PEN America - The Freedom to Write
4 days ago · PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide. We champion the freedom to write, recognizing the …
Announcing the 2025 PEN America Literary Awards Winners
May 9, 2025 · PEN America is thrilled to announce the 2025 Literary Awards winners. The following book award winners were announced live at the PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony on May 8, …
Announcing The 2025 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists
Apr 10, 2025 · PEN America is honored to announce the Finalists for the 2025 Literary Awards. Our awards are juried by panels of esteemed, award-winning authors, editors, translators, and critics.
About PEN America
PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide. We champion the freedom to write, recognizing the power of the word …
Literary Awards - PEN America
The PEN America Literary Awards honor outstanding voices in translation, fiction, poetry, science, essay, biography, children’s lit, & drama.
Book Bans in Schools Sweep Across Reading Levels, Genres and
Feb 27, 2025 · The removal of books focused on people of color, race and racism, and LGBTQ+ subjects from public schools continues as part of a concerted and dangerous campaign nationwide, …
Banned Books List 2025 - PEN America
Oct 1, 2025 · What books are banned in 2025? Thousands of titles have been removed from public schools across the country. PEN America has documented nearly 23,000 book bans in public …
2026 Literary Gala Honorees Announced: Novelist and Essayist
Dec 2, 2025 · PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide. We champion the freedom to write, recognizing the …
Why the Florida Department of Education’s Book Ban Numbers
Dec 4, 2025 · PEN America has tracked the bans of unique titles nationwide since 2021 using publicly available data sourced from school district websites, school board minutes, public records requests, …
Membership - PEN America
For more than a century, PEN America has brought writers and readers together to celebrate literature and to protect the freedom to write. That legacy continues with Reader Members.