Contests, Grants, and Residencies PEN Center USA Literary Awards December 9, 2015 Share on Twitter (opens in a new tab) on Facebook (opens in a new tab) on Linkedin (opens in a new tab) via email PEN Center USA is accepting submissions of work produced or published in 2015 by writers living west of the Mississippi River for the 2016 Literary Awards. The awards are accepting submissions in eleven categories: fiction, creative nonfiction, research nonfiction, poetry, children’s/young adult, graphic literature, translation, journalism (print and online), drama, screenplay, and teleplay. The winners will each receive $1,000, a one-year membership in PEN Center USA, and two tickets to the Literary Awards Festival in the fall of 2016. Entry fee: $35 Deadline: December 31, 2015 (for book categories); February 28, 2016 (for non-book categories) For more information, please visit the website.