Happy Monday! Have a poem! Here's "Fish Food for the Birds," by Mike O'Brien. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/fish-food-fo...

‪How about a poem to make your Friday better? Here's "Bloom," by David Armand. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/bloom/

Pleased to present "The Choosing Age," by Kamy Callow. Enjoy! #litmag #shortstory penmenreview.com/the-choosing...

Oh, it's Tuesday. How about a poem? Here's "Pommes et Cannelle," by Chris Dungey. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/pommes-et-ca...

Ready to face a new week? Here's "Inerrata, Indiana," by Kristin Borders. Enjoy! #litmag #shortstory penmenreview.com/inerrata-ind...

Happy Thursday! Presenting "Here Still," by Susan Pendley. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/here-still/

New fiction up at The Penmen Review! "Burning Weeds," by Angelina Sandoval. Enjoy! #litmag #fiction #shortstory penmenreview.com/burning-weeds/

Woo-hoo! New content going up at The Penmen Review! Excited to share these poems and stories from talented writers. 😀 First up, "The Easy Life," by William Heath. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/the-easy-life/

The August Wireside Chat with Special Guest @holleycornetto.bsky.social is up! Check it out! :) youtu.be/1Gc7iyot0UU?...

Here's the latest from the Penmen Review: "Those Who Suffer," by Kelly Sicard. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/those-who-su...

A poem for Monday! Here's "Your Return," by Gil Hoy. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/your-return/

For Friday, "A Man in Half," by T. R. Healy. Enjoy! #litmag #shortstory penmenreview.com/a-man-in-half/

July's Wireside Chat is up, featuring special guest Marianna Boncek. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE3a...

From Bill Derry, here's "It is You, Carlos." Enjoy! #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/it-is-you-ca...

Happy Friday! Here's "Starfield," by Redde Michaels. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/starfield/

Happy Monday! Here's "Strange Meetings," by Sonnet Mondal. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/strange-meet...

Here's a short story for Friday: "Soul Finder," by Benjamin Drueke. Enjoy! #litmag #shortstory penmenreview.com/soul-finder/

Generous wisdom from Jeff VanderMeer in this post! A lot of MFA students are obsessed with the goal of making their writing more efficient. But valuable things can be lost in the quest for efficiency. Sometimes messy is better--if that's your process!

How about a poem to get your week off to a good start? Here's "How sweet, the words we write," by Olivia Austin. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/how-sweet-th...

A poem for Friday! Here's "Wendell Berry Said," by Vern Fein. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/wendell-berr...

Happy Monday! Here's a poem to get your week off to a good start. "Real Men Do Manly Things," by Nancy Byrne. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/real-men-do-...

A short story for Thursday! "Three forty-seven AM," by Robert Parry. Enjoy! #litmag #shortstory penmenreview.com/three-forty-...

Happy Monday! Here's "Voice," by James B. Nicola. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/voice/

Sometimes a good poem is the best medicine. Try "Sertraline (50 MG)," by Adonis Diaz. #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/sertraline-5...

Proud to give a bump to this video--fun, instructive, and did we mention fun?

Here's May's Wireside Chat, featuring Online MFA instructor @amberalogan.bsky.social. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iWb...

William Carlos Williams might have appreciated this poem! Here's "Summer Day," by Bill Derry. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/summer-day/

Go ahead. Read it. You deserve it. "Indulgence," by Redde Michaels. #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/indulgence/

Big news from SFWA! Starting July 1, The SFWA Blog has a new name: Planetside: The Online Magazine of SFWA. Read the announcement at www.sfwa.org/2025/07/02/i... Follow along at sfwa.org/planetside as we launch new features and continue publishing great content for SFF creators.

From April, Online MFA instructor Nicole Melleby joins Wireside Chat. Enjoy! youtu.be/GjKUh0rD92Y?...

On 6/11, Word for Word hosted its annual Graduate Spotlight, honoring recent grads of SNHU's online creative writing programs with readings from five students. We are proud to publish the edited transcript of the Q&A that followed the readings by these gifted grads! penmenreview.com/spotlight/wo...

Something for a hot June Monday. "Those Snowy Mornings," by Gil Hoy. Enjoy! #litmag #shortstory penmenreview.com/those-snowy-...

For Friday, here's "Homesick," by @loraleeclark.bsky.social. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/homesick/

Did you know the creative writing programs at SNHU have a podcast? Passion & Practicality--the two sides of the liberal-arts coin. Listen to episodes of Wireside Chat and Word for Word: enjoy 'em on the go or soak 'em up in a more sedentary mode! passionandpracticality.podbean.com/category/cre...

A gem from the archives. "Black Widows," by Beth Escott Newcomer. Enjoy! #litmag #shortstory penmenreview.com/black-widows/

From our sibling account! Edited transcript coming to the pages of the Penmen soon!

Happy Monday! Here's "The Tabernacle of Ashbrook," by Travis Michaelis--a short story for lovers of Poe and Lovecraft! #litmag #shortstory penmenreview.com/the-tabernac...

Reupping this fantastic discussion with literary agents Joshua Bilmes and Lucienne Diver! #litmag

Proudly presenting "Hand-me-downs," by Kelly M. Sicard. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/hand-me-downs/

From the vaults! "Wrinkled Paper," by Adrienne Monestere. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/wrinkled-pap...

From the Penmen vaults! "Eyes That Saw Nothing," fiction by Kevin Jones. Enjoy! #litmag #shortstory penmenreview.com/eyes-that-sa...

Happy Monday! Here's a mind-bender by Jesse Teller, a writer we're pleased to welcome back to the pages of the Penmen Review! "The Goddess." Enjoy! #litmag #shortstory penmenreview.com/the-goddess/

From the vaults! "An unsent drunk text during no contact," by Jason Grant. Enjoy! #litmag penmenreview.com/an-unsent-dr...

Proud to present "A Smog Day," by Shannen Barrow. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/a-smog-day/

Here's a blast from the past! "Battlefields," a poem by Lisa M. Gott. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/battlefields/

Hot off the presses: the edited transcript of last month's Word for Word Agents and Agenting panel, featuring superstar literary agents @awfulagent.bsky.social and @luciennediver.bsky.social generously sharing their wisdom! #litmag penmenreview.com/spotlight/wo...

Start your week with this memorable short story from Millie Sullivan: "That Which is Sweet." Enjoy! #litmag #shortstory penmenreview.com/that-which-i...

Throwback to 2023, when screenwriter extraordinaire @edsolomon.bsky.social visited Word for Word with some straight talk about the writing life. Here's the first of 3 edited transcripts of that conversation. Thanks, Ed! #litmag #screenwriting penmenreview.com/spotlight/wo...

Happy Thursday! Here's "Garfield Sheets," by Diane Webster. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/garfield-she...

Here's a suitable poem for a Wednesday: "Faster Week," by Diane Webster. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/faster-week/