The J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography is awarded annually by the English Centre for International
PEN[?] to an author resident in Britain who has written an outstanding autobiography in English. The winner receives £1,000 and a silver pen. The winner is announced on PEN Writers' Day in June. The award was established by English author and editor
J. R. Ackerley, who willed his royalties to a fund to provide the award.