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
2021 PEN America Literary Awards Given to Top Literary Stars of the Year, Lifelong Luminaries of Literary Excellence
In front of a record-setting virtual audience, PEN America feted its annual award winners, career achievement honorees, and marked an extraordinary year in literary excellence. More
Actor Kara Young to Host PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony
PEN America announced today that actor and off-Broadway phenomenon Kara Young will host the organization’s 57th annual Literary Awards Ceremony on April 8. More
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
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
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We are grateful to @RepCohen and @RepJoeWilson for introducing a resolution in the U.S. House decrying the Belarusian regime and its brutal suppression of the pro-democracy movement over the past year. https://pen.org/press-release/pen-america-welcomes-congressional-resolution-condemning-repression-in-belarus/
Our partners at @FreedomFirst are organizing a vigil this Friday 10/1 to
honor Jamal Khashoggi on the eve of the anniversary of his murder 3
years ago. Join us in remembering all he stood for: http://fal.cn/vigil_tw.
