Awards presented by the PEN American Center (today PEN America ) that are no longer active.
81-449: The awards are among many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN in over 145 PEN centres around the world. The PEN American Center awards have been characterized as being among the "major" American literary prizes. The PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award was an award that honored writers anywhere in the world who have fought courageously in the face of adversity for the right to freedom of expression . Established in 1987,
162-404: A venture capitalist startup to help workers unionize, and that PEN America recognized the union the day after it was announced. "MEMBERS OF PEN pledge themselves to do their utmost to dispel race, class, and national hatreds and to champion the ideal of one humanity living in peace in the world. And since freedom implies voluntary restraint, members also pledge themselves to oppose such evils of
243-567: A $ 10,000 cash grant and publication at Amazon.com and in The Boston Book Review . Award active for one year. 2000–2000 Inactive Architectural Digest Award for Literary Writing on the Visual Arts For literary writing on the visual arts. Award active for two years. 2000–2001 Inactive Gregory Kolovakos Award To a U.S. literary translator, editor, or critic "whose work, in meeting
324-509: A British Writer. 1993 Active PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize Awarded annually for a non-fiction book of specifically historical content. Entrants, which may include first British translations, are to be books of high literary merit – that is, not primarily written for the academic market – and can cover all historical periods up to and including the Second World War. 2002 Active PEN/Ackerley Prize To
405-472: A British writer or a writer resident in Britain of outstanding literary merit who, in the words of Harold Pinter’s Nobel speech, casts an ‘unflinching, unswerving’ gaze upon the world, and shows a ‘fierce intellectual determination … to define the real truth of our lives and our societies’. 2009 Active Golden PEN Award A Lifetime's Distinguished Service to Literature is presented annually to
486-442: A New England author or book with a New England setting or subject. 1975 Active PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel To a novel or book of short stories by an American author who has not previously published a book of fiction. 1976 Active PEN Song Lyrics Award to a singer songwriter, for Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence 2012 Active Vasyl Stus Freedom-to-Write Award Recognizes
567-404: A distinguished book of general nonfiction that possess the qualities of intellectual rigor, perspicuity of expression, and stylistic elegance conspicuous in the writings of author and economist John Kenneth Galbraith. 2007 Active PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry In recognition of a book of poetry with high literary character by a new and emerging American poet of any age with
648-541: A former PEN Trustee and Chair of PEN's Children's/Young Adult Book Authors Committee, this honor was awarded for the first time in 2012 for a book published in 2011. The last award was given in 2014. The PEN/W.G. Sebald Award for a Fiction Writer in Mid-Career was awarded by the PEN American Center to honor a promising writer who has published three works of fiction. The PEN Emerging Writers Awards
729-497: A free press as mendacious publication, deliberate falsehood, and distortion of facts for political and personal ends." – from PEN's Founding Charter, New York City, 1922. Full membership in PEN America generally requires being a published writer with at least one work professionally published, or being a translator, agent, editor, or other publishing professional. There is also a "reader" tier of membership open to supporters from
810-1289: A literary autobiography of excellence, written by an author of British nationality and published during the preceding year, for which it is felt that J.R. Ackerley would have expressed enthusiasm. 1982 Active PEN/Macmillan Silver Pen Award Awarded annually to a collection of short stories. 1985–2001(?) Inactive Irish PEN [ edit ] Award Description Founded Status Irish PEN Award To honour an Irish-born writer who has made an outstanding contribution to Irish Literature. 1999 Active Catalan PEN Club [ edit ] Award Description Founded Status Free Voice Prize Is awarded to an author who has suffered imprisonment or persecution because of their writing. 2010 Active Portuguese PEN Club [ edit ] Award Description Founded Status Portuguese PEN Club Prize Awards in four categories: Prose Fiction/Novel, Poetry, Essay and Literary Translation. 1980 Active International PEN [ edit ] Award Description Founded Status Oxfam Novib/PEN Award To recognise writers who have been persecuted for their work and continue working despite
891-464: A notable and accomplished presence in American literature. 1994 Active PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award Honours writers anywhere in the world who have fought courageously in the face of adversity for the right to freedom of expression. Succeeded by PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award (see above). 1987–2015 Inactive PEN/Steven Kroll Award "to acknowledge
