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

My most recent article for SFWA's Planetside! Copyright is a complicated subject about which there are many myths and misconceptions...in this article, I try to untangle some of them.

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

Hey, Online MFA student E.F. Vollmer's short story "Sparrow" appeared over the summer at MetaStellar! Proud to link it here for everyone's reading pleasure! www.metastellar.com/fiction/spar...

Students take note!

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?...

For the approaching midday shift: Now up for pre-order, a haunted house/slasher/cosmic horror novella coming Dec. 2. books2read.com/b/dis...

Today begins a new term for Online MFA students. Welcome to those just starting the program, and good luck to all!

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

ARC announcement from Online MFA instructor @jamesrgapinski.bsky.social!

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...

Coming soon from Online MFA instructor @sidneyw.bsky.social!

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...

Hot off the presses at the Penmen Review!

Here's a blast from the past--January 2024. Just one of many awesome Wireside Chat videos archived for your viewing pleasure on our YouTube playlist! These fun, freewheeling convos are full of practical writing info from experienced pros like Heather Hepler. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBiX...

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!

Proud to share that Wireside Chat--the monthly online event where the dean and Online MFA instructors chat about all things writing--has a new home! Browse and enjoy! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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...

Love to see it!

Always happy to boost the posts of SNHU's online literary journal, the Penmen Review.

SFWA Provides Must Read with Notes and Model Language for Analog, Asimov’s, and F&SF Contracts. Read the press release: www.sfwa.org/2025/07/23/p...

ARC ALERT! Want to read Thicker than Water by Avery Timmons before it's published? Want to read it for free? Yeah, you do! Go get it! storyoriginapp.com/reviewcopies...

I adored this talk with Jessica Shaw about loneliness in Gen X women, inspired by my essay in @damemagazine.bsky.social . We discussed friendship benches, @roadscholarorg.bsky.social adventures & why you should attend Salamander Science Night at the pub. tinyurl.com/8nuusete #loneliness #friendship

Interesting op-ed in the NYTimes today re: AI and Creative Writing. Students take note! www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...

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

A great example of how writers organizations utilize "soft power" to bring errant publishers to the negotiating table and win concessions from them. SFWA's actions here benefit all writers.

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

Hot off the presses--last month's Wireside Chat, featuring MFA instructor Amy Bai and a deep dive into POV, among other cool stuff. Check it out! youtu.be/8ymMph7KYGQ?...

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

We love to see it!

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/

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

Can confirm!

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...

Proud of Online MFA instructor @lmariewood.bsky.social!

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/

It's true!

Reupping because we are proud of our graduate readers, especially MFA students Ashleigh Worley and Kayleigh Michael! 😍

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

Word for Word concludes another successful season with our annual Graduate Spotlight! Watch as recent grads Bethany Willard (BA), Nikki White and Jessica Matson (MA), and Ashleigh Worley and Kayleigh Michael (MFA) read from and discuss their awesome thesis projects! www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQxa...

Proud of Online MFA instructor @lmariewood.bsky.social, who just won a Stoker in the Superior Achievement in Short Non-Fiction category for "Blacks in Film and Cultivated Bias," appearing in the anthology No More Haunted Dolls: Horror Fiction that Transcends the Tropes! WTG, Lisa! a.co/d/6iVcOMy

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...