language. The Mildred and Harold Strauss Livings: These Livings provide an annual stipend of $50,000 a year for five years, awarded to two writers of English prose literature to enable them to devote their time exclusively to writing. Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award: This $10,000 award is given each year to honor a writer of "recent prose that merits recognition for the quality of its style". Morton Dauwen Zabel Award: This $10,000 biennial award is given in rotation to a poet, writer of fiction, or critic, "of progressive, original, and experimental tendencies". References Notes Sources Lewis, Richard W. B. (1998). "1898–1907: The Founder's Story," in A Century of Arts & Letters (John Updike, ed.). New York: Columbia University Press. (cloth) External links American Academy of Arts & Letters — official website Cornell Legal Institute: Title 36 > Subtitle II > Part B > Chapter 203 > § 20301 et seq. — easiest to read United States House of Representatives: 36 USC Chapter 203 United States Government Publishing Office (GPO): US Code, Title 36, Chapter 203 — revised §4701 et seq. (1916–1998) American Academy of Arts and Letters records, 1864–1942 from the Smithsonian Archives of American Art Learned societies of the United States American artist groups and collectives American writers' organizations Patriotic and national organizations chartered by the United States Congress Society museums in New York (state) Museums in Manhattan Washington Heights, Manhattan 1904 establishments in New York City Organizations established in 1904 Academies of arts