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#1732790540216972-682: A previously unpublished work of fiction that address issues of social justice. 2000 Active PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay For a book of original collected essays 1990 Active PEN/Edward and Lily Tuck Award for Paraguayan Literature To honor an author of a major work of Paraguayan literature and the English translator. 2012 Active PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award For writing that exemplifies literary excellence on
1053-691: A promising young writer of an unpublished work of nonfiction that addresses a global and/or multicultural issue 2015 Active PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award To honor a "distinguished biography possessing notable literary merit which has been published in the United States during the previous calendar year." 2008 Active PEN/Jean Stein Book Award To "a book that has broken new ground and signals strong potential for lasting influence." 2016 Active PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction To
1134-476: A sustained career which place him or her in the highest rank of American literature." 2007 Active PEN Translation Fund Grants Grants are awarded each year to a select number of literary translators 2003 Active PEN Translation Prize To outstanding translations into the English language. 1963 Active PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry To an American poet whose distinguished and growing body of work to date represents
1215-833: A translator "whose career has demonstrated a commitment to excellence through the body of their work". 1982 Active PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers Recognizes 12 emerging fiction writers each year for their debut short story 2016 Active PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize To "exceptionally talented fiction writers whose debut work—a first novel or collection of short stories...represent distinguished literary achievement and suggests great promise." 2002 Active PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction To "a distinguished living American author of fiction whose body of work in English possesses qualities of excellence, ambition, and scale of achievement over
1296-645: A translator at work on an English-language version of Italian literature. 1991–2000 (?) Inactive Roger Klein Award for Career Achievement To a trade book editor every two years for "distinguished editorial achievement." 1971–2000 (?) Inactive Roger Klein Award for Editing An honor "given [every two years] to an outstanding editor in trade hardcover publishing." 1971–2000 (?) Inactive PEN/Faulkner Foundation [ edit ] Award Description Founded Status PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction To
1377-493: A woman at the midpoint in her career. Presented every 2 years, it was active from 2001 to 2005. The Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir was presented for a first published memoir. It was active from 1998 to 2006. The Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction was presented for an American author's first-published book of general nonfiction. It was active from 1989 to 2006. The PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award
1458-661: A writer demonstrating literary excellence in nature writing. (?) Active Friend to Writers Award To one individual and one organization whose commitment to a culture of literature and the free and open exchange of ideas personifies PEN’s core mission. (?) Active Howard Zinn Award Presented to an American writer for speaking truth to power. (?) Active PEN Oakland [ edit ] Award Description Founded Status PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award In order to "promote works of excellence by writers of all cultural and racial backgrounds and to educate both
1539-445: A writer persecuted for the peaceful expression of their views and whose courage in the face of censorship and oppression is exemplary. (?) Active Susan P. Bloom Children's Book Discovery Award Given to a New England resident for an unpublished work in one of four categories of children’s literature: picture books, novels, poetry, and nonfiction. (?) Active Henry David Thoreau Prize Awarded annually to
1620-772: Is Suzanne Nossel . PEN America holds multiple events in the United States throughout the year with the goal of celebrating literature in multiple forms. Many feature prominent authors who appear at festivals and on panel discussions, give lectures, and are featured at PEN America's Authors' Evenings. As a part of its work, PEN America also gives recognition to emerging writers, recognizing them through PEN America's Literary Awards or bringing them to new audiences at public events. Among them are: Hermione Hoby , Morgan Jerkins , Crystal Hana Kim , Alice Sola Kim , Lisa Ko , Layli Long Soldier , Carmen Maria Machado , Darnell L. Moore , Alexis Okeowo , Helen Oyeyemi , Tommy Pico , Jenny Zhang , and Ibi Zoboi . The PEN World Voices Festival
