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Event Series

PEN America hosts several ongoing event series as part of its public programming. Check out the full events calendar here.

PEN Out Loud is a year-round series presented by PEN America and the Strand Book Store. This series amplifies diverse voices and convenes vital conversations on the issues of the day with authors, poets, journalists, and activists.

Potted plant and pen next to a laptop on the left. The laptop screen reads, “You are a writer.” in red text on a green background. A PEN America sticker is on the bottom right of the laptop. Next to the laptop, on the right, is a green teacup and a dark green notebook placed on top of a light green folder. The cover of the notebook reads in light pink text, “A Career & Craft Workshop Series.”

Join PEN America for You Are a Writer, a series of free online workshops. Inspired by beloved components of PEN America’s Emerging Voices Fellowship, the series will introduce topics that are foundational to understanding and launching a literary career.

Grab your laptops and your phones and sign up for Safety Snacks. PEN America, the Online News Association, and the International Women’s Media Foundation have teamed up to create step-by-step videos and hands-on workshops to help you defend yourself. We’ll explain how to protect your most sensitive accounts from hackers and how to dox yourself before someone else does.

PEN America and the American Historical Association present Flashpoints, funded by the National Endowment of the Humanities. The series will examine how free speech has evolved, illuminate past debates over who has the right to speak and shed light on present debates about free speech in the context of protest, dissent, and the quest for social change.