PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship

The PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship is awarded by the PEN America (formerly PEN American Center) annually to a writer of children's or young-adult fiction of high literary caliber "at a crucial moment in his or her career to complete a book-length work-in-progress." The author receives $5,000 and was made possible by PEN member Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, the Newbery Medal winner of such books as Sang Spell and Shiloh.

The author must be nominated by an editor or a fellow writer and must have published "at least two novels for children or young adults which have been warmly received by literary critics, but have not generated sufficient income to support the author."

The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centers around the world. The PEN America awards have been characterized as being among the "major" American literary prizes.^[1]

Award winners[]

2001
2002
2003 Franny Billingsley
2004 Deborah Wiles,
2005 , Night Road
2006 , Everything You Want
2007 , Genesis
2008 , Julia Delany: The American Version
2009 Carol Lynch Williams, A Glimpse Is All I Can Stand
2010 Pat Schmatz, Bluefish
2011 , Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling
2012 , Free Verse^[2]
2013 , The Intake Office^[3]
2014 , "The Taste of Elephant Tears"^[4]^[5]
2015 Stephanie Kuehn, The Pragmatist^[6]^[7]
2016 , A Chemical Distance^[8]^[9]
2017 Philippe Diederich, Finding a Home at the End of the World^[10]

References[]

^ Alfred Bendixen (2005). "Literary Prizes and Awards". The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 689.
^ "2012 PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship". pen.org. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
^ "2013 PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship". pen.org. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
^ Ron Charles (July 30, 2014). "Winners of the 2014 PEN Literary Awards". Washington Post. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
^ "2014 PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship". pen.org. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
^ Carolyn Kellogg (May 13, 2015). "PEN announces award-winners and shortlists". LA Times. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
^ "2015 PEN Literary Award Winners". pen.org. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
^ Maggie Galehouse (March 1, 2016). "PEN Literary Award winners announced". Chron. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
^ "2016 PEN Literary Award Winners". PEN. March 1, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
^ "2017 PEN America Literary Awards Winners - PEN America". PEN America. 2017-03-27. Retrieved 2017-08-02.

External links[]

[1] Alfred Bendixen (2005). "Literary Prizes and Awards". The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 689.

[2] "2012 PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship". pen.org. Retrieved August 1, 2014.

[3] "2013 PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship". pen.org. Retrieved August 1, 2014.

[4] Ron Charles (July 30, 2014). "Winners of the 2014 PEN Literary Awards". Washington Post. Retrieved August 1, 2014.

[5] "2014 PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship". pen.org. Retrieved August 1, 2014.

[6] Carolyn Kellogg (May 13, 2015). "PEN announces award-winners and shortlists". LA Times. Retrieved May 14, 2015.

[7] "2015 PEN Literary Award Winners". pen.org. Retrieved May 14, 2015.

[8] Maggie Galehouse (March 1, 2016). "PEN Literary Award winners announced". Chron. Retrieved March 2, 2016.

[9] "2016 PEN Literary Award Winners". PEN. March 1, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.

[10] "2017 PEN America Literary Awards Winners - PEN America". PEN America. 2017-03-27. Retrieved 2017-08-02.

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