1701-1471: Is a week-long series of events in New York City hosted by PEN America each spring. It is the largest international literary festival in the United States, and the only one with a human rights focus. The festival was founded by Salman Rushdie in the aftermath of September 11 Attacks , with the aim of broadening channels of dialogue between the United States and the world. Notable guests have included: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie , Margaret Atwood , Paul Auster , Samantha Bee , Giannina Braschi , Carrie Brownstein , Ron Chernow , Hillary Rodham Clinton , Ta-Nehisi Coates , Teju Cole , E. L. Doctorow , Dave Eggers , Roxane Gay , Masha Gessen , John Irving , Marlon James , Saeed Jones , Jhumpa Lahiri , Ottessa Moshfegh , Hasan Minaj , Sean Penn , Cecile Richards , Salman Rushdie , Gabourey Sidibe , Patti Smith , Zadie Smith , Andrew Solomon , Pia Tafdrup , Ngugi wa Thiong'o , Colm Toibin , Amor Towles, and Colson Whitehead . The PEN America Literary Awards annually honor outstanding voices in literature across genres, including fiction, poetry, drama, science and writing, essays, biography, and children's literature. PEN America confers 11 awards, fellowships, grants, and prizes each year, presenting nearly US$ 350,000 to writers and translators. The US$ 75,000 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
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#17327905402161782-589: Is an international hub of more than 800 organizations working to protect artistic freedom around the world by improving access to resources for artists at risk, raising awareness of the threats, and enhancing connections among supporters of artistic freedom. This program extends support to artists of all kinds, encompassing writers, cartoonists, visual artists, filmmakers, musicians, and performance artists, as well as other individuals who produce significant creative output. Several authors have requested that their names be removed from PEN referring to dissatisfaction with
1863-608: Is becoming an appalling pattern of blatant disrespect towards its unionized staff,' said the union in a statement." And "The union has also filed two unfair labor practices (ULP) against PEN America with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The ULPs concern workers’ just-cause and labor-management committee proposals: workers say the company engaged in 'regressive bargaining' with both proposals, meaning they offered less than they had previously, after bringing on Tanya Khan from Kauff McGuire & Margolis,
1944-631: Is currently the top award given by PEN America, and among the largest literary prizes in the United States. Among other awards conferred are the US$ 25,000 PEN/Hemingway Award for a Debut Novel, the US$ 25,000 PEN/Bingham Award for a Debut Short Story Collection, and the US$ 10,000 PEN/Open Book Award for new books by writers of color. The PEN America Literary Gala in New York and PEN America Los Angeles Gala are annual events celebrating free expression and
2025-406: Is different from Wikidata PEN American Center PEN America (formerly PEN American Center ), founded in 1922, and headquartered in New York City , is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose goal is to raise awareness for the protection of free expression in the United States and worldwide through the advancement of literature and human rights . PEN America is the largest of
2106-582: Is under particular challenge, including China , Myanmar , Russia , Belarus , Ukraine , and Central Asia . PEN America monitors the freedom of the press and safety of journalists in the United States and internationally. PEN America also focuses on issues of fraudulent news and media literacy, and has produced an in-depth report, "Faking News: Fraudulent News and the Fight for Truth", alongside its "News Consumers Bill of Rights and Responsibilities." Current work focuses on how to fight disinformation ahead of
2187-680: The New York Historical Society ; and a large light-projection by the artist Jenny Holzer at the Rockefeller Center . PEN America was formed on April 19, 1922, in New York City , and included among its initial members writers such as Willa Cather , Eugene O'Neill , Robert Frost , Ellen Glasgow , Edwin Arlington Robinson , and Robert Benchley . Booth Tarkington served as the organization's first president. PEN America's founding came after
2268-536: The Online Harassment Field Manual in an effort to aid writers and journalists who must navigate online spaces by providing resources, tools, and tips to help them respond safely and effectively to incidents of online harassment and hateful speech . PEN America also leads workshops to equip writers, journalists, and all those active online with tools and tactics to defend against hateful speech and trolling . The Artists at Risk Connection
2349-629: The "major" literary awards in America. PEN America [ edit ] Award Description Founded Status PEN Award for Poetry in Translation To honor a poetry translation 1996 Active PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award Established in 2016, this award is designed to honor a writer imprisoned for his or her work. Its predecessor was PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom To Write Award (see below). 2016 Active PEN/Bellwether Prize For
