Young Writers Committee
@youngwriterspen.bsky.social
A worldwide network of young writers united by PEN International's 100-year history defending freedom of expression, promoting literature and cross border solidarity. Amplifying young voices ignored or marginalised with a focus on shared future challenges
New spotlight on Tomorrow Club is live, amplifying young voices across Asia until the new year.
Over 30 bright young names from 20 countries joined up with inspiring stories, in truth and fiction, opening personal windows into a diverse range of contexts and experiences around the region ⬇️
Over 30 bright young names from 20 countries joined up with inspiring stories, in truth and fiction, opening personal windows into a diverse range of contexts and experiences around the region ⬇️
Spotlight: Asia
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October 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
New spotlight on Tomorrow Club is live, amplifying young voices across Asia until the new year.
Over 30 bright young names from 20 countries joined up with inspiring stories, in truth and fiction, opening personal windows into a diverse range of contexts and experiences around the region ⬇️
Over 30 bright young names from 20 countries joined up with inspiring stories, in truth and fiction, opening personal windows into a diverse range of contexts and experiences around the region ⬇️
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Asia Spotlight is live! 🌏
This new series from our Young Writers Committee @youngwriterspen.bsky.social features voices from Bangladesh, Singapore, Thailand, and more, exploring censorship and resilience through personal reflections.
Read the full overview ⬇️
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This new series from our Young Writers Committee @youngwriterspen.bsky.social features voices from Bangladesh, Singapore, Thailand, and more, exploring censorship and resilience through personal reflections.
Read the full overview ⬇️
tomorrowclub.world/spotlights/s...
Spotlight: Asia
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October 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Asia Spotlight is live! 🌏
This new series from our Young Writers Committee @youngwriterspen.bsky.social features voices from Bangladesh, Singapore, Thailand, and more, exploring censorship and resilience through personal reflections.
Read the full overview ⬇️
tomorrowclub.world/spotlights/s...
This new series from our Young Writers Committee @youngwriterspen.bsky.social features voices from Bangladesh, Singapore, Thailand, and more, exploring censorship and resilience through personal reflections.
Read the full overview ⬇️
tomorrowclub.world/spotlights/s...
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Young writers are wielding their pens to confront urgent global issues. Ege Dündar, author and project lead with @youngwriterspen.bsky.social, discusses why we must support the next generation of writers and advocates to build solidarity and drive change. bsky.app/profile/peni...
Our youngest board member, Turkish-born Ege Dündar, is an author-activist leading a new context for young citizens’ place in a troubled world.
Read his latest article with Publishing Perspectives ⬇️
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@youngwriterspen.bsky.social
Read his latest article with Publishing Perspectives ⬇️
publishingperspectives.com/2025/10/pen-...
@youngwriterspen.bsky.social
PEN International's Ege Dündar at Frankfurt: 'Look to the Youth' - Publishing Perspectives
The youngest PEN International board member, Turkish-born Ege Dündar is an author-activist leading a new context for young citizens’ place in a troubled world. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @P...
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October 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Young writers are wielding their pens to confront urgent global issues. Ege Dündar, author and project lead with @youngwriterspen.bsky.social, discusses why we must support the next generation of writers and advocates to build solidarity and drive change. bsky.app/profile/peni...
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Delighted to work with @youngwriterspen.bsky.social on the spotlight on Asia.
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Spotlight: Asia
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October 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Delighted to work with @youngwriterspen.bsky.social on the spotlight on Asia.
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Highly recommend @youngwriterspen.bsky.social
Asia Spotlight is live! 🌏
This new series from our Young Writers Committee @youngwriterspen.bsky.social features voices from Bangladesh, Singapore, Thailand, and more, exploring censorship and resilience through personal reflections.
Read the full overview ⬇️
tomorrowclub.world/spotlights/s...
This new series from our Young Writers Committee @youngwriterspen.bsky.social features voices from Bangladesh, Singapore, Thailand, and more, exploring censorship and resilience through personal reflections.
Read the full overview ⬇️
tomorrowclub.world/spotlights/s...
