PEN America has just announced the finalists for their Open Book Award, given for an exceptional book-length work of any literary genre by an author of color. The winning author will be a Civitella Fellow in 2024. Last year’s winner, Divya Victor, will be at the Castle this summer.
Read more about the finalists, and PEN America’s other awards, here: https://pen.org/literary-awards/announcing-the-2023-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/