Events Calendar
Thursday
March 2
2:00 pm ETThursday
March 2
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm ET![](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Literary-Awards-Ceremony-Graphic-2023-300x200.png)
2023 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony
The Town HallFriday
March 3
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm ET![](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Maggie-Nelson-with-Anand-Giridharadas-300x200.png)
PEN Out Loud x The Cooper Union: Maggie Nelson and Anand Giridharadas
The Great Hall, The Cooper UnionNew York, NY
Wednesday – Saturday
March 8 – March 11
9:00 am – 5:00 pm PT![Claire Messud, Rivka Galchen, and Paul Gargagliano at the 2018 AWP conference](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/awp2018-Claire-Messud-Rivka-Galchen-Paul-Gargagliano-18-1-300x200.jpg)
PEN America at the 2023 AWP Conference and Bookfair
Seattle Convention CenterThursday
March 9
7:00 pm – 8:45 pm ET![PEN America Presents Break Out: Miami](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Event-with-main-image-3-300x200.png)
Award-winning work from the 2022 PEN America Prison Writing Contest read by Ryan Moser, Vanessa Garcia, Darren (DT) Tinker, Scott Cunningham, and Edwidge Danticat
Break Out: The Writing of Incarcerated Writers from South Florida
Books & BooksWednesday
March 15
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm ET![Cleo Wade headshot and Heart Talk book cover](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Authors-Evening-Event-Graphic-Template-32-300x200.png)
PEN America Author’s Evening with Cleo Wade
Hosted by Beth HutchensTuesday
March 21
3:00 pm – 4:15 pm ET![](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Let-Florida-Read-featured-300x200.png)
Let Florida Read: A Read-In To Celebrate The Freedom To Read
Common Ground BookstoreTuesday
March 21
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm ET![Paul Goldberger headshot and Why Architecture Matters book cover](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Authors-Evening-Event-Graphic-Template-38-300x200.png)
PEN America Author’s Evening with Paul Goldberger
Hosted by Tom Healy and Fred P. HochbergWednesday
March 22
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ETThursday
March 23
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm ET![Stacy Schiff headshot and Revolutionary book cover](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Authors-Evening-Event-Graphic-Template-26-1-300x200.png)
PEN America Author’s Evening with Stacy Schiff
Hosted by Alan Jones and Ashley GarrettSaturday
March 25
10:00 am – 3:30 pm PT![Freedom to Learn Student Summit - NorCal Logo](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Freedom-to-Learn-Student-Summit-NorCal-1-300x200.png)
PEN America’s Freedom to Learn Student Summit – Northern California
The Mix at Main | San Francisco Public LibrarySaturday
March 25
10:00 am – 12:00 pm CT![March 25 event](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/MIC_3.25-2-300x169.jpg)
Panel Discussion at The Potter’s House of Dallas: “Fake News” or Not?
The Potter’s House of DallasTuesday
March 28
6:00 pm CT![Book Bans and Disinfo](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Quad-event-pages-5-300x200.png)
Book Bans and Disinformation: The Ties Between Media Literacy and the Freedom to Read
Dallas Public Library – Hampton-Illinois BranchWednesday
March 29
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm CT![](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/MPWW-PEN-Break-Out-poster-FINAL-1-300x300.png)
Break Out: Minneapolis
Hook & Ladder TheaterFriday – Saturday
March 31 – April 1
4:00 pm – 3:30 pm ET![](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/UTK-Student-Summit-Image-Spring-2023-4-300x200.png)