We support them with grants, fellowships, awards, workshops, and quality public programming while defending their freedom to write. As of the 2024 grant conferral, pen america confers two pen/bare life review grants of $5,000 each Pen america stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the united states and worldwide
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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, 2025, at the town hall in new york city and hosted by tamron hall. 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, and authors. 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 schools nationwide since 2021, a number never before seen in the life of any living american. 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 “women,” and including “disability,” “elderly,” “native american” and, unsurprisingly, the “gulf of mexico.” Pen america is honored to announce the finalists for the 2025 literary awards The 2025 awards will confer around $350,000 to writers.
