These pieces were originally published between December 4th 2025 and March 12th 2026. 2025 Fall Fiction Contest Winners Additional Fiction Selections
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Word for Word, Featuring Chuck Tingle, Part I
On Wednesday, May 6, 2026, the Word for Word online literary series welcomed bestselling writer Chuck Tingle. Tingle is a USA Today bestselling author, as well as a two time Hugo Award finalist, Bram Stoker Award nominee, Goodreads award nominee, Golden Poppy award finalist, Locus award winner, Dragon Award winner, Audie…
Word for Word, Featuring Courtney Milan
Word for Word Welcomes Bestselling Author Courtney Milan On Wednesday, April 15, 2026, the Word for Word online literary series welcomed bestselling writer Courtney Milan. Milan began her career with a starred review in Publishers Weekly and has never looked back. A self-publishing pioneer, she has gone on to become…
Word for Word Publishing Panel With Jane Friedman and Laura Stanfill, Part II
We’re back with Part II of last month’s Word for Word Publishing Panel, featuring industry experts Jane Friedman and Laura Stanfill. You can read Part I here. Jane Friedman needs no introduction to aspiring writers. Her book “The Business of Becoming a Writer” is used as a class text in…
Word for Word Publishing Panel With Jane Friedman and Laura Stanfill, Part I
A highlight of each year’s Word for Word literary series is the publishing panel, in which we leading voices in the publishing industry come to speak about the latest trends and information that writers need to know. This year the panel took place on Wednesday, March 18, and featured two…
Word for Word, Featuring Malinda Lo
On Wednesday, February 18, 2026, the Word for Word Literary Series welcomed award-winning writer Malinda Lo! Lo is the New York Times bestselling author of seven novels, including, most recently, A Scatter of Light. Her novel Last Night at the Telegraph Club won the National Book Award, the Stonewall Book Award, the Asian/Pacific…
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…
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…
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,”…
Meet the Winners of the 2025 Fall Fiction Contest
The 11th annual Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) Fall Fiction Contest brought writers from across the country together for a chance to win a scholarship to SNHU and publication in The Penmen Review. After receiving hundreds of submissions, a panel of creative writing experts considered several factors during their review,…
Word for Word, featuring Paul Tremblay
On Wednesday, December 10, 2025, the Word for Word Literary Series proudly welcomed horror master Paul Tremblay! Tremblay has won the Bram Stoker, British Fantasy, Sheridan Le Fanu, and Massachusetts Book awards and is the New York Times bestselling author of Horror Movie: A Novel, The Beast You Are, The Pallbearers Club, Survivor Song,…