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The PEN New England Award (previously L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award and Laurence L. & Thomas Winship/PEN New England Award) is awarded annually by PEN New England (today PEN America Boston)[1] to honor a New England author or book with a New England setting or subject.[2][3] The award was established in 1975 by The Boston Globe in conjunction with PEN to honor the veteran Boston Globe editor Laurence L. Winship.
Since 2005, the award has been presented in three categories: fiction, non-fiction, and poetry with each winner receiving $1,000.[2] For one year in 2012, the award was called the Laurence L. & Thomas Winship/PEN New England Award in honor of father and son, Thomas Winship, both long-time Boston Globe editors. It was renamed to simply PEN New England Award starting with the 2013 award.
The award presentation is sponsored in part by the JFK Presidential Library.[4] The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centres around the world.
Winners
1975-2004
- 1975 Separate Flights by Andre Dubus
- 1976 The Private Franklin: The Man and His Family by Claude-Anne Lopez
- 1977 Letters of E. B. White by E. B. White
- 1978 Louisa May Alcott: A Modern Biography by Martha Saxton
- 1979 The Framed Houses of Massachusetts Bay, 1625-1725 by Abbott Lowell Cummings
- 1980 Marquand: An American life by Millicent Bell
- 1981 Slave to Beauty: The Eccentric Life and Controversial Career of F. Holland Day, Photographer, Publisher, Aesthete by Estelle Jussim
- 1982 Shallow Waters: A Year on Cape Cod's Pleasant Bay by William Sargent
- 1983 ?
- 1984 In a Patch of Fireweed: A Biologist's Life in the Field by Bernd Heinrich
- 1985 Home Before Dark by Susan Cheever
- 1986 Drawn to Art: A Nineteenth Century American Dream by Diana Korzenik
- 1987 Mothers in the Fatherland: Women, the Family and Nazi Politics by Claudia Koonz
- 1988 A Mind of Her Own: The Life of Karen Horney by Susan Quinn
- 1989 The Road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway
- 1990 Among Schoolchildren by Tracy Kidder
- 1991 House of Light by Mary Oliver
- 1992 Patron Saints: Five Rebels Who Opened America to a New Art, 1928-1943 by Nicholas Fox Weber
- 1993 The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley (1874-1958) by Jack Beatty
- 1994 ?
- 1995 ?
- 1996 Here and Nowhere Else: Late Seasons of a Farm and Its Family by Jane Brox
- 1997 Charles Ives: A Life With Music by Jan Swafford
- 1998 The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
- 1999 Without: Poems by Donald Hall
- 2000 Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II by John W. Dower
- 2001 Transfigurations: Collected Poems by Jay Wright[5]
- 2002 Niagara Falls All Over Again by Elizabeth McCracken
- 2003 You Are Not a Stranger Here: Stories by Adam Haslett[6]
- 2004 Cut Time: An Education at the Fights by Carlo Rotella and An Hour in Paradise by Joan Leegant
2005-present
- 2005
- Poetry: In the Ghost-House Acquainted by Kevin Goodan
- Non-fiction: This Was Not Our War: Bosnian Women Reclaiming the Peace by Swanee Hunt
- Fiction: Baker Towers by Jennifer Haigh
- 2006 [7]
- Poetry: The Wild Braid: A Poet Reflects on a Century in the Garden by Stanley Kunitz
- Non-fiction: Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius by Leo Damrosch
- Fiction: Warp & Weft by Edward J. Delaney
- 2007[8]
- Poetry: Averno: Poems by Louise Glück
- Non-fiction: A Death in Belmont by Sebastian Junger
- Fiction: Inland by K. C. Frederick
- 2008 [9]
- Poetry: Beloved Idea by Ann Killough
- Non-fiction: American Band: Music, Dreams, and Coming of Age in the Heartland by Kristen Laine
- Fiction: Karma and Other Stories by Rishi Reddi
- 2009[10]
- Poetry: Two Minutes of Light by Nancy K. Pearson
- Non-fiction: Stalking Irish Madness by Patrick Tracey
- Fiction: The House on Fortune Street by Margot Livesey
- 2010 [11]
- Poetry: Home By Now by Meg Kearney
- Non-fiction: Dogtown: Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town by Elyssa East
- Fiction: Triple Time by Anne Sanow
- 2011[12]
- Poetry: Blue for Oceans, Charles Douthat
- Non-fiction: Street Shadows: A Memoir of Race, Rebellion, and Redemption, Jerald Walker
- Fiction: The Chester Chronicles, Kermit Moyer
