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2019 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers

The PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers recognizes 12 emerging fiction writers each year for their debut short story More

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Winners’ Speeches from the 2019 Literary Awards Ceremony

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Watch videos and read transcripts of the 2019 PEN America Literary Award winners' acceptance speeches. More

Jackie Macmullan at the 2019 Awards Ceremony

Jackie MacMullan at the 2019 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony

TranscriptFebruary 26, 2019

Jackie MacMullan was awarded the PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2019 Literary Awards Ceremony. Watch her speech and read the transcript. More

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Jonah Mixon-Webster at the 2019 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony

TranscriptFebruary 26, 2019

Jonah Mixon-Webster was awarded the PEN/Osterweil Award for Poetry at the 2019 Awards Ceremony. Watch his speech and read the transcript. More

Kenneth Lonergan at the 2019 Awards Ceremony

Kenneth Lonergan at the 2019 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony

TranscriptFebruary 26, 2019

Kenneth Lonergan was awarded the PEN/Mike Nichols Award at the 2019 Literary Awards Ceremony. Watch his speech and read the transcript below. More

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Larissa FastHorse at the 2019 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony

TranscriptFebruary 26, 2019

Larissa FastHorse was awarded the PEN/Laura Pels Award at the 2019 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony. Watch her speech and read the transcript. More

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DARE: Democratic Senators Want Intelligence Community to Submit Report on Khashoggi’s Murder

News DigestFebruary 26, 2019

Democratic senators introduce a bill compelling the director of national intelligence Dan Coats to submit a report on the death of Jamal Khashoggi... More

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Three Poems by Jonah Mixon-Webster

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By: Jonah Mixon-Webster | February 22, 2019

In this special edition of the PEN Poetry Series we feature three poems by Jonah Mixon-Webster, author of the debut collection Stereo(TYPE). More

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Sandra Cisneros on Looking Through Her Past Writing

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By: Sandra Cisneros | February 19, 2019

"A long time ago, which was yesterday, I could tell time by the typeface on my manuscripts. I mean yesterday BC—Before Computers." More

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Debut Works and Small Presses Dominate PEN America Literary Awards Shortlist

Press ReleaseJanuary 24, 2019

“Our esteemed judges have chosen works by some of the best and brightest authors of our time,” said PEN America Literary Awards Program Director Nadxieli Nieto. More

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