PEN/Malamud Award Ceremony ft. Ted Chiang

The PEN/Bernard and Ann Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story is one of the nation’s most distinguished prizes for the short story. This year, we are honoring Ted Chiang in a ceremony that will feature a reading, a conversation with author Jung Yun, and remarks by Janna Malamud Smith, Bernard and Ann Malamud’s daughter. The ceremony will be followed by a book signing and a reception with light refreshments.

This evening is hosted in partnership with the MFA Program in Creative Writing at American University.

• This event is ticketed, and registration is required.
• To request accommodations, please call 202-885-2971 or email [email protected].

• The ceremony will be held in the Abramson Family Founders Room at the School of International Service.

• GPS Address for the School of International Service: 3498 Nebraska Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016. Hourly parking is available at the School of International Service Garage.

A limited number of $15 tickets are available for students and other community members. Please email Sarah Silberman at [email protected] for more information.

Ted Chiang's fiction has won four Hugo, four Nebula, and six Locus Awards, and it has been reprinted in Best American Short Stories. His first collection, Stories of Your Life and Others, has been translated into twenty-one languages, and the title story was the basis for the Oscar-nominated film Arrival. His second collection, Exhalation, was chosen by the New York Times as one of the 10 Best Books of 2019.

Host or Publisher The PEN/Faulkner Foundation