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2016 PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship
WinnerAsh Parsons for "A Chemical Distance" (Available for publication)The PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship of $5,000 is offered annually to an author of children's or young-adult fiction. It has… More
2016 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing
Winner Scott Ellsworth for The Secret Game: A Wartime Story of Courage, Change, and Basketball's Lost Triumph (Little, Brown and Company /Hachette Book Group) Read an excerpt » The $5,000 PEN/ESPN Award… More
2016 PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing
Winner John Schulian The PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing, which was conferred for the first time in the fall of 2011, is given to one living American or… More
2016 PEN/Voelcker Award
Winner Ed Roberson The PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry, established by a bequest from Hunce Voelcker, this award is given to a poet whose distinguished and growing body of work to… More
2016 PEN Open Book Award
Winner Rick Barot for Chord (Sarabande Books) Read an excerpt » The PEN Open Book Award, formerly the Beyond Margins Awards, invites submissions of book-length writings by authors of color, published… More
2016 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography
Winner Nancy Princenthal for Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art (Thames & Hudson) Read an excerpt » The PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography is awarded for excellence in the art of… More
2016 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for an Emerging American Playwright
WinnerBranden Jacobs-JenkinsThree awards from PEN and the Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater honor a Grand Master of American Theater, a mid-career playwright with an outstanding voice, and an… More
2016 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for a Playwright in Mid-Career
WinnerYoung Jean LeeThree awards from PEN and the Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater honor a Grand Master of American Theater, a mid-career playwright with an outstanding voice, and… More
2016 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for a Master American Dramatist
WinnerLynn Nottage Three awards from PEN and the Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater honor a Grand Master of American Theater, a mid-career playwright with an outstanding voice, and… More
2016 PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
Winner Lauren Redniss for Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, Future (Random House) Read an excerpt» The PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award celebrates writing that exemplifies literary excellence on… More
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