Call for Submissions: 2014 PEN Literary Awards

Submissions are now open for the 2014 PEN Literary Awards. Our awards program, the most comprehensive in the country, will present 17 awards in 2014. Send in your submissions or nominate a colleague to be considered for awards in the fields of fiction, science writing, essays, sports writing, biography, children's literature, translation, drama, or poetry. NOTE: The deadline for submissions and nominations is earlier this year: December 16, 2013. Please visit each award's page for details on how to submit, as our awards submission process has changed. Visit www.pen.org/literary-awards or write to info@pen.org for more information. And click here for information on PEN's 2013 award winners. From now until December 16, 2013, PEN will be accepting submissions for the following awards: BOOK SUBMISSIONS Fiction and Nonfiction PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize ($25,000) For a fiction writer whose debut work, published in 2013, represents distinguished literary achievement and suggests great promise PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, Founded by Barbara Kingsolver ($25,000) To the author of an unpublished novel that addresses issues of social justice. The prize also includes a publishing contract with Algonquin Books. PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay ($10,000) For a book of essays published in 2013 that exemplifies the dignity and esteem of the essay form PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award ($10,000) For a book of literary nonfiction published in 2013 on the subject of the physical or biological sciences PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing ($5,000) For a nonfiction book published in 2013 on the subject of sports PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award ($5,000) For a distinguished biography published in the United States in 2013 PEN Open Book Award ($5,000) For an exceptional work of literature published in 2013 by an author of color PEN/Edward and Lily Tuck Award for Paraguayan Literature ($3,000) To the author of a major work of Paraguayan Literature not yet translated into English Children's Literature PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship ($5,000) For an author of children's or young-adult fiction, who has published at least two books, to complete a book-length work-in-progress. PEN/Steven Kroll Award Honoring the Author of an Illustrated Children's Book ($5,000) For a writer for an exceptional story illustrated in a picture book published in 2013 Translation PEN Translation Prize ($3,000) For a book-length translation of prose into English published in 2013 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation ($3,000) For a book-length translation of poetry into English published in 2013 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants ($2,000-$4,000) To support the translation of book-length works that have not previous appeared in English CAREER AWARDS One of the many benefits of PEN membership is the ability to submit letters of recommendation on behalf of your colleagues acknowledging their achievements in literature. Send your letter of nomination in on October 1, 2013. PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing ($5,000) For a writer whose body of work represents an exceptional contribution to the field PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation Awards for Drama ($7,500) A pair of awards, which honor a Master American Dramatist and an American Playwright in Mid-Career PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry ($5,000) To a poet whose distinguished and growing body of work represents a notable presence in American literature --- In 2014, PEN will also be offering the PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction ($25,000) to a fiction writer whose body of work places him or her in the highest rank of American literature. However, the award will be administered by internal nomination only.

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