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Succeeded by PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award (see above). 1987–2015 Inactive PEN/Steven Kroll Award "to acknowledge the distinct literary contributions of picture book writers." 2012–2014 Inactive PEN/W.G. Sebald Award: To honor a promising writer who has published three works of fiction. 2010–2011 Inactive PEN Emerging Writers Awards
The PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award [2] was an award that honored writers anywhere in the world who have fought courageously in the face of adversity for the right to freedom of expression. [3] Established in 1987, the award was administered by PEN American Center and underwritten by PEN trustee Barbara Goldsmith.
PEN America confers 11 awards, fellowships, grants, and prizes each year, presenting nearly US$350,000 to writers and translators. [10] As of 2018, the US$75,000 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award is the top award given by PEN America, [29] and among the largest literary prizes in the United States. [30]
Meindert DeJong, received 1962 Hans Christian Andersen Award, awarded Newbery Medal and National Book Award (resided in Grand Rapids, attended Calvin College) Aileen Fisher (1906–2002), author (born in Iron River) Margaret Hillert, poet and author of children's literature (born in Saginaw, taught in Royal Oak School District)
Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) is a school district that serves Detroit, Michigan, and high school students in Highland Park, Michigan.The district, which replaced the original Detroit Public Schools (DPS) in 2016, provides services to approximately 50,000 students, [6] making it the largest school district in the state.
The PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize was originally named the PEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship for Writers. The prize awards the debut writer a cash award of US$25,000. The PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize was established in memory of Robert W. Bingham , who died in 1999 at the age of 33, to commemorate his support of young writers, his love of literature ...
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The PEN Open Book Award (known as the Beyond Margins Award through 2009) is an award intended to foster racial and ethnic diversity within the literary and publishing communities, and works to establish access for diverse literary groups to the publishing industry. [1]