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
2018 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography
The PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography is awarded for excellence in the art of biography. This prize of $5,000 goes to the author of a distinguished work published… More
2018 PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science Writing
The PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award celebrates writing that exemplifies literary excellence on the subject of the physical or biological sciences and communicates complex scientific concepts to a… More
2018 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. The winner receives a $10,000 prize. All… More
Regret’s Tragic Romance
"Didn't anybody understand he was MY dad long before he was anything to them? I admit I was jealous and a little angry. I may even have subconsciously wandered… More
Conflagration
"I felt a line of saliva fall out of my numbing mouth while I stared at the bright red bumps of the stings on my ankles. I don't remember… More
On a Railroad (Soo-Line)
"The Soo-Line was not the sole property of youth, though. Others, who had once been young and full of bravado, traveled on occasion down its rusted steel path. They were… More
Solitary Confinement
"The smile I wear is a disguise. It masks my tears. My eyes reveal the deception. This is my 19th year in prison. Year five living in the dungeon.… More
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