Join us for PEN Center USA’s 26th Annual Literary Awards Festival. The evening includes dinner and presentation of Literary Awards in eleven categories to writers living west of the Mississippi River, as well as honorees for the Lifetime Achievement Award, Award of Honor, First Amendment Award, and Freedom To Write Award.

Honorees include Isabel Allende (Lifetime Achievement Award), Jason Rezaian (Freedom to Write Award), and Willow Bay, Director of the USC Annenberg School of Journalism (Award of Honor). Actors and bestselling authors Amber Tamblyn and David Cross will co-host the ceremony.