Nonprofit
PEN Center USA, 'PEN USA'
PEN Center USA advocates for imprisoned, censored, and persecuted writers throughout the world, while cultivating and expanding a diverse and engaged literary community in the western United States.
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2 Submitted Ideas
CREATE ·2016 Grants Challenge
Emerging Voices Fellowship: Creating Diverse Literary Artists Through Mentorship
Annually, PEN Center USA produces and presents a seven-month Emerging Voices Fellowship pairing five budding writers with professional Los Angeles-based writer/mentors.
PLAY ·2014 Grants Challenge
Los Angeles Youth Poet Laureate Program
Celebrate the voices of LA youth and name 12 LA Youth Poet Ambassadors and 1 LA Youth Poet Laureate! @ Public Libraries across LA