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Golden Pen Award

The recipient of this award, first given in 1986, is the author of an outstanding, major, recent publication in the field of design and production for the performing arts. The winning works are significant in the field of performing arts and are outstanding examples of one or more of the following:

• Scholarly research and critical thinking;
• Presentation of the work and methodology of exceptional practitioners for theatrical arts and/or crafts;
• Description of the methods, skills, and technology involved in creating works of theatre and/or crafts.

Recipients are honored during the Annual Conference & Stage Expo where an autograph session is generally held. USITT members can nominate books for this award by using the online nomination form which also contains the specific criteria.

Recipients of the Golden Pen Award

2008
	George Tsypin George Tsypin Opera Factory: Building in the Black Void
2007
	Andrew B. Harris The Performing Set: the Broadway Designs of William and Jean Eckart
2006
	Gordana Popovic Vasic and Irina Subotic Miodrag Tabacki
2005
	Meredith Chilton Harlequin Unmasked
2004
	Rosemary Ingham & Liz Covey The Costume Technician's Handbook
	Mark Cotta Vaz & Craig Barron The Invisible Art
2003
	Judy A. Juracek Natural Surfaces: Visual Research for Artists, Architects, and Designers
2002
	Mary C. Henderson Mielziner: Master of Modern Stage Design
2001
	Max Keller Light Fantastic
2000
	Alys E. Holden & Bronislaw J. Sammler Structural Design for the Stage
1999
	Dr. Mary C. Henderson, writer, & Whitney Cox, photographer The New Amsterdam - The Biography of a Broadway Theatre
1998
	Julie Taymor & Eileen Blumenthal Julie Taymor: Playing with Fire
1997
	Joan Severa Dressed for the Photographer
1995
	Josef Svoboda The Secret of Theatrical Space (Translated and Edited by Jarka Burian)
1994
	Lynn Pecktal Costume Design: Techniques of Modern Masters
1988
	Frank Rich & Lisa Aronson The Theatre of Boris Aronson
1987
	Denis Bablet His Collected Works
1986
	Arnold Aronson American Set Design