PEN America is thrilled to announce that writer and Emmy Award-winning late night host Seth Meyers—an “influential recommender of books” (The New York Times)—will be hosting our 2022 Literary Awards Ceremony, which returns this year as a momentous in-person event, on Monday, February 28 at New York City’s Town Hall (123 W 43rd St). We look forward to gathering writers, readers, and literary luminaries, for a poignant and potent celebration of the vitality of the written word.
See coverage of our announcement in The Los Angeles Times and the Associated Press.
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28 | 8PM ET
NEW YORK CITY'S TOWN HALL
123 WEST 43RD ST, NEW YORK, NY 10036
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Founded in 1963, the PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony, dubbed by host Seth Meyers as “the Oscars for books,” has evolved from an auditorium event for winners and their families into a preeminent gathering of the city’s writing and publishing luminaries and passionate book lovers, who unite to celebrate diverse voices and to catapult new writers to prominence. Across the event, $350,000 in awards will be granted to writers and translators.
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We'll be announcing, live, the winners of the PEN America Literary Awards (see the finalists and longlists here), recognizing the exceptional works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, biography, essay, science writing, translation, and more published in 2021, across 11 book awards.
Join us as we honor the recipients of our 2022 Career Achievement Awards: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o with the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature, Elaine May with the PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award, and Jackie Sibblies Drury with the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award.
The awards are selected by judges comprising acclaimed and award-winning authors, editors, translators, and critics, convened in panels whose diversity, in various senses, is vividly reflected in the writers they honor. To learn more about the judges who make our program possible, please visit our Meet the Judges webpage.
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PEN America is actively monitoring and updating protocols alongside certified COVID safety officers working in New York live event venues, including on Broadway, and following all state and local health guidelines. All attendees, as well as performers, staff, and crew, will be required to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19 (fully vaccinated) and photo ID prior to entering the venue and will be required to wear a mask that covers the nose and mouth at all times.
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