PEN American Center

The Emergency Fund for Endangered Writers assists writers in prison and those who are persecuted by providing funds for legal and medical assistance to their families. more

Help PEN bring dynamic teachers and storytellers to thousands of students in underserved New York City public schools through the Readers & Writers program, and provide talented high school students in these schools with unparalleled writing mentoring workshop experiences as part of the program’s Writing Institute. more

The Whatcom Librarian and her board fought the subpoena which called for the names and identifying information of all those who had borrowed the book since November 15, 2001. more

Support writers in need by contributing to PEN’s Writers’ Fund. more

Donations strengthen efforts to assist ex-offenders in their discovery of literature and their own literary powers of self-expression and help smooth the way for the enormous challenges of their re-entry into society. more