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18th Annual Literary Awards Festival

Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Beverly Hills Hotel
Beverly Hills, CA

Lawrence O’Donnell
Larry Gelbart
Aaron Sorkin
Michael Wright
James Duff
Patric M. Verrone
John F. Bowman
John Lesher
Paul Thomas Anderson

For further information contact
Mann Productions (323) 314–7000

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2009 Literary Awards Call For Submissions

Click here for the 2009 Literary Awards Competition entry forms.
Deadline For Submissions:
Saturday, December 13, 2008 DEADLINE FOR:
Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Research Nonfiction, Poetry,
Children’s/Young Adult Literature, and Translation

Thursday, January 29, 2009 DEADLINE FOR:
Literary Journalism, Drama, Teleplay, and Screenplay
For more information email awards@penusa.org. 

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Next Upcoming Events

December 13, 2008

The Big Read is in full swing!

Click the link above to see a list of all the upcoming big read events.

April 17, 2009

Writing Retreat in Costa Rica 2009

A writing retreat for writers across genres

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