PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship
# PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship

The PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship is awarded by the PEN America (formerly PEN American Center) annually to a writer of children's or young-adult fiction of high literary caliber "at a crucial moment in his or her career to complete a book-length work-in-progress." The author receives $5,000 and was made possible by PEN member Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, the Newbery Medal winner of such books as Sang Spell and Shiloh.

The author must be nominated by an editor or a fellow writer and must have published "at least two novels for children or young adults which have been warmly received by literary critics, but have not generated sufficient income to support the author."

The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centers around the world. The PEN America awards have been characterized as being among the "major" American literary prizes.

## Award winners

PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship winners :

| Year | Author | Title |
| - | - | - |
| 2001 | Graham McNamee | Sparks, published by Wendy Lamb Books in 2002 |
| 2002 | Lori Aurelia Williams | Broken China, published by Simon Pulse in 2006 |
| 2003 | Franny Billingsley | The Black Mountains (Available for Publication) |
| 2004 | Deborah Wiles | [Untitled] (Available for Publication) |
| 2005 | Amanda Jenkins | Night Road, published by Harper Teen in 2008 |
| 2006 | Barbara Shoup | Everything You Want, published by Flux Books in 2008 |
| 2007 | Diane Les Becquets | Genesis, published as Season of Ice by Bloomsbury in 2008 |
| 2008 | Theresa Nelson | Julia Delany: The American Version, published as The Year We Sailed the Sun by Atheneum Books in 2015 |
| 2009 | Carol Lynch Williams | A Glimpse Is All I Can Stand, published as Glimpse by Simon and Schuster in 2011 |
| 2010 | Pat Schmatz | Bluefish, published by Candlewick Press in 2011 |
| 2011 | Lucy Frank | Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling, published by Schwartz & Wade Books in 2014 |
| 2012 | Sarah Dooley | Free Verse, published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons in 2016 |
| 2013 | Amy Goldman Koss | The Intake Office (Available for Publication) |
| 2014 | Linda Oatman High | The Taste of Elephant Tears, published by HarperCollins in 2017 |
| 2015 | Stephanie Kuehn | The Pragmatist forthcoming publication with Dutton |
| 2016 | Ash Parsons | A Chemical Distance |
| 2017 | Philippe Diederich | Finding Home at the End of the World |
| 2018 | Vicky Shiefman | Help Me God, Please Pretty Please |
| 2019 | Noni Carter | Womb Talk |
| 2020 | Tiffany Parks | Saving Caravaggio |
| 2021 | Arno Bohlmeijer | Scared—Mad—More! |
| 2022 | Joy Jones | Walking the Boomerang |
| 2023 | Lois Sepahban | Mulberry Trees |
