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PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel

Annual literary award

Summary

Annual literary award

The PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel is awarded annually to a full-length novel or book of short stories by an American author who has not previously published a full-length book of fiction. The award is named after Ernest Hemingway and funded by the Hemingway family and the Ernest Hemingway Foundation/Society. It is administered by PEN America. Mary Welsh Hemingway, a member of PEN, founded the award in 1976 both to honor the memory of her husband and to recognize distinguished first books of fiction.

The winner is selected by a panel of three distinguished fiction writers and receives a cash prize of US$25,000. Along with the winner, two finalists and two runners-up receive a Ucross Residency Fellowship at the Ucross Foundation, a retreat for artists and writers on a 22,000 acre (89 km²) ranch on the high plains in Ucross, Wyoming. The award ceremony is held at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Massachusetts.

The award presentation is sponsored in part by the JFK Presidential Library.

The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by PEN International affiliates in over 145 PEN centres around the world.

Winners

20th-century

YearAuthorTitle197619771978197919801981198219831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999
Parthian Shot
Speedboat
A Way of Life, Like Any Other
Hasen
Mom Kills Kids and Self
Household Words
Housekeeping
Shiloh and Other Stories
During the Reign of the Queen of Persia
Dreams of Sleep
Lady's Time
Tongues of Flame
Imagining Argentina
The Book of Ruth
The Ice at the Bottom of the World
Maps to Anywhere
Wartime Lies
Lost in the City
The Magic of Blood
The Grass Dancer
Native Speaker
Ocean of Words
A Private State
Homestead

21st-century

YearAuthorTitleResult20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Interpreter of MaladiesWinner
**Winner
Moth SmokeFinalist
Scar Vegas and other StoriesFinalist
Bee SeasonRunner-Up
Use MeRunner-Up
Mary and O’NeilWinner
Esther StoriesFinalist
**Finalist
**Runner-Up
Three Apples Fell From HeavenRunner-Up
**Winner
**Finalist
Dear Mr. PresidentFinalist
Arafat’s ElephantRunner-Up
**Runner-Up
Mrs. KimbleWinner
Night JourneyFinalist
Drinking Coffee ElsewhereFinalist
**Runner-Up
**Runner-Up
GraceLandWinner
Madras on Rainy DaysFinalist
Anything You Say Can and Will be Used Against YouFinalist
**Runner-Up
Animal CrackersRunner-Up
Winner
War by CandlelightFinalist
**Finalist
WaterlooRunner-Up
Runner-Up
Brief Encounters With Che GuevaraWinner
UnconfessedFinalist
IcebergsFinalist
**Runner-Up
**Runner-Up
Then We Came to the EndWinner
Twenty GrandFinalist
Like Trees WalkingFinalist
Migration PatternsRunner-Up
**Runner-Up
**Winner
One More YearFinalist
Personal DaysFinalist
Alive in NecropolisRunner-Up
**Runner-Up
**Winner
All the LivingFinalist
Cutting for StoneFinalist
**Runner-Up
Reasons for and Advantages of BreathingRunner-Up
**Winner
VidaFinalist
Death Is Not An OptionFinalist
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool SelfHonorable mention
Major Pettigrew’s Last StandHonorable mention
Open CityWinner
**Finalist
We Are Taking Only What We NeedFinalist
**Honorable mention
Accidental Birds of the CarolinasHonorable mention
**Winner
**Finalist
In the Shadow of the Banyan TreeFinalist
Forgotten CountryHonorable mention
As It Is On EarthHonorable mention
We Need New NamesWinner
**Finalist
**Finalist
Damn LoveHonorable mention
**Honorable mention
**Honorable mention
Elegy on KinderklavierWinnerauthor=Jan Gardnerdate=March 28, 2015title=A PEN/Hemingway for Hemenwayurl=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2015/03/28/arna-bontemps-hemenway-wins-pen-hemingway-award-for-debut-fiction/yPioUNDAHMhthKYjITv1yN/story.htmlurl-status=livearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402033454/http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2015/03/28/arna-bontemps-hemenway-wins-pen-hemingway-award-for-debut-fiction/yPioUNDAHMhthKYjITv1yN/story.htmlarchive-date=April 2, 2015access-date=April 5, 2015work=Boston Globe}}
For Today I Am a BoyFinalist
Preparation for the Next LifeFinalist
Marine ParkHonorable mention
Man V. NatureHonorable mention
EileenWinner
Black RiverFinalist
People Like YouFinalist
Lifted by the Great NothingHonorable mention
**Honorable mention
HomegoingWinner
DodgersFinalist
When WatchedFinalist
Dog Run MoonHonorable mention
Dog YearsHonorable mention
ChemistryWinner
**Finalist
IndelibleFinalist
Live from CairoHonorable mention
Honorable mention
There ThereWinner
FreshwaterFinalist
SeveranceFinalist
**Honorable mention
CherryHonorable mention
Winner
Stay and FightRunner-Up
**Runner-Up
Sharks in the Time of SaviorsWinner
These Ghosts Are FamilyFinalist
LusterFinalist
Shuggie BainFinalist
How Much of These Hills Is GoldFinalist
Detransition, BabyWinner
Burnt SugarFinalistdate=2022-01-26title=Announcing the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards Finalistsurl=https://pen.org/literary-awards/2022-pen-america-finalists/access-date=2024-04-27website=PEN Americalanguage=enarchive-date=October 10, 2022archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010071907/https://pen.org/literary-awards/2022-pen-america-finalists/url-status=live }}
Dear Miss MetropolitanFinalist
Finalist
Finalist
Calling for a Blanket DanceWinner
Activities of Daily LivingFinalistdate=2023-02-15title=Announcing the 2023 PEN America Literary Awards Finalistsurl=https://pen.org/literary-awards/announcing-the-2023-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/access-date=2024-04-27website=PEN Americalanguage=enarchive-date=February 20, 2023archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220041319/https://pen.org/literary-awards/announcing-the-2023-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/url-status=live }}
ShutterFinalist
Little RabbitFinalist
Which Side Are You OnFinalist
Countries of OriginWinner
FluxFinalistdate=2024-04-22title=Announcing the 2024 PEN America Literary Awards Finalistsurl=https://pen.org/literary-awards/2024-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/access-date=2024-04-27website=PEN Americalanguage=enarchive-date=April 25, 2024archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240425200805/https://pen.org/literary-awards/2024-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/url-status=live }}
American GospelFinalist
Michael DeaglerEarly SobrietiesWinner
Venita BlackburnDead in Long Beach, CaliforniaFinalistlast=egallusciodate=2025-04-10title=Announcing The 2025 PEN America Literary Awards Finalistsurl=https://pen.org/announcing-the-2025-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/access-date=2025-08-29website=PEN Americalanguage=en-US}}
Karol LagodzkiControlled ConversationsFinalist
Samuel Kọ́láwọ́léThe Road to the Salt SeaFinalist

References

References

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  4. (2017-05-18). "Awards: PEN/Malamud Short Story; Shirley Jackson".
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  7. (2024-04-24). "Image of the Day: Baldacci and Powers at Story & Song".
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  11. Mark Shanahan. (March 16, 2016). "Newton's Ottessa Moshfegh wins 2016 PEN/Hemingway Award". [[Boston Globe]].
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