Breathe into the Ground: 2020 Prison Writing Awards Anthology
The 2020 Anthology, titled Breathe into the Ground, is an impressive collection of poetry, nonfiction, and drama from incarcerated writers in the United States. More
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 Grants 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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This year's #PENWorldVoices opening night event features 1619 Project creator @nhannahjones and novelists @viet_t_nguyen & Imbolo Mbue in a conversation moderated by @Maria_Hinojosa. Tickets are still available here: https://bit.ly/3eKFb9r.
Kicking off TONIGHT, the 2021 #PENWorldVoices Festival will be launching riveting conversations between writers from around the world. Check out the full lineup here: https://bit.ly/WVF21.
The #PENWorldVoices Festival begins this week!
In line with @PENamerica's theme this year, Power to the People, the stories in this lineup of speakers possess the capacity to challenge misconceptions, reimagine new worlds, and instill hope.
https://bookshop.org/lists/power-to-the-people-a-2021-world-voices-festival-reading-list/
