The PEN Ten with the 2018 Emerging Voices
I feel like I’ve spent my entire lifetime resisting . . . I wonder, though, whether resisting is the same thing as resistance. More
Human Resources Manager
PEN America, a fast-growing nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks a human resources manager to facilitate and enhance all aspects of the employee… More
DARE: Trump Hires Former Fox News Executive Bill Shine as Communications Chief
President Trump’s new White House communications chief is Bill Shine, formerly of Fox News—which he left amid scandal and lawsuits over enabling sexual harassment. Scott Pruitt resigns as EPA… More
DARE: Global moment of silence planned today to honor Capital Gazette shooting victims
News organizations unite behind moment of silence this afternoon to remember Capital Gazette shooting victims. More
The Winner
"People remember the artist, and not the subject. Especially in portraits." More
Stones Refused: A Cenacle in South Central
It’s important that we express our experience for our benefit and for the world’s. We learn through stories, we experience through stories, we are stories. More
DARE: NJ Governor to Sign Bill Dedicating $5M to Help Local Media
New Jersey sets aside millions to buttress local news coverage. ABC News Chief Investigative correspondent Brian Ross suspended over botched story on Trump Russia investigation. Capitol Gazette gunman had… More
Two Poems by Purvi Shah
The following two poems by Purvi Shah appear in Mythologies, the newest issue of PEN America: A Journal for Writers and Readers. More
Director/Deputy Director, U.S. Free Expression Programs
PEN America seeks an energetic and visionary leader with significant First Amendment expertise to direct its U.S. free expression programs at a time of unprecedented assault on press freedoms… More
Alert Us
To any writer artist who is at risk, or is in need of assistance, including those denied entry into the U.S. as a result of the latest Trump Administration travel ban. 