2430-596: The 2024 presidential election, with particular focus on Florida, Texas, and Arizona. PEN America has a focus on issues surrounding free speech at colleges and universities and seeks to raise awareness of the First Amendment and foster constructive dialogue that upholds the free speech rights of all on campus. This work includes the "PEN America Principles on Campus Free Speech", and the report "And Campus for All: Diversity, Inclusion, and Freedom of Speech at U.S. Universities". In April 2018, PEN America launched
2511-669: The 61 nominated authors withdrew their books from consideration in the annual PEN America Awards ceremony as they condemned America's Pen for failing to strongly condemn what they called the genocide in Palestine. The cancellation comes days after the organization canceled the 2024 annual awards festival. The festival was supposed to be held on May 8 in New York City and Los Angeles. Alex N. Press reports in Jacobin , May 01, 2024, "'PEN America management’s recent actions reflect what
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2592-571: The Art of the Memoir For a first published memoir. 1998–2006 Inactive Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction For an American author's first-published book of general nonfiction. 1989–2006 Inactive PEN/Katherine Anne Porter First Amendment Award To a U.S. resident "who has fought courageously, despite adversity, to safeguard the First Amendment right to freedom of expression as it applies to
2673-788: The Centre’s values and the PEN Charter. 2006 Active PEN Keneally Award For recognizing an achievement in promoting freedom of expression, international understanding and access to literature. 2004 Active PEN Centre Germany [ edit ] Award Description Founded Status Hermann Kesten Prize Presented annually for outstanding efforts in support of persecuted writers. 1985 Active Hungarian PEN Club [ edit ] Award Description Founded Status Janus Pannonius International Poetry Prize Presented to an international poet whose oeuvre fits into
2754-575: The Escambia County School District, claiming that book bans violate Constitutional rights to free speech and equal protection under the law. The organization also hosts regular Free Speech Advocacy Institutes to train young people to advocate for free speech. PEN America's work is sustained advocacy on behalf of individual writers and journalists who are being persecuted because of their work. With help from its members and supporters, PEN America carries out campaigns to ensure
2835-636: The PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award. PEN America hosts public programming and events on literature and human rights, including the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature and the annual PEN America Literary Awards, sometimes referred to as the "Oscars of Books." PEN America also works to amplify underrepresented voices, including emerging authors and writers who are undocumented , incarcerated, or face obstacles in reaching audiences. The organization's name
2916-701: The President of the Republic at the award Ceremony of the Portuguese PEN Club Literary Prizes" . Presidency of the Portuguese Republic . Retrieved September 2, 2012 . ^ "David T.K.Wong Prize" . Archived from the original on 11 May 2008 . Retrieved 2012-09-02 . {{ cite web }} : CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link ) ^ "The Sydney PEN Award" . Sydney PEN. Archived from
2997-556: The Translation Committee and the Children and Young Adult Book Authors Committee. The Emerging Voices Fellowship is a literary mentorship that aims to provide new writers who are isolated from the literary establishment with the tools, skills, and knowledge they need to launch a professional writing career. The DREAMing Out Loud program helps aspiring migrant writers. PEN America also has offered workshops that nurture
3078-714: The United States and around the world. This work includes research and reports on topical issues, advocacy internationally and in the United States, and campaigns on policy issues and on behalf of individual writers and journalists under threat. After 2020, PEN America increasingly focused on tracking book bans, including with its annual Banned in the USA report and educational censorship in public schools and higher education, including "educational gag order" bills. In 2023, PEN America, along with publisher Penguin Random House and several banned authors, and parents, filed suit against
3159-444: The United States (but without citizenship or residency requirements) by "authors of color who have not received wide media coverage". 1991 Active PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship To a writer of children's or young-adult fiction of high literary caliber "at a crucial moment in their career to complete a book-length work-in-progress." 2001 Active PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation To
