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Healing Bin Laden
Two priests stand on the platform before an altar. SHERYL and DAVID are seated on the first row of pews. FATHER CARL: If anyone desires prayer and the laying… More
The Secret of Sky: Act III
SCENE: The Prisoner’s cell, near sunset. The sky, as viewed through the cell’s lone window, is a waning indigo blue. The cell itself softly glows with the coppery light… More
Three Poems
With PEN’s Poetry Relay, a series of readings and conversations, we hope to trace the topography of influence that connects contemporary poets to their peers and predecessors. The relay… More
2011 PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
WinnerThe PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award celebrates writing that exemplifies literary excellence on the subject of physical and biological sciences. The winner receives a cash award of… More
2009 PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories
WinnersGraham Joyce, for “An Ordinary Soldier of the Queen”Kristen Sundberg Lundstrum, for "The Nursery"E.V. Slate, for "Purple Bamboo Park"John Burnside, for "The Bell Ringer"Mohan Sikka, for "Uncle Musto Takes… More
2011 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize
WinnerThe 2011 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize was shared between two writers:Susanna Daniel for Stiltsville (Harper Perennial)Danielle Evans for Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self (Riverhead)The PEN/Robert W. Bingham… More
2011 PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award
WinnerRobert Perkinson, Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire (Metropolitan Books)The PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award is a biennial award given to a distinguished book of general nonfiction possessing… More
2011 PEN/W. G. Sebald Award for a Ficton Writer in Mid-Career
WinnerAleksandar HemonThe PEN/W. G. Sebald Award for a Fiction Writer in Mid-Career honors an author who has published at least 3 significant works of literary fiction, either novels or… More
2009 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for an American Playwright in Mid-Career
WinnerThe mid-career award goes to Nilo Cruz, whose works include Anna in the Tropics, Beauty of the Father, Lorca in a Green Dress, Two Sisters and a Piano, A… More
2011 PEN Emerging Writers Award for Poetry
WinnerAdam Day (nominated by Erica Wright of Guernica)The PEN Emerging Writers Awards were established to promote talented up-and-coming authors whose writing has been featured in distinguished literary journals across… More
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