Jason Centrone

Writing helps me focus. Small Pieces, I can concentrate on. Identify things that matter, things that don’t. Consider missteps. See from someone else’s perspective for once. Be silly.

2022 PEN America Prison Writing Contest – Honorable Mention in Poetry for “Without You Silhouetted“

Winner, 2020 PEN America Prison Writing Contest – 1st Place in Poetry

Articles by Jason Centrone

Prison and Justice Writing

Wednesday September 7

Without You Silhouetted

Jason Centrone was awarded an Honorable Mention in Poetry in the 2022 Prison Writing Contest. Every year, hundreds of imprisoned people from around the country submit poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and dramatic works to PEN America’s Prison Writing Contest, one of the few outlets of free expression for the country’s incarcerated population. If you know the