2023 PEN/Jean Stein Grants for Literary Oral History in the US
Deadline: 1-Jun-22
The Pen America is seeking applications for its PEN/Jean Stein Grants for Literary Oral History to recognize literary works of nonfiction that use oral history to illuminate an event, individual, place, or movement.
Do the writing sample and transcription need to cover the same material?
Yes. The transcript and writing sample should best represent the project’s overall goals, subject matter, and process, and should be the same materials and/or scene so that the judging panel may understand how you are utilizing oral history throughout the project.
Funding Information
For the 2023 grant cycle, they will confer two PEN/Jean Stein Grants for Literary Oral History with cash prizes of $15,000 each.
Eligibility Criteria
The submitted project must be the work of a single individual, written in English.
The project must be an unpublished work-in-progress that will not be published prior to April 1, 2023, as the grants are intended to support the completion of a final book.
The project must be a work of literary nonfiction.
Oral history must be a significant component of the project and its research.
Not eligible: Scholarly or academic writing.
For more information, visit https://pen.org/jean-stein-oral-history-grant/