Spotlight: Asia
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October 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Highly recommend @youngwriterspen.bsky.social
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Young people have long led solidarity movements. In SPOTLIGHT: AMERICAS, a new trilingual publication of the Tomorrow Club (@youngwriterspen.bsky.social), young writers embody free expression and show solidarity through poetry, prose and translation.
Read & share: tomorrowclub.world/spotlights/s...
Read & share: tomorrowclub.world/spotlights/s...
Spotlight: Americas
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August 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Young people have long led solidarity movements. In SPOTLIGHT: AMERICAS, a new trilingual publication of the Tomorrow Club (@youngwriterspen.bsky.social), young writers embody free expression and show solidarity through poetry, prose and translation.
Read & share: tomorrowclub.world/spotlights/s...
Read & share: tomorrowclub.world/spotlights/s...
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BRAVA! BRAVO! BRILLIANT Tomorrow Club LAUNCHED by @youngwriterspen.bsky.social! To archive & amplify young people's voices shaping our societies; connect brave creative witnesses across borders & exchange stories, strategies & solidarity, & learn from & support each other.
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www.tomorrowclub.world
August 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
BRAVA! BRAVO! BRILLIANT Tomorrow Club LAUNCHED by @youngwriterspen.bsky.social! To archive & amplify young people's voices shaping our societies; connect brave creative witnesses across borders & exchange stories, strategies & solidarity, & learn from & support each other.
www.tomorrowclub.world
www.tomorrowclub.world
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Meet the next generation speaking out for free expression.
From shrinking civic space to defending democracy, PEN International’s Young Writers Committee (@youngwriterspen.bsky.social) raises their voices with urgency and hope ⬇️
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From shrinking civic space to defending democracy, PEN International’s Young Writers Committee (@youngwriterspen.bsky.social) raises their voices with urgency and hope ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/committee-ne...
Voices of The Young Writers Committee — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
Meet the next generation of writers and activists speaking out on the issues that matter most. From the shrinking of civic space to highlighting freedom of expression as the bedrock of democracy, memb...
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July 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Meet the next generation speaking out for free expression.
From shrinking civic space to defending democracy, PEN International’s Young Writers Committee (@youngwriterspen.bsky.social) raises their voices with urgency and hope ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/committee-ne...
From shrinking civic space to defending democracy, PEN International’s Young Writers Committee (@youngwriterspen.bsky.social) raises their voices with urgency and hope ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/committee-ne...
“Jail isn’t always a room. Sometimes, it’s an entire city.”
In his piece “Beyond This Wall of Sea: Dreams and Oppurtunities Await”, young journalist Hassan Abo Qamar writes from Gaza — a place where dreams are trapped behind barbed wire, and even the sea feels like a wall.
In his piece “Beyond This Wall of Sea: Dreams and Oppurtunities Await”, young journalist Hassan Abo Qamar writes from Gaza — a place where dreams are trapped behind barbed wire, and even the sea feels like a wall.
June 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
“Jail isn’t always a room. Sometimes, it’s an entire city.”
In his piece “Beyond This Wall of Sea: Dreams and Oppurtunities Await”, young journalist Hassan Abo Qamar writes from Gaza — a place where dreams are trapped behind barbed wire, and even the sea feels like a wall.
In his piece “Beyond This Wall of Sea: Dreams and Oppurtunities Await”, young journalist Hassan Abo Qamar writes from Gaza — a place where dreams are trapped behind barbed wire, and even the sea feels like a wall.
“Freedom still tastes like a distant promise.”
In Of Freedom, Culture, and Happy Thirsts, Togolese writer Wamo Nunyali explores how the illusion of post-independence freedom still weighs on Africa’s youth — and how culture, silence, and survival shape the way they resist.
In Of Freedom, Culture, and Happy Thirsts, Togolese writer Wamo Nunyali explores how the illusion of post-independence freedom still weighs on Africa’s youth — and how culture, silence, and survival shape the way they resist.
June 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
“Freedom still tastes like a distant promise.”
In Of Freedom, Culture, and Happy Thirsts, Togolese writer Wamo Nunyali explores how the illusion of post-independence freedom still weighs on Africa’s youth — and how culture, silence, and survival shape the way they resist.
