1 day 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 …

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

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 — defends …

Oct 1, 2025 · Accessibility forms the core of PEN America’s definition of a school book ban and emphasizes the multiple ways book bans infringe on the rights of students, professional educators, …

Nov 1, 2024 · PEN America analyzed the content of every book banned in two or more districts in the 2023-24 school year, or 1,091 unique titles. This is approximately 25 percent of the total number of …

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 …

Our team works to connect the unique needs of the community of Los Angeles and greater California to PEN’s mission, serving with a freedom of expression focus that reflects and refracts the contexts 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, …

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, …

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 censorship …