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PEN AMERICAN CENTER AWARDS FOR NONFICTION
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The following awards are offered by PEN American Center for excellence in nonfiction. |
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PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award ($10,000)
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PEN American Center is pleased to announce the inauguration of the new PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award. This biennial prize will go to the author of a distinguished book of general nonfiction.  |
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*New Award* PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography ($10,000)
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The PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award is a $10,000 prize for to a distinguished biography published in the United States during the previous two calendar years. Nominations are welcome from any source: writers, editors, literary agents, or members of the literary community at large. |
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Beyond Margins Award
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PEN/Beyond Margins Awards invites submissions of booklength writings by authors of color, published in the United States during the current calendar year. The Beyond Margins Awards were created by PEN American Center's Open Book Committee, a group committed to racial and ethnic diversity within the literary and publishing communities. The awards confer five $1000 prizes upon African, Arab, Asian, Caribbean, Latino, and Native American authors who have not received wide media coverage. |
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