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On November 28th, the Foundation was pleased to award editor Marty Baron with the second annual Hitchens Prize. The event took place at the Waverly Inn in Greenwich Village, New York. Among those in attendance were Vanity Fair Editor Graydon Carter, novelists Martin Amis and Christopher Buckley, Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos and journalist Jason Rezaian.
Vanity Fair's piece on Marty Baron's powerful acceptance speech.
We are pleased to announce that the Foundation has selected distinguished editor Marty Baron as the winner of the 2016 Hitchens Prize. Read our announcement here.
We want to thank Vanity Fair for their coverage as well.
"Thirst" by New York-based playwright C.A. Johnson has been chosen as the winning script and the focus of this year's Emerging Playwrights Program. We have also identified four excellent finalist scripts. Read more here.