Thank you so much to all entrants for entering the Joy of the Pen this year. Our judges have given their decision and all of the winners and honorable mentions have been contacted. If you are one of those winners, congratulations! If you are not then we would highly recommend that you enter the competition next year (submissions open in September). I would like to invite everyone to come and hang out with us on Saturday, November 18^th at 1pm for the reception.

Our judges’ deadline is on the 11th! Once we get all the results in, we will notify all participants whether they have placed or not. In the meantime, here are some posters for the Reception. Please share far and wide! All are welcome–come and celebrate with us!

Joy of the Pen 2017 reception poster

The Joy of the Pen Reception is on November 18th at 1pm. Please join us to celebrate the winners!

All the work is being sent to the judges right now. They have a month to make their decisions. We will notify everyone before the reception. Thank you for joining us this year!

Our judges are in place and waiting to read your work! They will stay anonymous until after the deadline.

It’s that time again! From now until October 7th, we will be accepting submissions!  To see the guidelines and apply visit here!

Photos from the Joy of the Pen reception and a list of the winners is featured in this month’s Cryer! Check out page 2: http://thecryeronline.com/files/2016/december/index.html.

You can now read the 2016 Joy of the Pen winners here on the online literary journal! Thanks to all those who attended the reception. Photos and recordings are coming soon!

Everyone welcome!

Please share:

joy-of-the-pen-reception-2016-small-flyer

joy-of-the-pen-2016-reception-poster

The judges have made their choices and we will be notifying the winners very soon!