Elizabeth Hawes is a recipient of the Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize. Her work has been published in The Rumpus, Santa Clara Review, Black Lipstick, and Truthout. In 2022, her quotes were projected onto the Rockefeller Center for PEN America’s art installation, Speech Itself.
2022 PEN America Prison Writing Contest – Honorable Mention in Nonfiction Memoir for “Pain Management”
2018 PEN America Prison Writing Contest – Third Place in Poetry for “The Glitter Squirrel in Me“
2018 PEN America Prison Writing Contest – Fielding A. Dawson Award in Drama for “Univision“
2017 PEN America Prison Writing Contest – Second Place in Nonfiction Memoir for “Double Secret Probation: The Two-Week Paper Blog”
2016 PEN America Prison Writing Contest – Second Place in Nonfiction Memoir for “Warranted”