In Of Freedom, Culture, and Happy Thirsts, Togolese writer Wamo Nunyali explores how the illusion of post-independence freedom still weighs on Africa’s youth — and how culture, silence, and survival shape the way they resist.
🐦 “A baby needs freedom more than food and water.”�In this intimate allegory by Iranian writer Benyamin Abbasi, two birds trapped in a cage debate hope, motherhood, and what it means to live freely — or die trying.
💭 Read full story:
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💭 Read full story:
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Yellow and Blue
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June 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🐦 “A baby needs freedom more than food and water.”�In this intimate allegory by Iranian writer Benyamin Abbasi, two birds trapped in a cage debate hope, motherhood, and what it means to live freely — or die trying.
💭 Read full story:
tomorrowclub.world/articles/yel...
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💭 Read full story:
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With membership from 58 countries, @peninternational.bsky.social’s new Young Writers Committee is mobilizing the next generation of writers and advocates.
Read and share our latest blog to support their work and follow youngwriterspen.bsky.social: pen.org/pen-internat...
Read and share our latest blog to support their work and follow youngwriterspen.bsky.social: pen.org/pen-internat...
PEN International Young Writers Committee Brings Advocacy to Next Generation - PEN America
The Young Writers Committee aims to connect authors under 35 through mentorship, advocacy, collaborative projects, and storytelling spaces.
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June 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
With membership from 58 countries, @peninternational.bsky.social’s new Young Writers Committee is mobilizing the next generation of writers and advocates.
Read and share our latest blog to support their work and follow youngwriterspen.bsky.social: pen.org/pen-internat...
Read and share our latest blog to support their work and follow youngwriterspen.bsky.social: pen.org/pen-internat...
Nadia, Translation and International Manager at English PEN (@englishpen_)
and member of the Young Writers Committee (@pen_youth) steering group, shares how initiatives for under 35s are helping young people speak freely and share their voices amid growing threats to freedom of expression.
and member of the Young Writers Committee (@pen_youth) steering group, shares how initiatives for under 35s are helping young people speak freely and share their voices amid growing threats to freedom of expression.
June 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Nadia, Translation and International Manager at English PEN (@englishpen_)
and member of the Young Writers Committee (@pen_youth) steering group, shares how initiatives for under 35s are helping young people speak freely and share their voices amid growing threats to freedom of expression.
and member of the Young Writers Committee (@pen_youth) steering group, shares how initiatives for under 35s are helping young people speak freely and share their voices amid growing threats to freedom of expression.
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Featured in the latest PEN/OPP: Tomorrow Club – Young Voices 📖 Malawian poet Wongani Nyasulu writes with urgency and clarity about gender equality and the right to speak up.
Read her powerful poetry in PEN/OPP ⬇️
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Read her powerful poetry in PEN/OPP ⬇️
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Girls Like Us
Wild lives in our souls
We are dreamers often wanderers
Traversing to depths most would fear
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June 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Featured in the latest PEN/OPP: Tomorrow Club – Young Voices 📖 Malawian poet Wongani Nyasulu writes with urgency and clarity about gender equality and the right to speak up.
Read her powerful poetry in PEN/OPP ⬇️
penopp.org/articles/gir...
Read her powerful poetry in PEN/OPP ⬇️
penopp.org/articles/gir...
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Read more from PEN America (@penamerica.bsky.social) about how the Young Writers Committee's (@youngwriterspen.bsky.social) new global network is shaping the future of literary activism ⬇️
Young people worldwide refuse to be silenced. Authors Ayi Renaud Dossavi and @ege-dundar.bsky.social spoke to us about the power of international solidarity and how @youngwriterspen.bsky.social connects young authors with storytelling spaces, advocacy, and mentorship. pen.org/pen-internat...
June 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Read more from PEN America (@penamerica.bsky.social) about how the Young Writers Committee's (@youngwriterspen.bsky.social) new global network is shaping the future of literary activism ⬇️
“Freedom is not given. It is a struggle.”
In Freedom, Youth, and Africa, Malawian poet and activist Wezi Glory Msukwa-Panje reflects on the weight, betrayal, and persistence of freedom across African history — and the fire still carried by its youth today.
