Prominent literary organization PEN America has canceled its annual awards ceremony, which was due to be held next week, after 28 authors chose to withdraw their books from consideration.

Playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner told NPR he will donate the $25,000 purse that comes with the PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award, for which he is this year's recipient.

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The PEN Literary Awards are running out of authors to honor and facing a credibility problem among their peers. In a scathing rebuke of PEN America, 29 authors and translators have withdrawn from ...

PEN America has announced that two of its tentpole spring events—the World Voices Festival and Literary Awards—will return this year. The festival and awards were canceled in 2024 after a ...

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Crown; One World; Farrar, Straus and Giroux The finalists for the 2025 PEN America Literary Awards are here. On April 11, PEN America announced the finalists for their prestigious literary awards.

At the PEN America Literary Awards, David Sedaris, Judith Thurman and others discussed the role A.I. could play in literature. By Anna Grace Lee On Thursday evening, more than 1,000 writers ...

The Emmy Award-winning journalist, author and talk show host, 54, hosted the PEN America Literary Awards on Thursday, May 8, cheekily dubbed “the Oscars for Books." To open up the ceremony ...