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2017 PEN/ESPN AWARD FOR LITERARY SPORTS WRITING
Winner Joe Nocera and Ben Strauss, Indentured: The Inside Story of the Rebellion Against the NCAA The $5,000 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing honors a nonfiction book about sports. Eligible titles should… More
PEN Basque: The Best Time For Basque Literature Has Come
The PEN World series showcases the important work of the more than 140 centers that form PEN International. Each PEN center sets its own priorities, but they are united… More
2017 PEN/E. O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD
Winner Luke Dittrich, Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets (Penguin Random House) The PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award celebrates writing that exemplifies literary excellence on the… More
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