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Michelle Shreeve

Alumna Writes a Book for Grieving Families While Earning Two Degrees

Michelle Shreeve ’15G ’16G was a child when she lost her mother, and resources were limited for young families coping with the death of a parent. This experience fueled her desire to help others deal with similar grief, and through her love of writing, she addressed what hadn’t been available when…

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One Million Words, One Year, and the Power of Goals

by DJ Cooper Moving into a new year is a natural time to think about goals. What we want to accomplish, improve, or simply attempt. Last year,  I set an ambitious writing goal. It was to write one million words, and it sounded outrageous. But it wasn’t just about the…

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The winners of the 2025 Penmen Review Fall Fiction Contest

Word for Word Celebrates the 2025 Fall Fiction Contest Winners

On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, the Word for Word Reading Series at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) featured the winners of the Penmen Review’s eleventh annual Fall Fiction Contest. This year’s contest had more than 900 submissions, from which five winners were chosen: First place, “How to Eat a Pomegranate,”…

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Michelle Shreeve

Alumna Writes a Book for Grieving Families While Earning Two Degrees

Michelle Shreeve ’15G ’16G was a child when she lost her mother, and resources were limited for young families coping with the death of a parent. This experience fueled her desire to help others deal with similar grief, and through her love of writing, she addressed what hadn’t been available when…

read more...

A white woman with glasses and brown hair smiling up at camera

One Million Words, One Year, and the Power of Goals

by DJ Cooper Moving into a new year is a natural time to think about goals. What we want to accomplish, improve, or simply attempt. Last year,  I set an ambitious writing goal. It was to write one million words, and it sounded outrageous. But it wasn’t just about the…

read more...

The winners of the 2025 Penmen Review Fall Fiction Contest

Word for Word Celebrates the 2025 Fall Fiction Contest Winners

On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, the Word for Word Reading Series at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) featured the winners of the Penmen Review’s eleventh annual Fall Fiction Contest. This year’s contest had more than 900 submissions, from which five winners were chosen: First place, “How to Eat a Pomegranate,”…

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