Pens of the Earth

We’re halfway through our performances in support of the Bench Theatre’s play ‘Bob and Doris are Not Afraid’. You can read Helen’s report on how it’s going here.

Pens of the Earth writers will be performing their work in partnership with Bench Theatre’s new play ‘Bob and Doris are Not Afraid’. Details here.

Well, that’s a wrap! We’ve finished publishing for 2022. Thanks to all our contributors, volunteers and readers. You can read our complete range of stories, poetry and non-fiction in Making Places for People and Life Under the Surface.

Our TreeSisters fundraiser has now come to an end. Thanks to all who donated! Read about it here.

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 perspectives on what defines home.  Most importantly, expect glimpses of achievable futures that could bring renewed health and hope to our ecology.

We will be bringing you stories and poems every week, so keep watching! And do please share and engage – we want to hear from you.

Thanks to our skilled team of editors for their dedication and to our wonderful contributors for providing us with such imaginative and diverse entries.

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 Twitter pages.