3240-612: The Visual Arts Winners" . PEN American Center. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012 . Retrieved August 29, 2012 . ^ "Jerard Fund Award" . PEN American Center. Archived from the original on October 14, 2008 . Retrieved August 29, 2012 . ^ "Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir" . PEN American Center. Archived from the original on December 20, 2009 . Retrieved August 29, 2012 . ^ "Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction" . PEN American Center. Archived from
3321-462: The appointment of former State Department official Suzanne Nossel ." And "[PEN's] refusal to condemn the genocide in Gaza and Israel’s targeted killings of writers, academics and journalists, has seen numerous writers withdraw from the annual PEN World Voices Festival in New York and Los Angeles, scheduled for April and May." PEN America has canceled its World Voices festival after twenty-eight of
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3402-866: The authors of the year's best works of fiction by living American citizens. 1981 Active PEN/Malamud Award Honors "excellence in the art of the short story." 1988 Active PEN Center USA [ edit ] Award Description Founded Status Annual Literary Awards Awards presented in 12 categories: Lifetime Achievement, Award of Honor, Freedom to Write, First Amendment, Award of Merit, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Research Nonfiction, Poetry, Children's and Young Adult Literature, Translation, Journalism, Drama, Teleplay, Screenplay, UC Press Exceptional First Book Award. 2000 Active PEN New England (today PEN America Boston) [ edit ] Award Description Founded Status Laurence L. & Thomas Winship/PEN New England Award To honor
3483-459: The award was administered by PEN American Center and underwritten by PEN trustee Barbara Goldsmith . The last award was in 2015; its successor is PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award , established in 2016 and honoring writers who were imprisoned for their work. The PEN/Steven Kroll Award was awarded by the PEN American Center "to acknowledge the distinct literary contributions of picture book writers." Established in memory of Steven Kroll ,
3564-437: The challenge of cultural difference, extends Gregory Kolovakos's commitment to the richness of Hispanic literature and to expanding its English-language audience". 1992–2004 Inactive Jerard Fund Award Honors a work in progress of general nonfiction distinguished by high literary quality by a woman at the midpoint in her career. Presented every 2 years. 2001–2005 Inactive Martha Albrand Award for
3645-435: The consequences. 2001 Active David T.K. Wong Prize for Short Fiction Unpublished stories, written in English, submitted through any worldwide PEN center. Awarded bi-annually. 2000/1 to 2004/5 Inactive Sydney PEN [ edit ] Award Description Founded Status Sydney PEN Award Presented annually to a Sydney PEN member who has worked especially hard to promote
3726-425: The country and offers a Writing for Justice Fellowship for writers inside and outside of prison seeking to advance the conversation around the challenges of mass incarceration through creative expression. The PEN Writers' Emergency Fund assists professional writers in acute, emergency financial crisis. PEN America Membership committees focus on the interests of literary professionals in different fields and include
3807-411: The country with writing resources and audiences for their work. The program sponsors an annual writing contest, publishes a free writing handbook for prisoners, provides one-on-one mentoring to inmates whose writing shows promise, and seeks to bring inmates' work to the public through literary events, readings, and publications. PEN America also provides assistance to other prison writing initiatives around
3888-537: The country's biggest" . Los Angeles Times . ^ "PEN/Amazon.com Short Story Award Introduced" . The Write News . Feb 9, 2009 . Retrieved August 29, 2012 . ^ "PEN/Amazon.com Short Story Award" . PEN American Center. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012 . Retrieved August 29, 2012 . ^ CELIA MCGEE (November 12, 2012). "Mehta Merge Master At Knopf" . New York Daily News . Retrieved August 29, 2012 . ^ "Architectural Digest Award for Literary Writing on
3969-565: The distinct literary contributions of picture book writers." 2012–2014 Inactive PEN/W.G. Sebald Award To honor a promising writer who has published three works of fiction. 2010–2011 Inactive PEN Emerging Writers Awards To up-and-coming authors whose writing have been featured in distinguished literary journals, but haven't published book-length works. 2011–2011 Inactive PEN/Amazon.com Short Story Award Unpublished writers submit original short story manuscripts. Each manuscript will compete for
4050-413: The freedom, safety, and ability to write and publish without constraint. Advocacy is conducted from PEN America's Washington, D.C. , office, as well as through national and international campaigns, events, reports, and delegations. The organization publishes an index of threats to writers and gives out an annual Freedom to Write award. PEN America also focuses on countries and regions where free expression
