2012 PEN/Edward and Lily Tuck Award for Paraguayan Literature
WinnerDelfina Acosta, Versos de Amor y de LocuraThe PEN/Edward and Lily Tuck Prize for Paraguayan Literature has been established by a $100,000 grant from Lily Tuck to assist with… More
2012 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
WinnerJen Hofer, Negro Marfil / Ivory Black by Myriam MosconaThe PEN Award for Poetry in Translation recognizes book-length translations of poetry from any language into English published in the… More
2012 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry
WinnerToi DerricotteThe PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry, established by a bequest from Hunce Voelcker, this award is given to a poet whose distinguished and growing body of work to date… More
2012 PEN/Steven Kroll Award
WinnerPatricia C. McKissack, Never ForgottenThe PEN/Steven Kroll Award for Picture Book Writing was established in memory of Steven Kroll to acknowledge the distinct literary contributions of picture book writers. Kroll,… More
2012 PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship
WinnerSarah Dooley, Free VerseThe PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship, established in 2001, provides a writer with a measure of financial sustenance in order to make possible an extended period… More
2012 PEN Open Book Award
WinnerSiddhartha Deb, The Beautiful and the Damned: A Portrait of the New IndiaThe PEN Open Book Award was created by PEN American Center’s Open Book Committee, a group committed to… More
2012 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography
WinnerRobert K. Massie, Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Random House)The PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography is awarded for excellence in the art of biography. This prize of $5,000 will… More
2012 PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing
WinnerDan Jenkins2011 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
2012 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing
WinnerDan Barry, Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game The $5,000 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing honors a nonfiction book about sports. Eligible titles should be… More
2012 PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
WinnerJames Gleick, The Information: A History, a Theory, a FloodThe PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Prize celebrates writing that exemplifies literary excellence on the subject of physical and biological sciences. The… More