2013 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for a Playwright in Midcareer
WinnersKirsten GreenidgeThe PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Awards recognize a master American dramatist and an American playwright in mid-career, both of whose literary achievements are vividly apparent in… More
Death by Dominoes
The maximum-security prison was a depraved place, a hermetic kingdom of the damned, haunted by its own terrible spirit. It was a hulking brute of a building, stout as… More
The PEN Ten with Alissa Nutting
"I think writing should be a sacrifice, and feel like one—how else could the act of constructing narratives, stories, lies, deceptions, ever be kept honest, if not through demanding… More
Another Door
It’s simple enough to completely plow me over. / Some static in the radio’s belly, a sandwich / aglow in an empty room, love letters without / margins, and… More
Conviction
Ben didn’t know his way out, so I’ve had to show him. And I couldn’t have done it without your help. For that, I’m not going to kill you. More
2013 PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry
WinnerRowan Ricardo Phillips forThe GroundThe PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry of $5,000 is given in odd-numbered years and recognizes the high literary character of the published work to date… More
2013 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award
WinnerRobert Hass, What Light Can Do (Ecco)The PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay aims to preserve the dignity and esteem that the essay form imparts to literature. The… More
2013 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for a Master American Dramatist
WinnerLarry KramerThe PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Awards recognize a master American dramatist and an American playwright in mid-career, both of whose literary achievements are vividly apparent in… More
2013 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize
WinnerSergio De La Pava, A Naked Singularity (University of Chicago Press)The PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize honors an exceptionally talented fiction writer whose debut work—a novel or collection of short stories—represents distinguished… More
2013 PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing
WinnerFrank Deford2011 was the inaugural year of the PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing. This award is given to one living American or U.S.-based writer each year to… More
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