Author: Richard Salsbury

We are now publishing our 2022 stories and poems. The first few are up and ready to read. Many more to come between now and Christmas!

Thank you to everyone who submitted work to Pens of the Earth. It’s been a real pleasure to read the entries. We will be publishing stories and poems from 2nd November to 17th December. Expect the unexpected.  Expect encounters with whales, seahorses, dolphins and seals.  Expect urban transformations and new …

Submissions are now closed. Thank you to everyone who sent us work – we will be back in contact soon!

We have two new articles under the About menu – Writing for Non-Writers and Editing for Non-Editors. If you like the idea of sending something in to us but you’re ‘not really a writer’, these should give you the confidence and skills to give it a try!

We now have a Press Release, giving newcomers and interested parties an idea what we do and how we do it!

We are now open to submissions until the end of September! Read about our new themes, and how to send in your work, on our Submissions page. We’ll be adding inspirational material regularly on our Life Under the Surface and Making Places for People pages, and on our Facebook and …

Our website is now hosted by Eco Web Hosting, who use green energy for their web servers and plant a tree every month for us!

Thank you to everyone who entered our Save Our Seas competition on social media. The winner was Annie Kirby!

To celebrate our collaboration with Kings Youth Theatre and Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust we are holding a competition to win two tickets for this wonderful showcase on Fri 3rd June! To enter, do one or more of the following: Like our page on Facebook and share this …

So, that’s it for another year! Thanks to everyone who contributed a story, poem or some environmental content. Thanks also to our editors, our comms team, and everyone who helped behind the scenes. And finally, thanks to everyone who read work on the Pens of the Earth website. If you …