Nonfiction

On the Road Again: Waking Early

October 10, 2025October 7, 2025 Fiction and nonfiction, NLAPW, Nonfiction

TPW fiction and nonfiction editor Sarah “Sally” Collins Honenberger writes a newspaper essay series as a “traveling novelist,” titiled On the Road Again. This 30th essay gives you a glimpse ... Read more

Featured Prose: Running with My Words

September 12, 2024July 29, 2024 Fiction and nonfiction, It's a Creative Business, NLAPW, Nonfiction

By Sara Etgen-Baker Dallas Branch When the alarm sounds, I want to continue sleeping. Instead, I slide out of the warm sheets and peek through the blinds. Graceful ... Read more

Featured Prose: Forever Sunday

August 20, 2024July 29, 2024 Creative Inspirational Wisdom, Fiction and nonfiction, NLAPW, Nonfiction

By R.D. Petti Sarasota Branch Sunday has come to have a whole new meaning for me. Traditionally revered as the day of rest, Sunday is the day we can ... Read more

Featured Essay: How I Found My People

February 4, 2024January 30, 2024 Fiction and nonfiction, NLAPW, Nonfiction

By Dorothy Atkins Santa Clara County Branch I am an artist, writer, entrepreneur, storyteller, and a Pen Woman. I had been preparing for this all my life. As a youngster, ... Read more

What Happens Next?

March 1, 2022 Latest News, NLAPW, Nonfiction

By Sharon Canfield Dorsey, Chesapeake Bay Branch I pull into the restaurant parking and just sit. My heartbeat quickens. I’ve had my vaccine. So has my friend. A ... Read more