PEN/Open Book (known as the Beyond Margins Award through 2009) is a program intended to foster racial and ethnic diversity within the literary and publishing communities, and works to establish access for diverse literary groups to the publishing industry. Created in 1991 by the PEN American Center (today PEN America ), the PEN/Open Book program ensures custodians of language and literature are representative of the American people.
44-540: The Committee discusses mutual concerns and strategies for advancing writing and professional activities, and coordinates Open Book events. While multiple awards were presented in previous years, the PEN Open Book Award now presents one award every year to books published in the United States (but without citizenship or residency requirements) by "authors of color who have not received wide media coverage". The award
88-550: 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
132-501: A British Writer. 1993 Active PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize Awarded annually for a non-fiction book of specifically historical content.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
176-467: 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
220-442: 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
264-404: 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
308-544: 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
352-1289: 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
396-400: 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 a promising young writer of an unpublished work of nonfiction that addresses
440-459: 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
484-464: 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 a previously unpublished work of fiction that address issues of social justice. 2000 Active PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for
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#1733084774050528-526: 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
572-824: 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
616-641: 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
660-661: 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
704-445: 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
748-630: Is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centers around the world. The PEN American Center awards have been characterized as being among the "major" American literary prizes. After 2010, the Beyond Margins Award was renamed the PEN/Open Book Award. Prior to 2010, the PEN Open Book Award was referred to as the Beyond Margins Award, and several books were selected per year as joint winners. List of PEN literary awards From Misplaced Pages,
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836-608: 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 the subject of physical and biological sciences. 2011 Active PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing To honor
880-558: 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
924-782: 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
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#1733084774050968-668: 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
1012-444: 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
1056-652: 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
1100-866: 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
1144-437: 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
1188-435: 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
1232-537: 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
1276-565: 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
1320-635: The founding centre of PEN International PEN America , located in New York City PEN Center USA , part of PEN America PEN Canada , Toronto PEN Hong Kong Sydney PEN , one of three Australian PENs PEN-International , Postsecondary Education Network International, an international partnership of colleges for those with hearing impairment Penang International Airport , Malaysia, IATA airport code: PEN Penarth railway station , Wales, station code: PEN Peruvian sol , ISO 4217 currency code PEN Poder Ejecutivo Nacional ,
1364-549: The 💕 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 the "major" literary awards in America. PEN America [ edit ] Award Description Founded Status PEN Award for Poetry in Translation To honor
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1408-485: 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
1452-721: 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
1496-677: 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
1540-489: 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
1584-536: 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
1628-976: 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
1672-414: 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
1716-455: 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
1760-432: 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
1804-403: 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
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1848-629: 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
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1936-456: 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
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