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Mar. 2: Erika Dickerson-Despenza, Tina Fey and Vinod Kumar Shukla to Receive Career Achievement Honors at Pen America Literary Awards Ceremony

(NEW YORK)—PEN America today announced recipients of two monumental career achievement honors to be presented live at the 59th Annual PEN Literary Awards, March 2 at The Town Hall. Short story writer, novelist, poet, and essayist Vinod Kumar Shukla (A Window Lived in the Wall, A Silent Place), considered one of the greatest contemporary writers in the Hindi language, will be celebrated with the 2023 … Continue reading Mar. 2: Erika Dickerson-Despenza, Tina Fey and Vinod Kumar Shukla to Receive Career Achievement Honors at Pen America Literary Awards Ceremony

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Erika Dickerson-Despenza Receives The 2021 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for CULLUD WATTAH; Special Commendations Awarded to Kimber Lee’s THE WATER PALACE and Ife Olujobi’s JORDANS 

Erika Dickerson-Despenza Receives The 2021 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for CULLUD WATTAH; Special Commendations Awarded to Kimber Lee’s THE WATER PALACE and Ife Olujobi’s JORDANS https://wp.me/p8ilTC-9di Continue reading Erika Dickerson-Despenza Receives The 2021 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for CULLUD WATTAH; Special Commendations Awarded to Kimber Lee’s THE WATER PALACE and Ife Olujobi’s JORDANS 

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Kimber Lee, Jiehae Park, Glace Chase, Erika Dickerson-Despenza, Miranda Rose Hall, Dawn King, Janice Okoh, Ife Olujobi, Frances Poet, and Beth Steel are Finalists For The 2021 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize

Kimber Lee, Jiehae Park, Glace Chase, Erika Dickerson-Despenza, Miranda Rose Hall, Dawn King, Janice Okoh, Ife Olujobi, Frances Poet, and Beth Steel are Finalists For The 2021 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize https://wp.me/p8ilTC-8Le Continue reading Kimber Lee, Jiehae Park, Glace Chase, Erika Dickerson-Despenza, Miranda Rose Hall, Dawn King, Janice Okoh, Ife Olujobi, Frances Poet, and Beth Steel are Finalists For The 2021 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize

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Ngozi Anyanwu, Lucas Baisch, Jocelyn Bioh, Christopher Chen, Jordan E. Cooper, Nathan Alan Davis, Guadalís Del Carmen, Steph Del Rosso, Erika Dickerson-Despenza, Miranda Rose Hall, Aleshea Harris, James Ijames, Candrice Jones, Hansol Jung, Anna Moench, Diana Oh, Madhuri Shekar, Sanaz Toossi, Leah Nanako Winkler, and Rhiana Yazzie Receive 2020 Steinberg Playwright Awards  

Ngozi Anyanwu, Lucas Baisch, Jocelyn Bioh, Christopher Chen, Jordan E. Cooper, Nathan Alan Davis, Guadalís Del Carmen, Steph Del Rosso, Erika Dickerson-Despenza, Miranda Rose Hall, Aleshea Harris, James Ijames, Candrice Jones, Hansol Jung, Anna Moench, Diana Oh, Madhuri Shekar, Sanaz Toossi, Leah Nanako Winkler, and Rhiana Yazzie Receive 2020 Steinberg Playwright Awards  https://wp.me/p8ilTC-8gz Continue reading Ngozi Anyanwu, Lucas Baisch, Jocelyn Bioh, Christopher Chen, Jordan E. Cooper, Nathan Alan Davis, Guadalís Del Carmen, Steph Del Rosso, Erika Dickerson-Despenza, Miranda Rose Hall, Aleshea Harris, James Ijames, Candrice Jones, Hansol Jung, Anna Moench, Diana Oh, Madhuri Shekar, Sanaz Toossi, Leah Nanako Winkler, and Rhiana Yazzie Receive 2020 Steinberg Playwright Awards  

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Dramatists Guild of America Joins Dramatists Guild Foundation and the Lillys to Announce Their Annual Awards

Dramatists Guild of America Joins Dramatists Guild Foundation and the Lillys to Announce Their Annual Awards https://wp.me/p8ilTC-6X2 Presenters will include Lynn Nottage, Stephen Schwartz, Hallie Foote, Chisa Hutchinson, Sarah Ruhl, Kirsten Childs, Heidi Schreck, and more.

This year’s Dramatists Guild awards go to Michael R Jackson, recipient of the Hull-Warriner Award and the Frederick Loewe Award for his musical A Strange Loop; Kia Corthron, recipient of the Flora Roberts Award; Lydia Diamond, recipient of the Horton Foote Playwriting Award; and Madhuri Shekar, recipient of the Lanford Wilson Award.

The Dramatists Guild Foundation’s awards go to Khiyon Hursey, recipient of the Stephen Schwartz Award; and Erika Dickerson-Despenza, Julia Meinwald, and Benjamin Velez, co-recipients of the Thom Thomas Award. Continue reading Dramatists Guild of America Joins Dramatists Guild Foundation and the Lillys to Announce Their Annual Awards

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Dramatists Guild Foundation Hosts Presentation Of New Works By DGF Fellows Jay Adana and Zeniba Now, Rae Binstock, Erika Dickerson-Despenza, Mathilde Dratwa, Aryanna Garber and Benjamin Velez, Charles Gershman, Nambi E. Kelley, Melissa Li and Kit Yan, and Zack Zadek

Dramatists Guild Foundation Hosts Presentation Of New Works By DGF Fellows Jay Adana and Zeniba Now, Rae Binstock, Erika Dickerson-Despenza, Mathilde Dratwa, Aryanna Garber and Benjamin Velez, Charles Gershman, Nambi E. Kelley, Melissa Li and Kit Yan, and Zack Zadek https://wp.me/p8ilTC-57Z Continue reading Dramatists Guild Foundation Hosts Presentation Of New Works By DGF Fellows Jay Adana and Zeniba Now, Rae Binstock, Erika Dickerson-Despenza, Mathilde Dratwa, Aryanna Garber and Benjamin Velez, Charles Gershman, Nambi E. Kelley, Melissa Li and Kit Yan, and Zack Zadek

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