PEN/Nora Magid Award for Magazine Editing (Multigenre) Grant

The PEN/Nora Magid Award for Magazine Editing, established in 1993, honors editors who uphold high literary standards in their publications. Recognizing the significant contributions of magazine editors, the award includes a $2,500 grant to the winner. Candidates include editors of serious general interest magazines and literary reviews, emphasizing those from smaller or regional presses. This accolade celebrates excellence in editing and supports the vital role of editors in fostering literary culture.

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The PEN/Nora Magid Award for Magazine Editing, established in 1993, biennially honors a magazine editor whose high literary standards and taste have, throughout their career, contributed significantly to the excellence of the publication they edit. The winning editor will receive an award of $2,500.
Candidates for this biennial award include current editors-in-chief, literary editors, and “back-of-the-book” editors of serious general interest magazines, book reviews, or literary reviews and quarterlies, whose intellectual discernment and wide range of interests recall the late PEN America Member Nora Magid. Nora Magid was for many years the literary editor of The Reporter. The award is made possible by a grant from PEN America Member Gerald Weales.

Eligibility

Who is eligible:
Especially welcome are candidates who are editors of magazines, journals, and reviews published by small or regional presses, or magazines whose subjects are aimed at a specialized, but literate, readership.
Editors may not nominate themselves.

Ineligibility

Writers who are also current PEN America staff or interns, trustees, or chairs of Member committees are not eligible for any of the Awards and/or Grants offered by the Literary Awards Program. Additionally, all current members of the Literary Awards Committee are ineligible.