Club Magazine

International Pen Friends' digital magazine People & Places is a fun and informative way to stay in touch with the penfriend world. It contains the latest news on our activities, competitions, letter writing tips as well as items submitted by our members including pen friend stories, letter writing adventures, articles about travel, food and culture, poems, photos... and much more.

Got a story, photo, or letter-writing experience you would love to share? We would love to see it in the magazine!

As a Club member you are welcome to submit articles, photos, etc. for publication. As a subscriber to the magazine you have the chance of winning a prize of 200 Australian Dollars for the best article published. (The prize money is paid in Australian Dollars through PayPal.)

People & Places is published once a year in English and is available by subscription to our members worldwide. The fee for one edition is 7€, £6 or US$ 8 (you will not be automatically charged further fees for future editions).

Subscribe to the magazine by ticking the DM service on the application form. Once your application form has been processed we will email you instructions for accessing the magazine online (don't forget to give your email address on the application form!).

You can read People & Places on computers and on all mobile devices, download it as a PDF or even print it out.

(Please note the magazine does not contain addresses of penfriends – it focuses on stories, experiences and inspiration.)