Calendar of Events

SEPT
29

Founder’s Day

We celebrate the aspirations of our founder, Mary Lee Settle, who gave the world PEN/Faulkner. On this day of giving, we’ll ask our community to make a small contribution in support of her vision. 

 

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OCT
4

PEN/Malamud Award Celebration

Join us in honoring Elizabeth McCracken, our 2026 winner for Excellence in the Short Story.

 

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OCT
19

Yiyun Li at Politics and Prose

Two PEN/Faulker Award winners (Li and Rabih Alameddine) will be in conversation about Li’s new novel, Music Against the Night.

 

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OCT
27

The Lit Show

Join us at the Keegan Theatre for a fun talk show-style event with five local authors.

 

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NOV
9

The Big Idea

We’ll pair an author and an expert for a great conversation on “Pulling the Curtain Back on Reality TV” at Planet Word.

 

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APR
4

PEN/Hemingway Award Ceremony

We’ll honor a debut fiction novelist at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.

 

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MAY
20

PEN/Faulkner Award Ceremony

We’ll honor the 2027 winner at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC.

 

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