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
editThe 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 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry Collection.[5]
Award winners
edit| Year | Author | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Nick Flynn | Some Ether | [7][8] |
| 2001 | Richard Matthews | The Mill is Burning | |
| 2003 | Dana Levin | In the Surgical Theatre | [8] |
| 2005 | Yerra Sugarman | Forms of Gone | [9] |
| 2007 | Peter Covino | Cut Off the Ears of Winter | |
| 2009 | Jeffrey Yang | An Aquarium | [8] |
| 2011 | Ishion Hutchinson | Far District | |
| 2013 | Rowan Ricardo Phillips | The Ground: Poems | [8][10] |
| 2015 | Saeed Jones | Prelude to Bruise | [11][12][8][13] |
| 2017 | Natalie Scenters-Zapico | The Verging Cities | [14][15][8][16] |
| 2019 | Jonah Mixon-Webster | stereo(TYPE) | [17][18][8][19] |
References
edit- ^ a b c d "PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry". Archived from the original on June 19, 2012.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. 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.
- ^ a b "PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry". PEN America. 2019-02-05. Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
- ^ "PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry". PEN America. 2019-02-05. Archived from the original on 2021-08-06. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- ^ "Interview with Nick Flynn". Library of Congress. April 5, 2001. Archived from the original on September 7, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g "PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry Winners". Barnes & Noble. Archived from the original on 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- ^ "Yerra Sugarman". American Literary Review. 2019-09-26. Archived from the original on 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- ^ "PEN America Awards Announced, Rowan Ricardo Phillips Wins in Poetry by Harriet Staff". Poetry Foundation. 2023-02-25. Archived from the original on 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- ^ Carolyn Kellogg (May 13, 2015). "PEN announces award-winners and shortlists". LA Times. Archived from the original on May 15, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
- ^ "2015 PEN Literary Award Winners". PEN America. 2015-05-11. Archived from the original on 2015-05-16. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
- ^ Hertzel, Laurie. "Coffee House poet Saeed Jones wins PEN award". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on 2022-06-27. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- ^ "2017 PEN America Literary Awards Winners". PEN America. 2017-03-27. Archived from the original on 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
- ^ Tubb, Nathaniel (2017-01-18). "2017 PEN/JOYCE OSTERWEIL AWARD FOR POETRY". PEN America. Archived from the original on 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- ^ "MFA Graduate Wins Prestigious Award for Her Poetry". University of New Mexico. Archived from the original on 2022-06-25. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- ^ "Poet Jonah Mixon-Webster Joins English Department". Webster University. 2020-11-25. Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- ^ "The 2019 PEN America Literary Awards Winners". PEN America. 2019-02-26. Archived from the original on 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
- ^ "Reading | Jonah Mixon-Webster". Office of Community and Regional Affairs | Princeton University. Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.