Announcing the 2018 PEN/Hemingway Award Winner
PEN America and the esteemed judges Chris Castellani, Geraldine Brooks, and Elizabeth Strout are thrilled to announce that Weike Wang is the winner of the 2018 PEN/Hemingway Award. More
PEN/Edward and Lily Tuck Award for Paraguayan Literature
For an outstanding work of Paraguayan literature... More
PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing
For a book about sports with superb literary merit... More
PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science Writing
For an exceptional book on the subject of physical or biological sciences... More
PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography
Awarded for excellence in the art of biography... More
PEN Open Book Award
For an exceptional book-length writing of any genre by an author of color... More
PEN Translation Prize
For his wonderful translation of Magda Szabo... More
PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction
For an exceptionally talented fiction writer whose debut work suggests great promise... More
PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry
To a poet whose distinguished and growing body of work represents a notable and accomplished presence in American literature... More
PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing
For a lifetime in literary achievement in the field of sports... More
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Impossible to take seriously an admission that exposes all the Saudis' previous claims about #Khashoggi's fate as flagrant lies. An independent, international investigation is required. The Saudi regime must not be allowed to literally get away with murder.
This praise of an assault on a journalist is the backdrop for @PENamerican v Trump, our suit to protect the free press rights enshrined in the First Amendment. The horror of Jamal Khashoggi’s apparent murder is in mind too. https://t.co/v7Rk0WA4y8
In 2009, Todd Bol fashioned a library on a stick using wood from his old garage door. Nearly 10 years later, 75,000 dollhouse-size libraries have sprouted on front lawns in 88 countries. https://t.co/ohBg8DQw9b