PEN/Open Book explained

PEN/Open Book (known as the Beyond Margins Award through 2009) is a program 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] Created in 1991 by the PEN American Center (today PEN America), the PEN/Open Book program ensures custodians of language and literature are representative of the American people.

The Committee discusses mutual concerns and strategies for advancing writing and professional activities, and coordinates Open Book events. While multiple awards were presented in previous years, the PEN Open Book Award now presents one award every year to books published in the United States (but without citizenship or residency requirements) by "authors of color who have not received wide media coverage".

The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centers around the world. The PEN American Center awards have been characterized as being among the "major" American literary prizes. [2]

Honorees

PEN/Open Book Award

After 2010, the Beyond Margins Award was renamed the PEN/Open Book Award.

PEN/Open Book Award winners and finalists!Year!Author!Title!Result!Ref.
2011Serious MenWinner[3]
Up Jump the BoogieRunner Up
2012Winner[4]
Oil on WaterFinalist
Water Puppets
2013Gun Dealers' DaughterWinner (tie)[5] [6]
AllegianceFinalist
Our Andromeda
When My Brother Was an Aztec
2014Cowboys and East IndiansWinner (tie)[7] [8]
domina Un/blued
Duppy ConquerorFinalist
Ghana Must Go
Leaving Tulsa
2015Winner[9]
Finalist[10] [11]
Every Day Is for the Thief
2016ChordWinner[12]
Bastards of the Reagan EraFinalist
Forest Primeval: Poems
Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape
Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye: A Journey
2017What Is Not Yours Is Not YoursWinner[13]
BlackacreFinalist[14]
Look
The Book of Memory
2018Winner[15] [16]
AugustownFinalist[17]
Lessons on Expulsion: Poems
My Soul Looks Back: A Memoir
Ordinary Beast: Poems
2019Heads of the Colored PeopleWinner[18]
Cape Verdean BluesFinalist[19]
Eye Level
How to Sit: A Memoir in Stories and Essays
Teeth Never Sleep
2020Winner[20]
Build Yourself a BoatFinalist[21] [22]
Be Recorder
Erou
We Cast a Shadow
2021InheritorsWinner[23]
Finalist[24]
How to Pronounce Knife: Stories
Un-American
Wild Peach
2022CurbWinner[25]
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave RevoltsFinalist
Antiman: A Hybrid Memoir
Names for Light: A Family History
White Magic
2023Winner[26] [27]
ShutterFinalist[28]
Gorgoneion
All The Flowers Kneeling
Last Summer on State Street

Beyond Margins Award

Prior to 2010, the PEN Open Book Award was referred to as the Beyond Margins Award, and several books were selected per year as joint winners.

