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PEN America celebrates literature with free and low-cost quality public programming, authors’ evenings, advocacy trainings, writers workshops, community gatherings and more.

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  • Event graphic for Reading from Best Debut Short Stories 2025 featuring the book cover, nine author headshots, host Lydi Conklin’s name, event partners’ logos, and colorful circles as design elements.

    PEN/Dau Prize x Catapult: Reading from Best Debut Short Stories 2025

    Wednesday December 10
    7:00 PM ET
    Free
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  • Five smiling people are shown in individual portrait photos above the text: “2025 Annual General Meeting, Writing Our Way Forward: Authors, Activism, and Artistry. Professional Membership Exclusive.” PEN America logo at bottom right.

    Writing Our Way Forward: Authors, Activism, and Artistry

    Wednesday December 17
    8:00 PM ET
    Free
    Speakers: Rex Ogle, Kasey Meehan, Padma Venkatraman, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Maggie Tokuda-Hall
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