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Tala Motazedi, a screenwriter and playwright originally from Iran, is the recipient of the 2024 PEN Canada-Humber College Writers in Exile Scholarship. During her year at Humber, she will work …
August 8, 2024 Statement by the PEN International Writers for Peace Committee THE DISGRACE OF GAZA – A SYMBOL OF SHAME Whatever the political calculations that have resulted in the …
Nancy Huggett has won the 2024 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award. For her winning submission, Revelation, she will receive a $3,000 cash prize and mentorship from a Canadian author. …
At the 2024 annual general meeting, PEN Canada announced its latest Annual Report, titled The Things We Could Not Carry. Alongside an accounting of the last year’s activities and the …
The Humber School for Writers is seeking applications from PEN Canada’s Writers-in-Exile members for its 28-week graduate certificate online mentorship program commencing in September 2024. The PEN Canada-Humber College Writers-in-Exile Scholarship (a full scholarship) is …
Do you know a Canadian who has helped a foreign imperilled writer? This prize is awarded annually to a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or Canadian organization who in the past …
Do you know someone who has advanced freedom of expression in Canada? The PEN Canada Ken Filkow Prize is awarded to an individual or group who has advanced freedom of expression …
The International Press Institute (IPI), Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) and 26 press freedom, freedom of expression and human rights organizations vehemently condemn the arrest of three Kurdish journalists last …
Originally published by English PEN | Photo of Alaa Abd El-Fattah, courtesy of freealaa.net. Photo by Mosaab El-Shamy. April 17, 2024 Dear Members of the United Nations Working Group …
PEN Canada is now accepting submissions for the 2024 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award. The award encourages new writing and provides a space where unpublished writers (age 17 and …