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
2013 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing
WinnerMark Kram, Jr., Like Any Normal Day (St. Martin's Press)The $5,000 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing honors a nonfiction book about sports. Eligible titles should be of a biographical, investigative, historical, or… More
2013 PEN/Steven Kroll Award
WinnerMichelle Markel, The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau (Eerdmans)The PEN/Steven Kroll Award for Picture Book Writing was established in memory of Steven Kroll to acknowledge the distinct literary contributions of… More
2013 PEN/Nora Magid Award
WinnersMonika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery of Mother Jones The PEN/Nora Magid Award, established in 1993, honors a magazine editor whose high literary standards and taste have, throughout his or her career, contributed… More