Louise Erdrich Wins PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction
Erdrich exploded onto the literary scene in 1984 with her National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel Love Medicine. More
Announcing the 2014 PEN Literary Award Winners
The Literary Awards Ceremony will be held on Monday, September 29, 2014, at The New School’s Auditorium at 66 West 12th Street in New York City. The complete list… More
2014 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for an Emerging American Playwright
WinnerLaura MarksThe PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Awards recognize three playwrights for the following honors: a specially commissioned art object will be presented to a master American dramatist,… More
Recommended Reading: Literary Sports Writing
These works of literary sports writing discuss much more than games. Award judges Joel Drucker, Chad Harbach, and Jackie MacMullan have chosen the following nine titles for the PEN/ESPN… More
2014 PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
WinnerDr. Carl Hart, High Price (Harper)The PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award celebrates writing that exemplifies literary excellence on the subject of physical and biological sciences. The winner… More
2014 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
WinnerKaren Emmerich & Edmund Keeley, Diaries of Exile by Yannis Ritsos (Archipelago)The $3,000 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation recognizes book-length translations of poetry from any language into English published… More
2014 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for Master American Dramatist
WinnerDavid RabeThe PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Awards recognize three playwrights for the following honors: a specially commissioned art object will be presented to a master American dramatist, in recognition… More
2014 PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship
WinnerLinda Oatman High, "The Taste of Elephant Tears"The PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship, established in 2001, provides a writer with a measure of financial sustenance in order to make… More
2014 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing
WinnerMark Fainaru-Wada & Steve Fainaru, League of Denial (Crown Archetype)The $5,000 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing honors a nonfiction book about sports. Eligible titles should be of a… More
2014 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay
WinnerJames Wolcott, Critical Mass (Doubleday)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… More
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