Welcome to the home of the National League of American Pen Women, Inc. (NLAPW), a professional organization for women artists, composers, and writers, founded in 1897.
We have branches on all three of our nation’s coasts, in Hawaii, in rural areas, in large cities, and in towns and states throughout our nation. Branches offer seminars, workshops, art exhibits, readings, concerts, and outreach programs. Events sponsored by the NLAPW at the historic Pen Arts Building in the heart of Washington, D.C. connect our members and the public to the Arts.
Explore our website pages to link to our history, events, contest news and poetry. Click About and visit pages on our history, historic headquarters, and outreach programs. You can find out how to join under Membership. Look under Competitions for grants. Events will connect you with what’s upcoming in the New Year. Find out how (and why) to Donate to our cause of promoting Art, Music and Letters. Iphone and Android users can bookmark to your homescreen and connect with our arts scene from your mobiles. Our YouTube
channel is a click away. And don’t forget to follow us on Twitter.
News & Announcements
Online Juried Art Gallery
Congratulations to the winner of our 1st Online Art Contest for nonmembers, Cathy Hegman, for her work, Chaos of Commitment II. Pamela Winegard wins 2nd place for her work, Hubris. Click here to view our new juried gallery page.
Member Galleries
Our Art Gallery now includes beautiful new work by members from across the country. Special thanks to the Golden-Gate Marin Branch, CA for their submissions. See our Music Gallery for a profile of New Mexico’s Yucca Branch member Elizabeth Lauer, with a link to excerpts. For information on how to submit work for our art, letters and music galleries, please see our Gallery page.
2012 NLAPW Scholarships
The NLAPW announces its 2012 scholarships for $1,000 each for Art, Letters and Music to non-member women 35 years and older. We also award an art scholarship to a young Native American female between the ages of 17 and 24. The deadline for these grants, given every two years, is January 31, 2012. See our Competitions page for application guidelines and instructions.
National Election Nominations
Elections for the 2012-2014 National Executive Board will take place in Spring 2012. Ballots will be included in the Pen Woman Magazine Spring 2012 issue. Deadline for write-in candidates to have their names listed on the ballot was January 10, 2012. See our 2012 Elections page for the slate of candidates and more information.
Enter Contests
We sponsor Art, Music and Writing competitions for members and non-members. Honolulu Branch, HI, announces its call for entries for the 2012 Lorin Tarr Gill Biennial Writing Competition for Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry, open to members and nonmembers. Scroll down on our Writing Competitions page to find guidelines and submission information. Click here for the Biennial Art Competition and Exhibit for members, to be held at the Charles Sumner School, Washington, D.C. April 20th through June 1st, 2012. There are several new award categories including a photography award funded by the Delta Branch, MS. Click here for Writing Competitions. The Cape Cod Branch, MA is offering a new haiku award this year. The members competitions are entered by mail, not through the website. Members can find entry forms here on the website to print out, or in the Pen Woman magazine. Non-members, stay tuned for announcements of awards and upcoming on line contests.