- 2012[13]
- Poetry: Address, Elizabeth Willis
- Non-fiction: Lost In Shangri-La, Mitchell Zuckoff
- Fiction: The Call, Yannick Murphy
- 2013[14]
- Poetry: Blacksnake at the Family Reunion, David Huddle
- Non-fiction: Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death, Bernd Heinrich
- Fiction: The Vanishers, Heidi Julavits
- 2014[15]
- Poetry: Frost in the Low Areas, Karen Skolfield
- Non-fiction: What Happens Next?: Matters of Life and Death, Doug Bauer
- Fiction: News from Heaven, Jennifer Haigh
- 2015[16]
- Poetry: The Lost Child, Wesley McNair
- Non-fiction: The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce’s Ulysees, Kevin Birmingham
- Fiction: Treat Us Like Dogs and We Will Become Wolves, Carolyn Chute
- 2016 [17]
- Poetry: Bastards of the Reagan Era, Reginald Dwayne Betts
- Non-fiction: The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey, Rinker Buck
- Fiction: The Book of Aron, Jim Shepard
- 2017 [17]
- Poetry: Standoff, David Rivard
- Non-fiction: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, Matthew Desmond
- Fiction: Half Wild, Robin MacArthur
- 2018 (no award)[17]
References
- ^ "PEN America Boston is a regional community of PEN America Members and their allies." [1]
- ^ a b "L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award". Poets & Writers. Archived from the original on 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
- ^ Mary B. W. Tabor (November 22, 1995). "Book Notes". The New York Times. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
- ^ "2012 Laurence L. & Thomas Winship /Pen New England Awards Announced" (Press release). JFK Presidential Library. March 13, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
- ^ "2001 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award and the L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award Recipients Announced". JFK Library. March 8, 2001. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
- ^ "2003 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award and the L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award Recipients Announced". JFK Library. March 4, 2003. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
- ^ "JFK Presidential Library to Host 2006 Hemingway/PEN and L.L. Winship/PEN New England Literary Awards". JFK Library. March 6, 2006. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
- ^ "PEN New England and the JFK Presidential Library Announce Winners of the 2007 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award and the 2007 L.L. Winship/PEN New England Awards". JFK Library. March 6, 2007. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
- ^ "PEN New England and the JFK Library Announce Winners of the 2008 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award and the 2008 L.L. Winship/PEN New England Awards". JFK Library. March 4, 2008. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
- ^ "2009 PEN Hemingway Foundation Award". JFK Library. March 3, 2009. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
- ^ "2010 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Awards". JFK Library. March 3, 2010. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
- ^ Jan Gardner (March 20, 2011). "Zombies dissected". The Boston Globe. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
- ^ "2012 Laurence L. & Thomas Winship /Pen New England Awards Announced". JFK Library. March 13, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
- ^ Laurie C (March 26, 2013). "2013 PEN Hemingway & PEN New England Awards Ceremony at JFK Library". Bay State Reader's Advisory. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
- ^ Jan Gardner (March 15, 2014). "NoViolet Bulawayo wins Hemingway/PEN Award". Boston Globe. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
- ^ Letitia Baldwin (April 29, 2015). "Maine writers win top pen awards". The Ellsworth American. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
- ^ a b c "PEN/New England Awards (2016-2017)". PEN.org. Archived from the original on 2018-04-08. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
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External links
- PEN New England Award, official website
- List of winners at LibraryThing