Beyond Margins Award winners!Year!Author!Title
Earlier winnersYo-Yo Boing!
Say Goodnight
(ed.)The NuyorAsian Anthology
2002Illiterate Heart
Eye of the Fish
A Map to the Next World: Poetry and Tales
Slapboxing with Jesus: Stories
Song of the Water Saints
2004West of the Jordan: A Novel
The Interpreter
The Boy and the Dog Are Sleeping
Smoking Lovely
Knee-Deep in Wonder: A Novel
2005Meeting Faith: The Forest Journals of a Black Buddhist Nun
(ed.)And It Don’t Stop: The Best American Hip-Hop Journalism of the Last 25 Years
Inheritance
Autopsy of an Engine, and Other Stories from the Cadillac Plant
The Temperature of This Water
2006Directions to the Beach of the Dead
Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora
Real Karaoke People
Dancing in the Dark
The Man With My Face
2007Half of a Yellow Sun
Blood Beats, Vol. 1
Recyclopedia
Theater of Night
2008Song for Night
Tales of the Out and the Gone
Transparency
The Perfect Man
The Day the World Ended at Little Big Horn
2009Say You're One of Them
Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems
Changing
2010Flood Song
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original
Sky Train: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PEN Beyond Margins . November 19, 2009 . August 29, 2012 . . May 20, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110520054721/http://bookcritics.org/blog/archive/pen_beyond_margins/ . dead .
  2. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=LyJqIfNPSgcC&pg=PA689 . The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature . Literary Prizes and Awards . Continuum International Publishing Group . Alfred Bendixen . 2005 . 689 . 978-0-8264-1777-0 . 2016-10-23 . 2023-02-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230224194004/https://books.google.com/books?id=LyJqIfNPSgcC&pg=PA689 . live .
  3. Web site: November 16, 2012. 2011 PEN Open Book Award. October 27, 2021. pen.org. October 27, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211027080527/https://pen.org/2011-pen-open-book-award/. live.
  4. Web site: 2012 PEN Open Book Award. August 1, 2014. pen.org. 14 November 2012 . June 7, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140607175246/http://www.pen.org/literature/2012-pen-open-book-award. live.
  5. Web site: Carolyn Kellogg. August 14, 2013. Jacket Copy: PEN announces winners of its 2013 awards. August 14, 2013. Los Angeles Times. August 16, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130816025317/http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-pen-announces-winners-of-its-2013-awards-20130814,0,5632674.story. live.
  6. Web site: 2013 PEN Open Book Award. August 1, 2014. pen.org. 25 July 2013 . October 11, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141011082448/http://www.pen.org/literature/2013-pen-open-book-award. live.
  7. News: Ron Charles. Ron Charles (critic). July 30, 2014. Winners of the 2014 PEN Literary Awards. August 1, 2014. Washington Post. May 9, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150509075051/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/07/30/winners-of-the-2014-pen-literary-awards/. live.
  8. Web site: 2014 PEN Open Book Award. August 1, 2014. pen.org. 16 April 2014 . August 14, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140814081528/http://www.pen.org/literature/2014-pen-open-book-award. live.
  9. Web site: May 8, 2015. 2015 PEN Literary Award Winners. March 2, 2016. PEN. March 2, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160302024558/http://www.pen.org/blog/announcing-2015-pen-literary-award-winners. live.
  10. Web site: 2015-05-14. 2015 PEN Literary Award Winners Make Great Recommendations. 2022-01-30. the American Booksellers Association. 2022-01-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20220130203757/https://www.bookweb.org/news/2015-pen-literary-award-winners-make-great-recommendations. live.
  11. Web site: 2015-04-10. 2015 PEN Literary Awards Shortlist. 2022-01-30. PEN America. en. 2022-12-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20221206062418/https://pen.org/2015-pen-literary-awards-shortlist/. live.
  12. Web site: April 13, 2016. 2016 PEN Open Book Award. May 23, 2017. PEN. April 19, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160419145934/http://www.pen.org/literature/2016-pen-open-book-award. live.
  13. Web site: February 22, 2017. 2017 PEN Open Book Award. May 23, 2017. PEN. February 2, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202070731/https://pen.org/2017-pen-open-book-award/. live.
  14. Web site: 2017-01-18. 2017 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists. 2022-01-30. PEN America. en. 2022-01-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20220130203747/https://pen.org/2017-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/. live.
  15. Web site: John Maher. February 21, 2018. Long Soldier, Zhang, Le Guin Win At 2018 PEN Literary Awards. February 21, 2018. Publishers Weekly. February 22, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180222044854/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/76113-pen-america-literary-awards-2018.html. live.
  16. Web site: February 20, 2018. The 2018 PEN America Literary Awards Winners. February 21, 2018. PEN America. February 21, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180221213041/https://pen.org/2018-winners/. live.
  17. Web site: Porter Anderson. January 31, 2018. Industry Notes: PEN America's Finalists. February 21, 2018. Publishing Perspectives. February 22, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180222045032/https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/01/pen-america-translation-prize-multiple-competitions-finalists-2018/. live.
  18. Web site: February 28, 2019. PEN America Literary Awards 2019 winners announced. February 27, 2019. Books+Publishing. en-AU. February 28, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190228070239/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/02/28/127540/pen-america-literary-awards-2019-winners-announced/. live.
  19. Web site: January 15, 2019. Announcing the 2019 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists. February 23, 2019. PEN America. October 30, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191030134810/https://pen.org/2019finalists/. live.
  20. Web site: The 2020 PEN America Literary Awards Winners. 2022-01-30. PEN America. 25 February 2020 . 2022-01-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20220130203749/https://pen.org/2020-pen-america-literary-awards-winners/. live.
  21. Web site: 2020-01-28. Announcing the 2020 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists. 2022-01-30. PEN America. en. 2022-01-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20220130203745/https://pen.org/2020-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/. live.
  22. Web site: Temple. Emily. 2020-01-28. Here are your 2020 PEN America literary awards finalists.. 2022-01-30. Literary Hub. 2022-01-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20220130203757/https://lithub.com/here-are-your-2020-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/. live.
  23. Web site: 2021-04-08. Announcing the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Winners. 2022-01-30. PEN America. en. 2022-01-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20220121232728/https://pen.org/literary-awards/2021-pen-america-literary-awards-winners/. live.
  24. Web site: February 10, 2021. Announcing the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists. February 14, 2021. PEN America. en. February 14, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210214001856/https://pen.org/literary-awards/2021-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/. live.
  25. News: Smith . Eliza . Here are the winners of the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards. . March 4, 2022 . . March 1, 2022 . March 3, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220303221307/https://lithub.com/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2022-pen-america-literary-awards/ . live .
  26. Web site: Schaub . Michael . 2023-03-03 . PEN Award Winners Announced . 2023-03-06 . . en . 2023-03-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230306021844/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/pen-award-winners-announced/ . live .
  27. Web site: March 6, 2023 . PEN America Literary Award Winners Celebrated . 2023-03-07 . Shelf Awareness.
  28. Web site: 2023-02-15 . Announcing the 2023 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists . 2023-02-20 . PEN America . en . 2023-02-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230220041319/https://pen.org/literary-awards/announcing-the-2023-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/ . live .

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