Sep 24, 2025 · PEN America was created more than 100 years ago for writers and they remain at the heart of what we do. We support them with grants, fellowships, awards, workshops, and …

What books are banned in 2025? Thousands of titles have been removed from public schools across the country. PEN America has documented nearly 16,000 book bans in public schools …

The PEN America Literary Awards honor outstanding voices in translation, fiction, poetry, science, essay, biography, children’s lit, & drama.

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 …

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 …

Aug 7, 2025 · Since 2021, PEN America has been at the forefront of documenting and defending against the unprecedented rise of school book bans nationwide and the spread of educational …

Feb 19, 2025 · As of the 2024 grant conferral, PEN America confers two PEN/Bare Life Review Grants of $5,000 each. The grants are made possible by a substantial contribution from The …

PEN America found 10,046 instances of individual books banned, affecting 4,231 unique titles. The 2023-2024 banned book list is a searchable index of each documented book ban in the …

PEN America’s signature campaign against educational gag orders — and other legislative restrictions on the freedom to learn and teach that have swept the country since January 2021 …

Jan 24, 2025 · PEN America counted more than 10,000 instances of school book bans in the 2023-2024 school year, nearly triple the number in the previous year. Book bans in United …