The PEN American Center awards have been characterized as being among the "major" American literary prizes. From 1999 to June 1, 2020, the PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry was awarded by
PEN America (formerly PEN American Center) in odd-numbered years in recognition of a book of poetry with "high literary character" by a new and emerging American poet of any age with "the promise of further literary achievement." The winner received $5,000. The award was
one of many PEN awards sponsored by
PEN International affiliates in over
145 PEN centres around the world. It was replaced with an annual
PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry Collection. ==Award winners==