PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry
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The PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry was awarded by PEN America in odd-numbered years in recognition of a book of poetry with "high literary character"[1] by a new and emerging American poet of any age with "the promise of further literary achievement."[1][2][3]
Description[]
The PEN American Center awards have been characterized as being among the "major" American literary prizes.[4] From 1999 to June 1, 2020,[5] the PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry was awarded by PEN America (formerly PEN American Center) in odd-numbered years in recognition of a book of poetry with "high literary character"[1] by a new and emerging American poet of any age with "the promise of further literary achievement."[1][2] The winner received $5,000.[citation needed] The award was one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centres around the world. It was replaced with an annual .[5]
Award winners[]
- 1999 Nick Flynn, Some Ether[6]
- 2001 , The Mill is Burning
- 2003 Dana Levin, In the Surgical Theatre
- 2005 , Forms of Gone
- 2007 , Cut Off the Ears of Winter
- 2009 Jeffrey Yang, An Aquarium
- 2011 Ishion Hutchinson, Far District
- 2013 Rowan Ricardo Phillips, The Ground: Poems
- 2015 Saeed Jones, Prelude to Bruise[7][8]
- 2017 Natalie Scenters-Zapico, The Verging Cities[9]
- 2019 , stereo(TYPE)[10]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry". Archived from the original on June 19, 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Robert Lee Brewer (2011). 2012 Writer's Market Deluxe Edition. Writer's Digest Books. p. 964. ISBN 9781599632278. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
- ^ "PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry Winners". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
- ^ Alfred Bendixen (2005). "Literary Prizes and Awards". The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 689. ISBN 9780826417770. Archived from the original on 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry". PEN America. 2019-02-05. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
- ^ "Interview with Nick Flynn". Library of Congress. April 5, 2001. Archived from the original on September 7, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
- ^ Carolyn Kellogg (May 13, 2015). "PEN announces award-winners and shortlists". LA Times. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
- ^ "2015 PEN Literary Award Winners". pen.org. 2015-05-11. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
- ^ "2017 PEN America Literary Awards Winners - PEN America". PEN America. 2017-03-27. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
- ^ "The 2019 PEN America Literary Awards Winners". PEN America. 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
External links[]
- PEN America awards
- Awards established in 1999
- 1999 establishments in the United States
- American poetry awards