PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry

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]

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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 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry Collection.[5]

Award winners

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PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry winners[6]
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

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  1. ^ a b c d "PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry". Archived from the original on June 19, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Robert Lee Brewer (2011). 2012 Writer's Market Deluxe Edition. Writer's Digest Books. p. 964. ISBN 9781599632278. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  3. ^ "PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry Winners". www.goodreads.com. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry". PEN America. 2019-02-05. Archived from the original on 2021-08-06. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  7. ^ "Interview with Nick Flynn". Library of Congress. April 5, 2001. Archived from the original on September 7, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Yerra Sugarman". American Literary Review. 2019-09-26. Archived from the original on 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "2015 PEN Literary Award Winners". PEN America. 2015-05-11. Archived from the original on 2015-05-16. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
  13. ^ Hertzel, Laurie. "Coffee House poet Saeed Jones wins PEN award". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on 2022-06-27. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  14. ^ "2017 PEN America Literary Awards Winners". PEN America. 2017-03-27. Archived from the original on 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ "MFA Graduate Wins Prestigious Award for Her Poetry". University of New Mexico. Archived from the original on 2022-06-25. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  17. ^ "Poet Jonah Mixon-Webster Joins English Department". Webster University. 2020-11-25. Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  18. ^ "The 2019 PEN America Literary Awards Winners". PEN America. 2019-02-26. Archived from the original on 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  19. ^ "Reading | Jonah Mixon-Webster". Office of Community and Regional Affairs | Princeton University. Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
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