4131-480: The general public, as well as a "student" membership. The PEN America Board of Trustees is composed of writers, artists, and leaders in the fields of publishing, media, technology, law, finance, human rights , and philanthropy . Jennifer Finney Boylan , author and LGBTQ rights advocate, became president of PEN America on December 11, 2023, succeeding Ayad Akhtar , a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize who
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#17327905402164212-485: The highest pleasure". 2000–2008; 2017– Active PEN/Nora Magid Award for Magazine Editing To "a magazine editor whose high literary standards and taste have, throughout their career, contributed significantly to the excellence of the publication he or she edits." 1993 Active PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories Annual American award given to short stories of exceptional merit. 1919 Active PEN Open Book Award To books published in
4293-464: The launch of PEN International in 1921 in London by Catherine Amy Dawson-Scott , a British poet, playwright, and peace activist , who enlisted John Galsworthy as PEN International's first president. The intent of PEN International was to foster international literary fellowship among writers that would transcend national and ethnic divides in the wake of World War I . PEN America subscribes to
4374-537: The literary arts. These events include tributes and calls to action to audiences of authors, screenwriters, producers, executives, philanthropists, actors, and other devotees of the written word. Honorees have included Salman Rushdie , Stephen King , J. K. Rowling , Toni Morrison , and Margaret Atwood . Celebrated writers serve as Literary Hosts for the events. Founded in 1971, the PEN Prison Writing Program provides hundreds of inmates across
4455-721: The mainstream of European culture. 2012 Active Norsk PEN [ edit ] Award Description Founded Status Ossietzky Prize For outstanding achievements within the field of freedom of expression 2001 Active See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Literature portal List of literary awards References [ edit ] ^ Alfred Bendixen (2005). "Literary Prizes and Awards" . The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature . Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 689. ISBN 9780826417770 . ^ Schaub, Michael (July 20, 2016). "PEN America launches $ 75,000 book prize, one of
4536-656: The more than 100 PEN centers worldwide that together compose PEN International . PEN America has offices in New York City, Los Angeles , Washington, D.C. , and since late 2023 also in Florida. PEN America's advocacy includes work on educational censorship, press freedom and the safety of writers, campus free speech , online harassment , artistic freedom , and support to regions of the world with challenges to freedom of expression. PEN America also campaigns for individual writers and journalists who have been imprisoned or come under threat for their work and annually presents
4617-542: The organization's position regarding the Gaza war ; among them were Camonghne Felix nominated by Jean Stein , Eugenia Leigh a poetry finalist and Ghassan Zeineddine nominated for a short story. In a letter signed by Naomi Klein , Lorrie Moore , and dozens of others protested that PEN had not “launched any substantial coordinated support” for Palestinians. Chris Hedges reports in his The Chris Hedges Report website in March 2024, "In May 2013 I resigned from PEN America over
4698-677: The original on 2012-10-19. ^ "Willen Wins PEN/Klein Award" . Publishers Weekly. February 22, 2009 . Retrieved August 29, 2012 . ^ "Roger Klein Award for Editing Winners" . PEN American Center. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012 . Retrieved August 29, 2012 . ^ "P.E.N. Awards Given To 2 Publishing Figures" . The New York Times . November 27, 1984 . Retrieved August 29, 2012 . ^ "PEN Center USA 2011 awards to feature Dave Eggers, Robert Pinksy" . LA Times . September 7, 2011 . Retrieved August 29, 2012 . ^ "PEN Center USA Awards Center" . PEN Center USA. Archived from
4779-489: The original on April 22, 2023 . Retrieved August 29, 2012 . ^ "PEN Oakland Awards" . PEN Oakland. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013 . Retrieved August 29, 2012 . ^ "PEN Pinter Prize" . English PEN . Retrieved August 29, 2012 . ^ "Golden Pen Award" . English PEN. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013 . Retrieved August 29, 2012 . ^ "Hessell-Tiltman Prize" . English PEN. Archived from
4860-545: The original on February 13, 2015 . Retrieved August 29, 2012 . ^ "PEN/Ackerley Prize" . English PEN. Archived from the original on June 26, 2014 . Retrieved August 29, 2012 . ^ Andrew Maunder (2007). "Awards and Prizes" . The Facts On File Companion to the British Short Story . Infobase Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 9780816074969 . ^ Portuguese Society of Authors (15 December 2008). "Speech delivered by
