2026 PEN Oakland Awards
Saturday, December 5, 2026 · 2:00 PM PST · Oakland Public Library - Rockridge Branch · Oakland, CA
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2nd Floor Meeting Room. The 2026 PEN Oakland Award winners will be formally recognized on Saturday, December 5, 2026 at 2:00 P.M., at the Oakland Public Library, Rockridge Branch, 5366 College Avenue, Oakland, CA. Called “The Blue Collar PEN” by The New York Times, and from the city that gave us Jack London, Joaquin Miller, Ina Coolbrith, Huey Newton, Floyd Salas, Gertrude Stein, Shawn Wong, William Wong, Sarah Fabio, Tommy Orange and where Anne Rice, Maya Angelou, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Chester Himes once lived, comes the scrappiest of book awards--one with no corporate ties. An award whose recipients are chosen by working writers, and not hedge fund operators or crypto technocrats.
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