In Freedom, Youth, and Africa, Malawian poet and activist Wezi Glory Msukwa-Panje reflects on the weight, betrayal, and persistence of freedom across African history — and the fire still carried by its youth today.
June 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
“Freedom is not given. It is a struggle.”
In Freedom, Youth, and Africa, Malawian poet and activist Wezi Glory Msukwa-Panje reflects on the weight, betrayal, and persistence of freedom across African history — and the fire still carried by its youth today.
In Freedom, Youth, and Africa, Malawian poet and activist Wezi Glory Msukwa-Panje reflects on the weight, betrayal, and persistence of freedom across African history — and the fire still carried by its youth today.
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Young people worldwide refuse to be silenced. Authors Ayi Renaud Dossavi and @ege-dundar.bsky.social spoke to us about the power of international solidarity and how @youngwriterspen.bsky.social connects young authors with storytelling spaces, advocacy, and mentorship. pen.org/pen-internat...
June 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Young people worldwide refuse to be silenced. Authors Ayi Renaud Dossavi and @ege-dundar.bsky.social spoke to us about the power of international solidarity and how @youngwriterspen.bsky.social connects young authors with storytelling spaces, advocacy, and mentorship. pen.org/pen-internat...
Egyptian poet, lyricist, and pro-democracy activist Galal El-Behairy has been unjustly imprisoned since 2018. Initially detained for the lyrics of the protest song “Balaha”, he was later sentenced to three years in prison for his poetry collection The Finest Women on Earth.
June 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Egyptian poet, lyricist, and pro-democracy activist Galal El-Behairy has been unjustly imprisoned since 2018. Initially detained for the lyrics of the protest song “Balaha”, he was later sentenced to three years in prison for his poetry collection The Finest Women on Earth.
In her powerful poem Girls Like Us, Malawian writer and gender activist @wongie_nyasulu explores what it means to grow up as a girl navigating culture, silence, and survival—with a pen in hand.
June 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
In her powerful poem Girls Like Us, Malawian writer and gender activist @wongie_nyasulu explores what it means to grow up as a girl navigating culture, silence, and survival—with a pen in hand.
Since 7 February 2021, Rwandan poet Innocent Bahati has been missing. He left for a dinner in Nyanza and never returned. No charges. No trial. No answers.
June 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Since 7 February 2021, Rwandan poet Innocent Bahati has been missing. He left for a dinner in Nyanza and never returned. No charges. No trial. No answers.
We are reeds – we may bend, but we will not break.” 🇭🇹🔥
June 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We are reeds – we may bend, but we will not break.” 🇭🇹🔥
🌍 Our first regional focus AFRICA is live on our website.
Voices from Togo to Malawi, from South Africa to Haiti, rise in urgent unison.
June 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
🌍 Our first regional focus AFRICA is live on our website.
Voices from Togo to Malawi, from South Africa to Haiti, rise in urgent unison.
✍️ Wongani Nyasalu is an economist and co-founder of Awake for Change, an NGO supporting rural girls through education and human rights. She’s also a member of PEN Malawi and the Commonwealth Youth Gender and Equality Network.
June 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
✍️ Wongani Nyasalu is an economist and co-founder of Awake for Change, an NGO supporting rural girls through education and human rights. She’s also a member of PEN Malawi and the Commonwealth Youth Gender and Equality Network.
New Podcast: Brave Young Voices of Today and Tomorrow — Episode 1 is out now!
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June 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
New Podcast: Brave Young Voices of Today and Tomorrow — Episode 1 is out now!
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Ayi Renaud Dossavi, Acting Chair of PEN International’s new Young Writers Committee, shares what this milestone means for young writers, creatives, and activists around the world.
More voices shaping this new chapter to come — stay tuned.
More voices shaping this new chapter to come — stay tuned.
May 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Ayi Renaud Dossavi, Acting Chair of PEN International’s new Young Writers Committee, shares what this milestone means for young writers, creatives, and activists around the world.
More voices shaping this new chapter to come — stay tuned.
More voices shaping this new chapter to come — stay tuned.