2004 PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award - nomination ppplication deadline is December 31, 2003 - PEN American Center and Newman's Own seek to honor each year an individual who has fought courageously, against adversity, to safeguard the First Amendment right to freedom of expression in the United States as it applies to the written word wherever it may be threatened: in books, newspapers, magazines or pamphlets, film scripts or plays, or any other medium. A cash award of $25,000 will be presented at the PEN Benefit Dinner in spring 2004