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2008 PEN Literary Award Winners
Browse the 2008 PEN Literary Award winners and nominees by category. Each category starts with the winner, followed by nominees and other recognized titles.
This page collects the full 2008 PEN Literary Award results in one place. Each category starts with the winner, followed by the nominees, so readers can scan the results quickly.
Bellwether Prize: Socially Engaged Fiction
Winner and nominees for the 2008 PEN Literary Award Bellwether Prize: Socially Engaged Fiction category.
Bingham Prize: Debut Story Collection
Winner and nominees for the 2008 PEN Literary Award Bingham Prize: Debut Story Collection category.
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Children/Young Adult
Winner and nominees for the 2008 PEN Literary Award Children/Young Adult category.
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Fiction
Winner and nominees for the 2008 PEN Literary Award Fiction category.
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First Fiction
Winner and nominees for the 2008 PEN Literary Award First Fiction category.
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Hemingway Award: Debut Fiction
Winner and nominees for the 2008 PEN Literary Award Hemingway Award: Debut Fiction category.
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Open Book
Winner and nominees for the 2008 PEN Literary Award Open Book category.
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Winner and nominees for the 2008 PEN Literary Award Translation category.
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Hemingway Award: Debut Fiction
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Translation
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Children/Young Adult
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Fiction
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Open Book
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Bingham Prize: Debut Story Collection
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Bellwether Prize: Socially Engaged Fiction
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Naylor Working Writer Fellowship: Children's/Young Adult
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R. Bingham Fellowship
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First Fiction
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Art of the Essay
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First Nonfiction
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