SAN MIGUEL PEN
AN AUTONOMOUS CENTRE OF PEN INTERNATIONAL
We celebrate freedom of expression around the world
Promote literature
Stand up for writers in peril
Foster friendship and solidarity among writers
WE CONDEMN THE MURDERS OF JOURNALISTS
San Miguel PEN is alarmed and dismayed by the sharp increase in the number of journalists being murdered worldwide, especially the targeted killing of Palestinian journalists in Gaza. We stand with PEN International in condemning all attacks on freedom of expression, from harassment and intimidation to imprisonment to murder.
For more details, and to donate toward efforts to protect journalists and other writers at risk, click here: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/summer-appeal-2025-pen-international.
For the latest news on writers at risk, click here: https://www.pen-international.org/latest-news.
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Our Mission
In 1979, Peter Elstob founded the San Miguel chapter of PEN International, an association of writers with over 145 Centres in more than 104 countries. Promoting friendship and intellectual cooperation among writers everywhere, PEN International represents the conscience of literature, and vigorously defends writers worldwide who have been persecuted for their work.
San Miguel PEN Shows Up
San Miguel PEN Turns Out for No Kings Day
San Miguel PEN members turned out for No Kings Day marches and demonstrations across the US—from NYC, NY (Signe Hammer and Elizabeth Starčević) to Chicago, IL (Lucina Kathmann) and St. Paul, MN (Susan Thurston), to Golden CO (Judyth Hill), to Palo Alto, CA (Mark...
San Miguel PEN at the 70th UN Commission on the Status of Women
By Signe Hammer, PEN San Miguel Vice President & PEN America Member I attended the first week of UNCSW70 with Lucina Kathmann, PEN San Miguel Treasurer and International Vice President Emerita, PEN International. She’s a veteran, I was a newbie. Listening to even...
San Miguel PEN at the 2026 San Miguel Writers’ Conference
San Miguel PEN was delighted to again have an information table at the annual San Miguel Writers' Conference at the Hotel Real de Minas. The table—staffed by volunteers Sharon Steeber (SM PEN President), Lucina Kathmann (Treasurer), Elizabeth Starčević, Beverly Hill...
Homenaje y Reconocimiento Literario
Por Ezequiel Soto Martínez.
(Irapuato, Guanajuato)
Artículo publicado el sábado 14 de diciembre de 2024 en El Sol de Irapuato y El Sol de Salamanca.
La obra literaria del maestro José Luis Calderón Vela de Esthela Herrera Onofre
La obra literaria del maestro José Luis Calderón Vela, nos invita a reflexionar sobre “los tiempos desolados,” caminando descalzos bajo la lluvia; donde encontramos a un niño arropado de sueños y magia, capaz de tocar y hablar con la luna. Un niño adolecido y...
Nueva oleada de terror y detenciones
El mes de mayo inició en Nicaragua con una de las redadas más violentas de los últimos meses: al menos 57 personas entre periodistas, activistas políticos y defensores de derechos humanos fueron arrestados y acusados penalmente por el gobierno de Nicaragua sin juicio...
PEN International Committees Supported by San Miguel PEN
WOMEN WRITERS COMMITTEE
Young Writers Commitee
Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee
Writers in Prison Commitee
Acknowledgement to Country
PEN San Miguel respects all the people of this land past and present.
The Indigenous Peoples of these lands (known collectively as Chichimecas), the Zacatecos, Guachichiles, Tecuexes, Caxcanes, Otomí, Pames and Guamares. [Of these groups, — the Otomí and Pames still exist.]
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we meet and live today and pay our respect to Elders past and present.