PEN Open Book Award

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The PEN Open Book Award is a literary prize that honors exceptional books by writers of color published in the United States.

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Label Occurrences
PEN Open Book Award canonical 4
PEN Beyond Margins Award 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book award
literary award
administeredBy PEN America
aimsTo promote diversity in publishing
support writers of color
associatedWith freedom of expression
literary advocacy
awardedFor exceptional books by writers of color
literary excellence
country United States of America
surface form: United States
eligibility books published in the United States
writers of color
field literature
formerName PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
surface form: Beyond Margins Award
frequency annual
genre literature
hasAwarded nonfiction books
novels
poetry collections
short story collections
inception 1990
language English
notableRecipient Claudia Rankine
Ibram X. Kendi
Jesmyn Ward
Yaa Gyasi
organizer PEN America
partOf PEN America awards
surface form: PEN America Literary Awards
publicationRequirement book-length work
published by a U.S. publisher
selectionProcess judged by a panel of writers and literary professionals
sponsoredBy PEN America
sponsorType nonprofit organization
website https://pen.org/pen-open-book-award/

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Claudia Rankine awardReceived PEN Open Book Award
PEN America awards hasPart PEN Open Book Award
Richard Blanco awardReceived PEN Open Book Award
this entity surface form: PEN Beyond Margins Award
Imamu Amiri Baraka awardReceived PEN Open Book Award
Citizen: An American Lyric nominatedFor PEN Open Book Award