2011 AWARDS:
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Starting September 1, PEN will be accepting submissions for the following awards:
PEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship for Writers ($35,000)
To a fiction writer whose debut work represents distinguished literary achievement and suggests great promise.PEN/W.G. Sebald Award for a Fiction Writer in Mid-Career ($10,000)
To a an author who has published at least 3 works of literary fiction.
PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography ($5,000)
To a distinguished biography published in the United States.
Laura Pels Foundation Awards for Drama ($7,500)
Honors a Grand Master of American Theater as well as an outstanding new voice.PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing ($5,000)
To a nonfiction book about sports.PEN/Osterweil Award for Poetry ($5,000)
To a new and emerging American poet of any age showing promise of further literary achievement.
PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship ($5,000)
To a writer of children or young-adult fiction in financial need, who has published at least two books.
PEN/Galbraith Award for Nonfiction ($10,000)
To a distinguished book of general nonfiction possessing notable literary merit and critical perspective.PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award ($10,000)
To a current, non-academic book that contributes to the public’s understanding of science and changes how science is approached.PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay ($5,000)
To a book of essays that best exemplifies the dignity and esteem of the essay form.PEN/Nora Magid Award ($5,000)
For a magazine editor whose high literary standards and taste have contributed significantly to the excellence of the publication he or she edits.PEN Award for Poetry in Translation ($3,000)
For book-length translations of poetry into English.
PEN Translation Prize ($3,000)
For book-length translations from any language into English.Translation Fund Grants ($2,000–$3,000)
To support the translation of book-length works that have not previously appeared in English.
Open Book Awards ($1,000)
Honors books by writers of color published in the U.S.