The PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry was awarded by
PEN America in odd-numbered years in recognition of a book of poetry with "high literary character"[1] by a new and emerging American poet of any age with "the promise of further literary achievement."[1][2][3]
Description
The PEN American Center awards have been characterized as being among the "major" American literary prizes.[4] From 1999 to June 1, 2020,[5] the PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry was awarded by
PEN America (formerly PEN American Center) in odd-numbered years in recognition of a book of poetry with "high literary character"[1] by a new and emerging American poet of any age with "the promise of further literary achievement."[1][2] The winner received $5,000.[citation needed] The award was
one of many PEN awards sponsored by
International PEN affiliates in over
145 PEN centres around the world. It was replaced with an annual
PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry Collection.[5]
^Alfred Bendixen (2005).
"Literary Prizes and Awards". The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 689.
ISBN9780826417770. Archived from
the original on 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2016-10-23.