PEN News: June 16, 2010‏

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS Several New York City public high schools request help from qualified volunteers in assessing students’ end-of-semester projects. Volunteers donate 2–4 hours of a single day to review portfolios in various subjects. Contact us here. HELP WRITERS IN NEED The PEN Writers’ Emergency Fund is a resource for professional writers in acute, emergency financial crisis and is available to both Members and non-Members. If you know of anyone in need of the Fund’s assistance, please contact us. To find further resources, information, or to make a donation, please visit www.pen.org/writersfund. FIND PEN ONLINE • Facebook • Twitter • Blogspot • iTunes • YouTube • Flickr NOTE: To unsubscribe or edit the types of e-mails you receive from us, please use the orange links at the bottom of this newsletter. For any other issues, please contact us here. ADVOCACY NEWS Liu Xiaobo Transferred to Remote Prison in Liaoning Province Liu Xiaobo, a former president of the Independent Chinese PEN Center who is serving an 11-year sentence for “inciting subversion of state power,” was moved from a detention center in Beijing to Jinzhou Prison in Liaoning, more than three months after his appeal was rejected. >> More Burmese Poet Saw Wei Released from Prison Saw Wei was freed nearly five months after his sentence expired and two and a half years after he was sent to prison for “inducing crime against public tranquility” for one of his poems. >> More Poet and Belarusian PEN President Vladimir Neklyayev Detained Vladimir Neklyayev, president of the Belarusian PEN Center and leader of the civil society organization “Speak the Truth,” was detained during a coordinated series of raids across Belarus. >> More NEW AT PEN.ORG Literary Feature: 2010 Prison Writing Contest Every year, the PEN Prison Writing Program recognizes the work of writers imprisoned throughout the country. Exiled from our schools and society, inmates submit manuscripts in every form to one of the only forums of public expression for incarcerated writers. >> More Robert Lipsyte, Tim O’Brien, and Susan Orlean to Judge Inaugural PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing The PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing was established to honor the best nonfiction books about sports. Biographical, investigative, historical, and analytical books of a strong and distinctive literary character will all be considered. >> More 2010 PEN World Voices Festival Conversations and Panel Discussions This year’s Festival featured over 40 conversations and discussions with acclaimed authors from around the world, including: Writing Inside, Writing Outside Anthony Cardenales, Piper Kerman, and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc discuss the polarities of documenting and living the prison experience. Iran: A Conversation with Maziar Bahari and Jason Jones Maziar Bahari and The Daily Show’s Jason Jones reunite to talk about this tumultuous year in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Shirley Hazzard in Conversation with Richard Ford Two modern-day masters discuss the grand themes—“time, love, the coming around of inexorable events.” Visit PEN’s Festival multimedia archive for complete video, audio, and photos from this year’s events. PEN American Center | 588 Broadway, Suite 303 | NY, NY 10012 | (212) 334-