PEN America
A community of writers standing where literature meets human rights, organized around the freedom to write and to read.
Peer societies
Five societies PEN America is read alongside.
AWWP
Association of Writers and Writing Programs
The membership organization for creative writers and writing programs, serving the field through its annual…
33 companies named
AAP
Academy of American Poets
The national keeper and champion of American poetry, carrying it to the widest possible audience while…
12 companies named
ASJA
American Society of Journalists and Authors
The professional society for independent nonfiction writers, a community of freelancers holding standards…
PSA
Poetry Society of America
The nation's oldest guardian of poetry, a society founded in 1910 that both honors the poets and smuggles the…
3 companies named
ALTA
American Literary Translators Association
The professional association for literary translators in the United States, advancing the art through awards…
Who backs PA
Every company PEN America names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.
| Company | Support as published | Also named by |
|---|---|---|
| PEN/Audible Literary Service Award | Award sponsor | APA ITW NBF NRBP |
Sources: 1 published list, read September 2026
PEN America Literary Gala 2026 awards. Read September 28, 2026. Corporate-named gala award only; no sponsor list is published.
Who backs PEN America's peers, but not PEN America
Companies named publicly by at least one of PEN America's five peer societies, and not found in PEN America's reviewed public records.
The outside view
A community of writers standing where literature meets human rights, organized around the freedom to write and to read.
- Consensus
- Build
- Outward
- Operational
Their shape
The Movement
Gathered around a cause, and built to move.
The Movement is mission-led and built to mobilize, organized around changing something in the world. Its gift is passion and external impact, its challenge is turning momentum into something that lasts.
Also reads toward The Guild and The League.
Strengths
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