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Prison and Justice Writing

PEN America Prison Writing Award Winners: 2024

October 30, 2024
Learn More: PEN America Prison Writing Award Winners: 2024
Prison and Justice Writing, U.S. Free Expression

2024 PEN America Prison Writing Awards Honors 32 Incarcerated Writers for Poetry, Fiction, Essay, Memoir, and Drama

October 30, 2024
Learn More: 2024 PEN America Prison Writing Awards Honors 32 Incarcerated Writers for Poetry, Fiction, Essay, Memoir, and Drama
Prison and Justice Writing

The Book of Judith: Honoring Judith Tannenbaum (1947-2019)

August 9, 2024

Spoon Jackson, Boston Woodard, Elmo Chattman, Jr., Judith Tannenbaum
Learn More: The Book of Judith: Honoring Judith Tannenbaum (1947-2019)
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C. Fausto Cabrera and Zeke Caligiuri on Precarity and Critical Resistance

August 9, 2024

C. Fausto Cabrera, Ezekiel Caligiuri
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Michigan & Me

August 9, 2024

Curtis Dawkins
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Prison and Justice Writing

2025 PEN Prison Writing Awards – Submission Guidelines

July 26, 2024
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PEN America Prison and Justice Writing Program FAQ

June 27, 2024
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Prison and Justice Writing

Recent Books on Justice and Incarceration

June 21, 2024
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Prison and Justice Writing, Resource

Freewrite Curricula

June 12, 2024
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