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.

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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 came on the site to find people from all over Europe and to place i would like to visit. In the process i met one of my best friends. We have been in touch now for 4 years and going strong.

Penpal MLBintheUSA

55 (Female)

Awesome place to find friends and learn new ideas and cultures. I love it here and I am so happy I joined.

Penpal ThinkAndBeInspired

55 (Female)

Very good nice people. Thank you GPF!

Penpal christinemcnab

67 (Female)

Found by accident. Positive experience overall. It is a little hit & miss, but made great friends...

Penpal QuiltAngel67

59 (Female)

I have tried a few pen pal sites in the past, but Global Pen Friends is the best :) there are no annoying ads, and I really like to see what categories I have in common with the others!

Penpal ChevyColoradoGirl

53 (Female)

I made a lot of penpals via this website! Honestly, the safety precautions make this website even better!

Penpal distant_shore

16 (Female)

This is a fun and well designed site. It is enjoyable and straightforward to use with a good number of members.

Penpal Shaun4

41 (Female)

I love getting to know all the people in the world! I like sharing my thoughts, experiences, and memories with others.

Penpal ryutomato

12 (Female)

I have met many nice people and have enjoyed corresponding with them. It is a good way to meet people from other countries and learn about their lives and customs.

Penpal Lauralynn

83 (Female)

i love this site so much!!! its so fun to meet new people and make friends from around the world !!!

Penpal dria

14 (Female)