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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
2016 PEN/Fusion Emerging Writers Prize
WinnerJean Guerrero for "Crux" (Available for Publication)The PEN/FUSION Emerging Writers Prize is an annual award that recognizes a promising young writer of an unpublished work of nonfiction that addresses… More
2016 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay
Winner Ta-Nehisi Coates for Between the World and Me (Spiegel & Grau/Random House) Read an excerpt » The PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay aims to preserve the dignity… More
2016 PEN/Bellwether Award for Socially Engaged Fiction
WinnerLisa Ko for "The Leavers" (Forthcoming from Algonquin Books)The Bellwether Prize, which was established in 2000 by Barbara Kingsolver and is funded entirely by her, was created to promote… More
Free Expression Digest: Thurs., November 5
Myanmar activist arrested, Homophobic bill would penalize Russians, and Nigeria denies entry of activist memorial. More
2016 PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction
Winner Toni Morrison The PEN/Saul Bellow Award goes to a living American author whose scale of achievement in fiction, over a sustained career, places him or her in the highest rank… More
2016 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize
WinnerMia Alvar for In the Country: Stories (Alfred A. Knopf)Read an excerpt » The PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize honors an exceptionally talented fiction writer whose debut work—a novel or collection… More