PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award
PEN America and the Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater awards an American playwright in mid-career with an outstanding voice working indisputably at the highest level of achievement. More
PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award
The honorary PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award confers a prize of $25,000 to a writer whose work exemplifies excellence and influence in the world of theater, television, or… More
2019 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers
The PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers recognizes 12 emerging fiction writers each year for their debut short story More
Breakout Novelist Tommy Orange Wins $25,000 PEN/Hemingway Award for There There
Critically-acclaimed debut author Tommy Orange is the winner of the 2019 PEN/Hemingway Award for his novel There There (Knopf), PEN America announced today. More
PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction
The PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction promotes fiction that addresses issues of social justice and the impact of culture and politics. More
PEN/Phyllis Naylor Grant for Children’s and Young Adult Novelists
The PEN/Phyllis Naylor Grant for Children’s and Young Adult Novelists is offered annually and awards $5,000 to an author of children’s or young adult fiction. More
PEN/Jean Stein Grants for Literary Oral History
The PEN/Jean Stein Grant recognizes a literary work of nonfiction that uses oral history to illuminate an event, individual, place, or movement. More
Debut Writers, Women Sweep Up 2019 PEN America Literary Awards
“Rather than a traditional celebration of achievement, PEN America’s juried awards probe the depths of the contemporary canon to identify and elevate essential voices and bring them to the… More
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Near the end of @SalmanRushdie's new novel, the narrator is blinded by an angry rival. It's eerily prescient: Rushdie lost an eye in an attack on him last year; however, the publisher says the manuscript was already completed. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-01-30/salman-rushdies-new-novel-victory-city-reminds-us-how-his-writing-changed-the-world