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Character Development: A National Novel Writing Month Pep Talk

BlogOctober 19, 2022

Writer William Myrl Smitherman writes a pep talk for incarcerated writers for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). More

On Pressing the Bounds of What’s Possible: A Conversation with Emile DeWeaver

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By: Charley Burlock | October 19, 2022

PEN America Prison and Justice Writing intern Charley Burlock interviews writer Emile DeWeaver. More

Record Label Die Jim Crow Gives Incarcerated Artists the Spotlight

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By: Tomás Miriti Pacheco | September 16, 2022

PEN America intern Tomás Miriti Pacheco features Die Jim Crow Records, the first record label dedicated to incarcerated artists in the United States. More

Jazmyn Lawrence's The Creation of Me, a collage featuring an image of the artist on a background of yellow, red, and magenta

Multiplicity and Narratives of Confinement in “Faces of Resilience,” Presented by the Barnes Foundation and Mural Arts Philadelphia

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By: Alexandra Fiorentino-Swinton | August 16, 2022

PEN America intern Alexandra Fiorentino-Swinton reviews "Faces of Resilience," a show featuring artists who are justice-involved, presented by the Barnes Foundation and Mural Arts Philadelphia. More

Introducing I am climbing the stairs that I create with these words all the way to the top: A NaPoWriMo Zine

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By: Sophia Ramirez | July 21, 2022

PEN America's Sophia Ramirez introduces our newest Prison Writing poetry zine, "I am climbing the stairs that I create with these words all the way to the top," for… More

Introducing ‘Love Lay Dormant’: A 2021 Prison Writing NaNoWriMo Zine

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By: Sophia Ramirez | February 15, 2022

Our Greater Constellations zine springs from the inspired poetic work created by members of our PEN America Prison Writing community during National Poetry Writing Month. More

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Because Your Liberation is Bound up with Mine: Introducing the 2021 PEN America L’Engle-Rahman Prize for Mentorship Recipients

December 15, 2021

Teachers & Writers Magazine introduces the winners of the 2021 PEN America L’Engle-Rahman Prize for Mentorship. More

Facing the Page: PEN America’s Prison Writing Program Takes on NaNoWriMo 2021

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By: Sophia Ramirez | November 15, 2021

In our third year of collaboration with NaNoWriMo, we are supporting 15 incarcerated writers taking on the daunting challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in just 30… More

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[VIRTUAL] In Fellowship: An Evening with the 2019-2020 Writing for Justice Fellows

Thursday, January 14, 2021 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm ET
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Works of Justice: How to Write a Novel in a Month (During a Pandemic)

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This year, the PEN America Prison Writing team had 10 incarcerated writers participate in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). More

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