Global Penfriends

Find Snail mail and internet friends from around the world. Safe, secure and family friendly.

Find new International Friends

Our penpals are from all over the world, interested in new friendships, exchanging culture, learning a language, travel and education. Our snail mail members enjoy exchanging Letters, Postcards, Mail-Art, Candy and much more. Global Penfriends is a family friendly, secure place to meet new pen pals. All ages are welcome (School age to Seniors) Correspond by old fashioned snail mail or internet.

Create a Profile

Your profile describes you and your penpal preferences.

Find a Penpal

Search Global Penfriends to find the right penpals.

Start Writing

Correspond with your penpals via our secure online messaging system or start sending letters to your penpal by post and become snail mail pen pals.

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International friendship by Post or Internet

Global Penfriends has been connecting Penpals by post and internet for over 25 years. Start writing a letter or send a message to a new friend today.

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Popular Penpal Groups

Members can select penpals based on common interests such as, international friendship, snail mail exchange, language partner, travel friends, candy swaps, mail art, parcel exchange, postcard exchange.

What our members say

I would describe my experience as well succed! I started conversations with members from different countries, and even started a friendship with one of them! Be honest, kind and interested in with others have to say and you will receive all of it back.

Penpal Ms. Elinor

25 (Female)

I always wanted to try penpalling but didn't know how to find penpals,until I saw some recommendations for Global Penfriends. I personally think it's really safe with some aspects in the website.

Penpal Nilla1808

14 (Female)

I have made some good connections, even with limited time available to participate. I have had a chance to learn more about places I may never get to visit. It reminds me that even with different cultures, there are common threads that bind us all together.

Penpal HiGurl

65 (Female)

I wasn't sure about using Global Penfriends when I started but I also wasn't sure how I would find pen pals on my own. Despite being unsure, it has been great! I've got three or four pen pals that I am in regular contact with and I really appreciate the detailed profile you fill out to help connect you with people. Having the online messaging as initial contact is also worth it's weight in gold! Can't recommend this enough for connecting you to pen pals!

Penpal CLO16

33 (Female)

met some really nice people, everyone is very serious about penpal-ing. And I feel safe sharing information

Penpal Marie Popa

19 (Female)

I joined because my sister had joined while searching up how to get a snail mail penpal. She found this awesome site- and now she has something like 7 penpals! It's really nice because it's safe, really fun to communicate with others, and Awesome!!!

Penpal BestTree

14 (Female)

Found this when I was in dark space it really was helpful . I found genuine friendship and the platform is very secure which puts my mind at peace. Thank you GPF.

Penpal Mooncloud

18 (Female)

the coolest thing I found in a while. it works perfectly on computers and stays true to its purpose!

Penpal falcomas

18 (Female)

I love this site! You can meet so many great new friends, practice the language you're learning, and make many long lasting connections :)

Penpal lunalette

15 (Female)

I really love this website, it helped me find a new pen pal who I send letters to and swap sweets from our countries with!

Penpal JoJoTheFirst

11 (Female)