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The Impossible Fairy Tale
The Impossible Fairy Tale is the first novel by one of South Korea’s most promising young writers. In Hong’s pitch-perfect, limpid translation, this meta-fictional story of two small girls,… More
PEN DIY: Erica Jong on How to Write YOUR Book
Erica Jong opened the 2015 PEN DIY season with a passionate talk on how to write the book of your heart. More
Meet the Judges for the 2015 PEN Literary Awards
Longlists announced: March 17 Shortlists announced: April 16Winners announced: May 13 PEN Literary Awards Ceremony: June 8PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction ($25,000): Awarded to an author whose debut… More
2015 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for Master American Dramatist
WinnerTina HoweThree 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
2015 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for an American Playwright in Mid-Career
WinnerAnne WashburnThree 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
Writers in the Schools: December–January
Volunteers Michael Saur, Jim Traub, and Maggie Paley work with students to tackle challenging essay topics including the prison system and abortion. More
Bahrain: Writers Stripped of Citizenship
Bahrain should take immediate steps to reinstate nationality for writers unduly stripped of their citizenship, PEN American Center said in a statement today. This weekend, Bahrain revoked the citizenship… More
Argumentative Essay
This essay was written by Jazatte Dalisay, a ninth-grade student at the Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics, and participant in PEN's Writers in the Schools program. More
2015 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
WinnerEliza Griswold, I Am the Beggar of the World: Landays from Contemporary Afghanistan, translated from the Pashto (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)The $3,000 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation recognizes… More
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