The PEN/Nora Magid Award for Magazine Editing given by the PEN America (formerly PEN American Center) is awarded biennially to "a magazine editor whose high literary standards and taste have, throughout his or her career, contributed significantly to the excellence of the publication he or she edits." It was established in 1993.
Candidates include "current editors-in-chief, literary editors, and 'back-of-the-book' editors of serious general interest magazines, book reviews, or literary reviews and quarterlies, whose intellectual discernment and wide range of interests recall the late PEN member Nora Magid, who was for many years the literary editor of The Reporter."
The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centres around the world. The PEN American Center awards have been characterized as being among the "major" American literary prizes.[1]
Award winners
edit| Year | Recipient | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Peter Stitt, editor of The Gettysburg Review | |
| 1995 | Herbert Leibowitz, editor of Parnassus | [3] |
| 1997 | Wendy Lesser, editor of The Threepenny Review | |
| 1999 | Stan Lindberg, editor of The Georgia Review | |
| 2001 | Askold Melnyczuk, editor of AGNI | |
| 2003 | Robert Fogarty, editor of The Antioch Review | |
| 2005 | Willard Spiegelman, editor of Southwest Review | |
| 2007 | Bradford Morrow, editor of Conjunctions | [4] |
| 2009 | Hannah Tinti, editor of One Story | |
| 2011 | Brigid Hughes, founding editor of A Public Space | |
| 2013 | Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery, co-editors of Mother Jones | |
| 2015 | Rob Spillman, Tin House | [5][6][7] |
| 2017 | Michael Archer and Joel Whitney, Guernica | [8][9][10] |
| 2019 | Alexandra Watson, Apogee magazine | [11][12][13] |
| 2021 | Kwame Dawes, editor of Prairie Schooner | [14][15] |
References
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- ^ Polly Giantonio (July–August 2007). "Q&A: Leibowitz Bids Parnassus Farewell". Poets & Writers. Archived from the original on February 26, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
- ^ "Bradford Morrow, Editor of Conjunctions, Wins PEN/Nora Magid Award for Editing". Bard College Public Relations. Archived from the original on 2015-10-17. 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.org. Archived from the original on May 16, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
- ^ "Rob Spillman". Grove Atlantic. Archived from the original on 2022-09-29. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- ^ "2017 PEN America Literary Awards Winners - PEN America". PEN America. 2017-03-27. Archived from the original on 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
- ^ Tubb, Nathaniel (2017-01-17). "2017 PEN/NORA MAGID AWARD FOR EDITING". PEN America. Archived from the original on 2022-06-28. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- ^ "Joel Whitney". Poetry Foundation. 2023-02-26. Archived from the original on 2021-01-25. 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.
- ^ Kearl, Zoe Contros (February 6, 2019). "Alumna Alexandra Watson '15 Awarded PEN/Nora Magid Award for Editing". Columbia University School of the Arts. Archived from the original on 2019-12-27. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- ^ "Lecturer Alexandra Watson Wins 2019 PEN/Nora Magid Award for Editing". Barnard College. February 6, 2019. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- ^ "Dawes earns PEN America award". University of Nebraska-Lincoln | College of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- ^ Murua, James (2021-03-25). "Writers of African descent on PEN America Career Achievement Awards 2021". James Murua's Literature Blog. Archived from the original on 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2023-02-26.