Ren Arcamone (MFA, 2020) was selected as a winner of the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers for her short story, "Allen ", published in HEAT (April 2022).
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The PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers recognizes 12 emerging fiction writers each year for their debut short story published in a literary magazine or cultural website and aims to support the launch of their careers as fiction writers.