4941-976: The original on March 17, 2012 . Retrieved August 29, 2012 . ^ "PEN Keneally Award" . Sydney PEN. Archived from the original on March 17, 2012 . Retrieved August 29, 2012 . ^ "Ossietzky Prize" . norskpen.no . Retrieved November 27, 2016 . External links [ edit ] PEN America Literary Awards Web archive: PEN American Center , awards page (2012) Web archive: PEN Center USA , awards page (2009) English PEN: Prizes Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_PEN_literary_awards&oldid=1244356170 " Categories : International PEN literary awards Lists of awards by awarding entity Lists of literary awards Hidden categories: All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from September 2024 CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown Articles with short description Short description
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#17327905402165022-414: The original on October 29, 2018 . Retrieved August 29, 2012 . ^ "PEN/Song Lyrics Award" . PEN New England . Retrieved November 11, 2016 . ^ "Vasyl Stus Freedom-to-Write Award" . PEN New England. Archived from the original on February 11, 2012 . Retrieved August 29, 2012 . ^ "Susan P. Bloom Children's Book Discovery Award" . PEN New England. Archived from
5103-455: The original on September 1, 2012 . Retrieved August 29, 2012 . ^ Opinion Editorial (April 27, 2008). "Laura Berg's Letter" . The New York Times . Retrieved August 28, 2012 . ^ "Renato Poggioli Translation Award" . PEN American Center. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012 . Retrieved August 29, 2012 . ^ "Roger Klein Award for Career Achievement" . PEN American Center. Archived from
5184-432: The original on September 11, 2011 . Retrieved August 29, 2012 . ^ "Henry David Thoreau Prize" . PEN New England. Archived from the original on April 22, 2023 . Retrieved August 29, 2012 . ^ "Friend to Writers Award" . PEN New England. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011 . Retrieved August 29, 2012 . ^ "The Howard Zinn Award" . PEN New England. Archived from
5265-485: The powers of his office to retaliate against unfavorable reporting. In 2023, it filed suit against the school district in Escambia County, Florida , over book bans, joined by publisher Penguin Random House , several banned authors, and parents in the district. As of June 2022, PEN America staff announced their intention to unionize . The Los Angeles Times reported that workers unionized with Unit of Work,
5346-522: The principles outlined in the PEN International Charter. PEN America presidents have included current president Jennifer Finney Boylan , Ayad Akhtar , Kwame Anthony Appiah , Louis Begley , Ron Chernow , Joel Conarroe, Jennifer Egan , Frances FitzGerald , Peter Godwin , Francine Prose , Salman Rushdie , Michael Scammell , and Andrew Solomon . In 2018, the organization filed suit against President Trump for allegedly using
5427-403: The promise of further literary achievement. 1999-2020 Inactive PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award To a Grand Master of American Theater and a playwright in mid-career. 1998 Active PEN/Nabokov Award To writers, principally novelists, "whose works evoke to some measure Nabokov's brilliant versatility and commitment to literature as a search for the deepest truth and
5508-629: The public and the media as to the nature of multi-cultural work." 1989 Active PEN Oakland/Censorship Award Honors authors of literature of conscience who may have suffered censorship, efforts to discredit or failure to distribute/review their work based on philosophical or cultural content. 1997 Active PEN Oakland/Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award In honor of PEN Oakland Vice President Reginald Lockett who died in 2008. 2006 Active English PEN [ edit ] Award Description Founded Status PEN/Pinter Prize Awarded annually to
5589-457: The subject of physical and biological sciences. 2011 Active PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing To honor a nonfiction book about sports. 2010-2019 Inactive PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing To honor an author's body of work and long-term contributions to the field of literary sports writing. 2011-2019 Inactive PEN/Fusion Emerging Writers Prize Recognizes
5670-691: The writing skills of domestic workers , taxi drivers , street vendors , and others wage earners. PEN America has several periodic publications. They include the Prison Writing Awards Anthology featuring winning entries from the annual contest for incarcerated authors, and PEN America Best Debut Short Stories , a yearly anthology of fiction by the recipients of the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. PEN America's Free Expression programs defend writers and journalists and protect free expression rights in
5751-462: The written word." The award succeeded the PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award 2008–2008 Inactive PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award To a U.S. resident who "fought courageously, despite adversity, to safeguard the First Amendment right to freedom of expression as it applies to the written word." 1993–2006 Inactive Renato Poggioli Translation Award For
5832-475: Was a literary award given every three years by PEN American Center to a U.S. literary translator, editor, or critic "whose work, in meeting the challenge of cultural difference, extends Gregory Kolovakos 's commitment to the richness of Hispanic literature and to expanding its English-language audience". It was primarily intended to recognize translations into English from Spanish, but translations from other Hispanic languages were also eligible. Gregory Kolovakos
