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Recognising outstanding writing and brave writers

Each year, we present awards to outstanding writers – the PEN Pinter Prize, the PEN Heaney Prize and the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize. Funded by and in honour of former English PEN members and significant literary figures, these prizes recognise excellence in nonfiction, poetry, and a courageous and unflinching approach to the written word.