Pen Women: Please be sure to review the Fall 2025 issue of The Pen Woman.

There’s valuable information about the 2026 Biennial event for LETTERS (19 categories!), ART,  and MUSIC. PLUS all sorts of tips for booking your hotel, etc.

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Below is the link to a tribute page honoring Catherine R. Lepoutre who was a long time and beloved Art Member of GPW. It includes her obituary. You  can add photos and messages. Her family would  like to hear from you.

https://www.online-tribute.com/CatherineLepoutre

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Here is an entry for “The Oops! Dept.”

See what happens when you scout around on National’s Pen Women website? I found this wonderful illustration Leigh Grant may have “secretly” entered in the July 6, 2025 Art of the Week.

The illustration is from “The Twelve Days of Christmas: A History and Celebration” written and illustrated by Leigh. Leigh’s daughter was the model for the girl and her Rhodesian Ridgeback for the big yellow dog.

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Perrot Library Local Author Showcase on Saturday, September 20 featured several members of GPW. Front row: Stasha Healy. Back row from left to right, Cathy Horn, Barbara Ehrentreu, Leigh Grant, Arlene Mark, and Lee Paine.

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Lisa D’Amico: “Sonic Heroines Exhibit”: Oct 1 – 31. Reception – Tuesday, Oct. 7, 6 – 7:30pm Valley Cottage Library, 110 Route 303, Valley Cottage, NY
Sonic Heroines Series – Every woman has a unique story that deserves to be heard and honored, yet too many have been silenced for far too long. This series aims to challenge traditional portraiture and amplify the voices of remarkable women, both past and present on a local and global scale.

Lisa D’Amico — Until Nov. 30 – “In The Details” a 2-person art exhibit at The Nyack Library, is featuring small works by Lisa, one of our newest ART members. Reception: Tuesday, Oct. 14, 6 – 7:30pm (3rd floor, 59 S. Broadway, Nyack, NY)

At the invitation from Lisa D’Amico, curator at bluefieldexhibits.com, Maria C. Friscia, Doris Mady, Heidi Matonis, and Heather Sandifer were accepted into the online show “The Color of Water” Art Exhibit. The show runs from Oct.  20, 2025 – Jan. 20, 2026. Online Reception: Nov. 6 at 7pm, which you must register for. When you visit the site, you can also vote in the People’s Choice Award.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bluefieldexhibits/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bluefieldartexhibit

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Barbara Ehrentreu’s If I Could Be Like Jennifer Taylor won readers favorite.com’s 2025 Contest Silver Award (in the Young Adult-Social Issues category). She also received a 5-star review from them. Click here for the review: https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/if-i-could-be-like-jennifer-taylor

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Maria C. Friscia’s acrylic painting Soft Arrival was accepted into “My Favorite Piece” 12th Annual Fall juried exhibition at the Loft Artists Association, Stamford. Until October 26.

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The National League of American Pen Women spotlighted Letters member, Catherine Horn on their website (front page) for her hard-fought accomplishment and journey that she took to get her book published. Congrats!

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Doris Mady – Has two paintings (Spring’s Here!!! and Cathedral) in New Rochelle Art Association’s 109^th Juried Show at the New Rochelle Library’s Lumen Winter Gallery until Oct. 25^th. Her entry: Spring is Here! won Third Place in oil. Reception & Awards: Oct. 19 from 3-4:30pm.

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Heidi Matonis — In addition to her talent in LETTERS, National just announced Heidi has been accepted to ART as well. Congratulations!

Heidi will discuss her new book, Nitro: A Novel of Creation and Destruction, on Thursday, October 23, at 7 pm, in the Program Room, Radcliffe Building, Perrot Memorial Library. Registration is required.

Nitro delves into the blurred boundaries between creation and destruction, man and monster, and the profound impact of human connection in the digital age.

You can order the book on Amazon or contact Heidi for a free copy at hmatonis@gmail.c