5913-694: Was a graduate of Yale University and served as the director of the Literature Program of the New York State Council on the Arts for many years. He was also the founding executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation in 1985. The monetary amount of the Award was USD $ 2000. The prize was first given in 1992. The Jerard Fund Award honored a work in progress of general nonfiction distinguished by high literary quality by
5994-432: Was an award presented annually from 1993 to 2006 to a U.S. resident who "fought courageously, despite adversity, to safeguard the First Amendment right to freedom of expression as it applies to the written word." Sponsored by PEN American Center and Newman's Own , a cash prize of $ 20,000 was awarded. It was active from 1993 to 2006. The PEN/Katherine Anne Porter First Amendment Award was presented for only one year. It
6075-441: Was an honor "given [every two years] to an outstanding editor in trade hardcover publishing." It was active from 1971 to c. 2000. List of PEN literary awards This is a list of awards sponsored by International PEN centres . There are over 145 PEN centres on the world, some of which hold annual literary awards. The PEN American Center awards have been characterized as being among
6156-830: Was awarded by the PEN American Center . It was awarded to up-and-coming authors whose writing had been featured in distinguished literary journals, but had not published book-length works. Three prizes were awarded: one fiction, one nonfiction, and one poetry. Candidates were nominated only by editors from print and online journals. Participating journals for 2011 included: 6 x 6 , A Public Space , Bloom , Colorado Review , Creative Nonfiction , Fence , Gargoyle , Glimmer Train , Guernica , Harvard Review , jubilat , Kenyon Review , Lungfull! , New York Quarterly , One Story , The Oxford American , Ploughshares , Rain Taxi , Spinning Jenny , and Tin House . The PEN/Amazon.com Short Story Award
6237-487: Was conceived as an acronym: Poets, Essayists, Novelists (later broadened to Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, Novelists). As membership expanded to include a more diverse range of people involved in literature and freedom of expression, the name ceased to be an acronym in the United States. PEN America celebrated its centenary in 2022 with an event featuring authors Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie , Margaret Atwood , Jennifer Finney Boylan , and Dave Eggers ; an exhibition at
6318-486: Was given in 2008 only. The Renato Poggioli Translation Award was for a translator at work on an English-language version of Italian literature. Active from 1991 to c. 2000. The Roger Klein Award for Career Achievement was presented to a trade book editor every two years for "distinguished editorial achievement." It was active from 1971 to c. 2000. |To a trade book editor every two years for "distinguished editorial achievement." The Roger Klein Award for Editing
6399-551: Was given to unpublished writers who submit original short story manuscripts. Each manuscript competed for a $ 10,000 cash grant and publication at Amazon.com and in The Boston Book Review . Award was active for one year. The Architectural Digest Award for Literary Writing on the Visual Arts was presented for literary writing on the visual arts. It was active two years 2000–2001. The Gregory Kolovakos Award
6480-412: Was meant to given to a U.S. resident "who has fought courageously, despite adversity, to safeguard the First Amendment right to freedom of expression as it applies to the written word." Sponsored by PEN American Center and Katherine Anne Porter Foundation, the award included a cash prize of US$ 10,000. The award succeeded the PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award which was last awarded in 2006. The award
6561-1315: Was named president December 2, 2020, and Jennifer Egan , a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and the 2018 Carnegie Medal for literary excellence , who became president in 2018. Other members of the Board of Trustees Executive Committee are: Vice President Ayad Akhtar , Executive Vice President and Interim Treasurer Markus Dohle , Vice President Tracy Higgins, Roxanne Donovan, Michael Pietsch, and Marvin S. Putnam. Additional trustees are: Marie Arana , Peter Barbey , John Chao, Susan Choi , Bridget Colman, Patricia Duff, Lauren Embrey, Patricia Fili-Krushel , James Hannaham , Tom Healy , Elizabeth Hemmerdinger, Linda E. Johnson, Zachary Karabell , Sean Kelly, Min Jin Lee , Franklin Leonard , Margo Lowy, Margaret Munzer Loeb, Dinaw Mengestu , Ken Miller, Wesley Morris , Paul Muldoon , Lynn Nottage , George Packer , Alix Ritchie, Anya Salama, Richard Sarnoff, Andrew Solomon , Luis Alberto Urrea , Suzy Wahba, Tara Westover , and Jamie Wolf. Ex-Officio Trustees are Krystyna Poray Goddu and Allison Markin Powell. The Chief Executive Officer of PEN America
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