The Administration promised free expression. The results were anything but more freedom.
As usual, China leads the pack but there is a new high of 375 total imprisoned worldwide.
Submissions for the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards are open through August 20.
We analyzed the books banned in the last school year to see which topics were most targeted.
The impact of these cuts would disproportionately harm rural states and local communities that rely on public media as a trusted source of information.
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New PEN Award recognizes twelve emerging fiction writers for their debut short story published in a literary magazine or cultural…
NEW YORK—PEN American Center this week announced the longlists for the 2016 PEN Literary Awards, which include works by literary…
PEN America is honored to announce the longlists for the 2024 PEN America Literary Awards.
The PEN American Center celebrates Members and 2011 Pulitzer Prize winners Ron Chernow, Jennifer Egan, and Bruce Norris. PEN is…
PEN America is thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2020 PEN America Literary Awards.
PEN America is thrilled to announce the longlists for the 2020 PEN America Literary Awards.
PEN America is honored to announce the Longlists for the 2025 Literary Awards, which will confer over $350,000 to writers…
PEN America is honored to announce the Finalists for the 2025 Literary Awards.
This Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month, PEN America presents a reading list of books from our Literary Awards program.
