Roster of Breakthrough Literary Visionaries to Receive 2021 PEN America Career Achievement Prizes
PEN America today announced its 2021 career achievement award winners, to be honored at the PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony on April 8 at 7pm ET. More
Announcing the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Career Achievement Winners
The PEN America Literary Awards Program is honored to announce the 2021 career achievement award winners. More
PEN America Announces Emerging Writers’ Literary Prizes
Today PEN America announced the winners of its emerging writers’ prizes, the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers and the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. More
The PEN Pod: Writing as Medicine with Sandra Cisneros and Jane Marchant
“We need to remind other writers that they have a purpose. . . if I’m not there [as a judge], or if someone like me isn’t there, then possibly… More
Announcing the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists
PEN America is honored to announce the finalists for the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards. More
PEN America Announces 2021 Literary Awards Finalists
“From some 1,850 submitted titles, these 55 books represent the best literature published during a time when the written word is urgently needed to support collective empathy and a… More
PEN America Announces 2021 Literary Awards Longlists
“This year’s Longlists speak to the extraordinary diversity of the global literary canon, and showcases an incredible wealth of stories and voices from a true cross-section of writers and… More
Announcing the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists
PEN America is honored to announce the longlists for the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards. These authors are committed to recognizing their contemporaries, from promising debut writers to those… More
PEN America Announces Judges for 2021 PEN America Literary Awards
“To celebrate creative expression and defend the liberties that make it possible, PEN America is dedicated to an inclusive community of readers and writers that fully represents our diverse… More