2008 PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship

WinnerTheresa Nelson, author of the forthcoming novel Julia Delaney: The American Version, to be published by Atheneum BooksThe PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship established in 2001, provides an l/author… More

2008 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography

WinnerJanet Malcolm for her book Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice (Yale University Press)The PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award is a biennial award given to a distinguished biography possessing notable literary… More

2008 PEN Translation Prize

WinnerMargaret Jull Costa for her translation from the Portuguese of The Maias (New Directions) by Eça de QueirósThe PEN Translation Prize is awarded to book-length translations from any language… More

2008 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation

WinnerRosmarie Waldrop for her translation from the German of Lingos I-IX (Burning Deck Press) by Ulf StolterfohtThe PEN Award for Poetry in Translation ($3,000) recognizes book-length translations of poetry… More

2012 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award

WinnerChristopher Hitchens, Arguably (Twelve)The PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for Art of the Essay aims to preserve the dignity and esteem that the essay form imparts to literature. The winner receives a cash award… More

Bringer of Fire

“Bugs? You got me for fucking bugs?!” He savagely backhanded me and I fell to the floor, the taste of copper in my mouth. Standing over me he screamed… More