Announcing the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Winners
PEN America is thrilled to announce the 2021 Literary Awards winners. The winners were announced at the PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony on April 8, 2021. More
Novelist Ruchika Tomar Wins 2020 PEN/Hemingway Award for Her Debut Novel ‘A PRAYER FOR TRAVELERS’
Critically-acclaimed debut novelist Ruchika Tomar is the winner of the 2020 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel, for A Prayer for Travelers (Riverhead), PEN America announced today. More
Creating Meaning: A PEN Ten Interview with Ling Ma
"Making narrative is the act of organizing information into a coherent system of cause and effect. In this way, it is the act of creating meaning." More
Works of Justice: Tim O’Connell on Publishing “Cherry,” Nico Walker’s Acclaimed Debut
In anticipation of the Publishing Power event at Housing Works, we had the pleasure of interviewing Tim O’Connell about his work with author Nico Walker. More
DARE: State Department Bars Press Corps from Pompeo Briefing, Won’t Release List of Attendees
State Department excludes its press corps from a briefing call with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and says it won't distribute a transcript or list of... More
Breakout Novelist Tommy Orange Wins $25,000 PEN/Hemingway Award for There There
Critically-acclaimed debut author Tommy Orange is the winner of the 2019 PEN/Hemingway Award for his novel There There (Knopf), PEN America announced today. More
Debut Works and Small Presses Dominate PEN America Literary Awards Shortlist
“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
2014 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction
Born and raised in Zimbabwe, NoViolet Bulawayo earned her MFA at Cornell University, where she was a recipient of the Truman Capote Fellowship, and is now a Wallace Stegner… More
2013 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction
Writing for The New York Times, Ben Percy asserts that, with The Yellow Birds, "Kevin Powers has something to say, something deeply moving about the frailty of man and… More
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