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2017 PEN/JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH AWARD FOR NONFICTION
Winner Matthew Desmond, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Crown/Penguin Random House) The PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction is a biennial award given to a distinguished book of general nonfiction… More
Free Expression Report Card: Rex Tillerson
Position within the Trump Administration: Tillerson has been nominated for Secretary of State, and has already undergone Senate confirmation hearings. Previous position: Chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil (2006-present) During his confirmation… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
The President and the Protests: plans for largest-in-history inaugural demonstrations kick into high gear as more than 300,000 Americans prepare to descend on the Capitol, while a court imposes… More
2017 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists
PEN America is thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2017 PEN America Literary Awards. These shortlists showcase 50 exceptional literary works chosen by our esteemed judging panels. With the… More
TEJU COLE BECOMES FIRST WRITER EVER TO BE NAMED FINALIST FOR TWO PEN AMERICA LITERARY AWARDS
PEN America announced the finalists today for its 2017 Literary Awards, including Teju Cole, who becomes the first writer in the award program’s 54-year history to be named a… More
2017 PEN/ROBERT J. DAU SHORT STORY PRIZE FOR EMERGING WRITERS
The PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers recognizes twelve emerging fiction writers each year for their debut short story published during a given calendar year in… More
2017 PEN OPEN BOOK AWARD
Winner Helen Oyeyemi, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours (Riverhead Books/Penguin Random House) [caption id="attachment_134014" align="alignright" width="234"] portrait,photographer,Korea,Manchul Kim,[/caption] The PEN Open Book Award, formerly the Beyond Margins Awards, honors a book-length work… More
2017 PEN/PHYLLIS NAYLOR WORKING WRITER FELLOWSHIP
Winner Phillippe Diederich, Finding Home at the End of the World The PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship honors an author of children's or young-adult fiction. It has been developed to help writers… More
2017 PEN/NORA MAGID AWARD FOR EDITING
Winner Michael Archer and Joel Whitney for Guernica The PEN/Nora Magid Award honors a magazine editor whose high literary standards and taste have, throughout his or her career, contributed significantly to the… More
Thousands in New York Pledge to Defend Press and Freedom of Speech Against Trump Administration
As Donald Trump and his team continue to insult journalists and disparage critical voices, more than 2,000 artists, writers, and readers gathered with PEN America today on the steps… More
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