PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction
The PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award will go to the author of a distinguished book of general nonfiction possessing notable literary merit. More
PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay
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. More
PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography
The PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography is awarded for excellence in the art of biography. More
PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
The PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award celebrates literary excellence on the subject of the physical or biological sciences. More
PEN/Jean Stein Grant 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
2018 PEN/Jean Stein Grant 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
PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing
The PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement award recognizes a lifetime of writing about sports and its dimensions with keen knowledge and insight. More
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