The proceeds from our annual galas are crucial to PEN America’s dynamic cultural programming and critical advocacy work. Join with the hundreds of gala attendees in celebrating free …

Feb 4, 2025 · PEN America has documented nearly 16,000 book bans in public schools nationwide since 2021, a number not seen since the Red Scare McCarthy era of the 1950s.

May 9, 2025 · PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. For a living author whose body of work—either written in or translated into English—represents the highest level …

Mar 21, 2025 · PEN America is honored to announce the Longlists for the 2025 Literary Awards. Our awards are juried by panels of esteemed, award-winning authors, editors, translators, and …

PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans provides a list of books banned in the 2023-2024 school year. PEN America found 10,046 instances of individual books banned, affecting 4,231 …

Apr 25, 2025 · With the help of our partners, PEN America confers over 20 distinct awards, fellowships, grants, and prizes each year, and will confer nearly $350,000 to writers and …

Feb 27, 2025 · As book bans reached an unprecedented high in the last school year, PEN America sought to further understand the impacts of this censorship – the identities, content …

May 28, 2025 · PEN America initially compiled a list of more than 250 words and phrases reportedly no longer considered acceptable by the Trump administration, from “abortion,” to …

Apr 29, 2025 · PEN America has compiled a list of more than 350 words and phrases reportedly no longer considered acceptable by the Trump administration, from “abortion,” to “women,” …

May 8, 2025 · PEN America is honored to host the 61st annual Literary Awards Ceremony at Town Hall. This year’s ceremony will be hosted by two-time Emmy Award-winning television …