“PEN plays an intrepid, leading role in bringing barriers down.” —Nadine Gordimer, vice-president of International PEN

When you sign up for Membership in PEN, you join over 3,000 of this country’s most distinguished writers, translators, and editors as part of a global community of literary professionals from more than a hundred nations. Your membership provides vital support in our work to advance literature, defend free expression, and foster international literary fellowship.

Associate/Student Associate Membership is open to everyone who supports PEN's mission and provides a vital base of volunteers and support for PEN's programs and advocacy.

Benefits include:

• a subscription to PEN America, our award-winning biannual journal

• discounts to our public programs, including the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature

• free Associate Member web page and blog

• select invitations to Member-only receptions

• discounted access to the online database Grants and Awards Available to American Writers, the most comprehensive directory of its kind

* Please note: Associate Membership is a nonvoting category of Membership and does not qualify for health insurance. Due to high international postal rates, we cannot send postal mail or the PEN America Journal to Associate Members living outside of the U.S.

Annual dues are $40, or $20 for students.

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Save up to 20% when you sign up for Associate Membership with a one-year subscription to PEN's online database Grants & Awards Available to American Writers.

Associate Membership + Grants & Awards
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