Advocacy View All Pham Doan Trang: A Courageous Voice for Change Tuesday April 9 Anh-Thu Vo Read More Sign PEN America’s Petition To Protect The Life Of P.M. Dunne, An Incarcerated Author Wednesday March 27 Read More Joint Letter: Extend the mandates of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission and Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran Monday March 18 Read More
Banned Books View All The 11 Most Banned Books of the 2023-2024 School Year Thursday December 12 Lisa Tolin Read More The Hidden Cost of Defending Books: Freedom to Read Advocates Speak Out Wednesday November 27 Read More Native American Heritage Now: An Interview With Dr. Debbie Reese Wednesday November 13 Amulya Hiremath Read More
Campus Free Speech View All PEN America Free Expression Advocacy Institutes Train the Next Generation Monday September 16 Julia Goldberg Read More In Preparing for Protests, Are Campuses Going Too Far? Wednesday August 28 Lisa Tolin Read More Campus Protests Then and Now: How Today’s Encampments Echo History Tuesday July 16 Read More
Disinformation View All A sociologist’s thoughts on how disinformation has emerged from the shadows Thursday January 9 Mina Haq Read More Checking the rise of extremism is ‘easier said than done,’ University of Buffalo communications expert says Thursday December 19 Mina Haq Read More A reporter’s take on the role of disinformation and male grievance in the election Tuesday December 17 Mina Haq Read More
Educational Censorship View All The Plaintiff Who Secured Academic Freedom Sees Echoes of ‘Red Scare’ Today Thursday January 2 Jeremy C. Young, Clare Carter Read More For Federal Censorship of Higher Ed, Here’s What Could Happen in 2025 Thursday January 2 Jeffrey Adam Sachs, Jeremy C. Young Read More “Viewpoint Diversity” Indiana law denies students the ability to digest this election season in the classroom Tuesday December 17 Clare Carter Read More
Florida View All Miami-Dade Schools Say No Again to LGBTQ+ History Wednesday October 16 Katie Blankenship, Sophia Brown Read More “Thank you for not giving up on Florida”: A rallying cry at the Unified Voices Summit in Orlando Monday July 22 Andrew White Read More Unified Voices Summit in Florida: Educators, Authors, Faith Leaders and Activists Organize for the Right to Read Wednesday July 3 Katie Blankenship Read More
Gala View All Paul Simon’s Remarks Accepting the 2024 PEN/Audible Literary Service Award Tuesday May 21 Read More Georgia Election Workers Remarks at the 2024 PEN America Literary Gala Tuesday May 21 Read More Phạm Đoan Trang Acceptance Speech | 2024 Freedom to Write Award Tuesday May 21 Read More
Global Free Expression View All In Iran, a Poet’s Death and a Pattern of Medical Neglect Tuesday January 7 Veronica Tien Read More Author Margaret Atwood speaks with Narges Mohammadi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and writer, for TIME magazine Tuesday December 24 Veronica Tien Read More Ukrainian Writer Olena Stiazhkina on Language and War Thursday December 19 Amulya Hiremath Read More
Literary Awards View All Announcing The 2024 PEN/Bare Life Review Grant Winners Monday June 17 Read More Announcing The 2024 PEN/Jean Stein Grants For Literary Oral History Winners Monday June 17 Read More Announcing the 2024 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists Monday April 22 Read More
Literary Programs View All Kimberly Nguyen | Emerging Voices Fellow Thursday October 19 Ella Jones Read More Nathan Go | Emerging Voices Fellow Tuesday October 17 Ella Jones Read More 2023 Emerging Voices Fellows | The PEN Ten Interview Thursday September 14 Read More
Membership View All The State of the Nation, the State of Free Expression: PEN America Annual General Meeting Focuses on Unity Against Threats Wednesday January 8 Read More A Year of Books By PEN America Members Thursday December 21 Aleah Gatto Read More PEN America Town Hall: Conversation Amid Crisis Tuesday December 12 Lisa Tolin Read More
Online Abuse & Digital Safety View All What are My Digital Protections? How to Handle (and Prevent) Online Threats as a Journalist Monday January 6 Read More Protecting Your Digital Footprint: A Guide for Journalists Wednesday August 28 Viktorya Vilk, Amanda Wells, Malka Margolies Read More Combatting Online Abuse: Practical Tips for Journalists Thursday August 1 Viktorya Vilk, Amanda Wells Read More
Organizational View All PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression the Week of Jan. 6, 2025 Friday January 10 Read More PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression the Week of Dec. 30 Friday January 3 Read More PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression the Week of Dec. 16 Friday December 20 Amulya Hiremath Read More
Prison and Justice Writing View All PEN America Prison Writing Award Winners: 2024 Wednesday October 30 Read More The Book of Judith: Honoring Judith Tannenbaum (1947-2019) Friday August 9 Spoon Jackson, Boston Woodard, Elmo Chattman, Jr., Judith Tannenbaum Read More C. Fausto Cabrera and Zeke Caligiuri on Precarity and Critical Resistance Friday August 9 C. Fausto Cabrera, Ezekiel Caligiuri Read More
Resource View All #FactChallenge: Media Literacy Course on WhatsApp Leading up to the 2024 Elections Friday June 7 Read More Morgan Talty recommends what you should read for Native American Heritage Month Tuesday November 21 Read More Navigating Generative AI and the Threat of Disinformation Wednesday September 27 Read More
Translation View All Response To Letter Regarding Pen/Heim Translation Fund Grants Wednesday July 17 Read More from Don’t Worry Tuesday May 1 Mahsa Mohebali Read More from Neverending Quest for the Other Shore Tuesday May 1 Sylvie Kandé Read More
U.S. Free Expression View All The Plaintiff Who Secured Academic Freedom Sees Echoes of ‘Red Scare’ Today Thursday January 2 Jeremy C. Young, Clare Carter Read More For Federal Censorship of Higher Ed, Here’s What Could Happen in 2025 Thursday January 2 Jeffrey Adam Sachs, Jeremy C. Young Read More Beyond the Shelves: Three Years of Book Bans and Educational Censorship Friday November 1 Jonathan Friedman Read More
World Voices Festival View All A Letter from the President of PEN America: American Authors Demand a Second Draft of PEN America, and the World in Which We Write Thursday April 18 Jennifer Finney Boylan Read More World Voices Festival 2024: A Statement from Former PEN America Presidents Wednesday April 3 Read More 2023 PEN America World Voices Festival: Day 4 Highlights Monday May 15 Lisa Tolin Read More
Writer Opportunities View All Kimberly Nguyen | Emerging Voices Fellow Thursday October 19 Ella Jones Read More Nathan Go | Emerging Voices Fellow Tuesday October 17 Ella Jones Read More Introducing I am climbing the stairs that I create with these words all the way to the top: A NaPoWriMo Zine Thursday July 21 Sophia Ramirez Read More
Writers View All The State of the Nation, the State of Free Expression: PEN America Annual General Meeting Focuses on Unity Against Threats Wednesday January 8 Read More
Writers at Risk View All Update: Writer and prisoner of conscience Le Huu Minh Tuan receives DFP sponsorship Thursday December 12 Read More Vietnam’s Silenced Writers: The Vietnamese Government Falls Short on Human Rights Tuesday October 29 Read More
Writing as Craft View All Fiona Davis | The PEN Ten Interview Thursday January 9 Aleah Gatto Read More 10 Pieces of Writing Advice | The PEN Ten Monday December 23 Read More Lyle C. May | The PEN Ten Thursday December 19 Malcolm Tariq Read More
