Writer of stories, reader of words, counter of birds, runner of miles, eater of cookies.
@helencphillips.bsky.social
author of HUM & THE NEED & others https://www.helencphillips.com/