PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel explained
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.[1] 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.[2]
The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by PEN International affiliates in over 145 PEN centres around the world.
Winners
20th-century
21st-century
Award winners, 2000 to present!Year!Author!Title!Result!2000 | | Interpreter of Maladies | Winner | [4] |
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2001 | | | Winner | |
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| Moth Smoke | Finalist | |
| Scar Vegas and other Stories | Finalist | |
| Bee Season | Runner-Up | |
| Use Me | Runner-Up | |
2002 | | Mary and O’Neil | Winner | |
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| Esther Stories | Finalist | |
| | Finalist | |
| | Runner-Up | |
| Three Apples Fell From Heaven | Runner-Up | |
2003 | | | Winner | |
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| | Finalist | |
| Dear Mr. President | Finalist | |
| Arafat’s Elephant | Runner-Up | |
| | Runner-Up | |
2004 | | Mrs. Kimble | Winner | |
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| Night Journey | Finalist | |
| Drinking Coffee Elsewhere | Finalist | |
| | Runner-Up | |
| | Runner-Up | |
2005 | | GraceLand | Winner | |
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| Madras on Rainy Days | Finalist | |
| Anything You Say Can and Will be Used Against You | Finalist | |
| | Runner-Up | |
| Animal Crackers | Runner-Up | |
2006 | | | Winner | |
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| War by Candlelight | Finalist | |
| | Finalist | |
| Waterloo | Runner-Up | |
| | Runner-Up | |
2007 | | Brief Encounters With Che Guevara | Winner | |
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| Unconfessed | Finalist | |
| Icebergs | Finalist | |
| | Runner-Up | |
| | Runner-Up | |
2008 | | Then We Came to the End | Winner | |
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| Twenty Grand | Finalist | |
| Like Trees Walking | Finalist | |
| Migration Patterns | Runner-Up | |
| | Runner-Up | |
2009 | | | Winner | |
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| One More Year | Finalist | |
| Personal Days | Finalist | |
| Alive in Necropolis | Runner-Up | |
| | Runner-Up | |
2010 | | | Winner | [5] |
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| All the Living | Finalist | |
| Cutting for Stone | Finalist | |
| | Runner-Up | |
| Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing | Runner-Up | |
2011 | | | Winner | |
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| Vida | Finalist | |
| Death Is Not An Option | Finalist | |
| Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self | Honorable mention | |
| Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand | Honorable mention | |
2012 | | Open City | Winner | [6] |
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| | Finalist | |
| We Are Taking Only What We Need | Finalist | |
| | Honorable mention | |
| Accidental Birds of the Carolinas | Honorable mention | |
2013 | | | Winner | [7] |
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| | Finalist | |
| In the Shadow of the Banyan Tree | Finalist | |
| Forgotten Country | Honorable mention | |
| As It Is On Earth | Honorable mention | |
2014 | | We Need New Names | Winner | [8] [9] |
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| | Finalist | |
| | Finalist | |
| Damn Love | Honorable mention | |
| | Honorable mention | |
| | Honorable mention | |
2015 | | Elegy on Kinderklavier | Winner | [10] |
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| For Today I Am a Boy | Finalist | |
| Preparation for the Next Life | Finalist | |
| Marine Park | Honorable mention | |
| Man V. Nature | Honorable mention | |
2016 | | Eileen | Winner | [11] |
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| Black River | Finalist | |
| People Like You | Finalist | |
| Lifted by the Great Nothing | Honorable mention | |
| | Honorable mention | |
2017 | | Homegoing | Winner | [12] |
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| Dodgers | Finalist | |
| When Watched | Finalist | |
| Dog Run Moon | Honorable mention | |
| Dog Years | Honorable mention | |
2018 | | Chemistry | Winner | [13] |
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| | Finalist | |
| Indelible | Finalist | |
| Live from Cairo | Honorable mention | |
| | Honorable mention | |
2019 | | There There | Winner | [14] [15] |
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| Freshwater | Finalist | |
| Severance | Finalist | |
| | Honorable mention | |
| Cherry | Honorable mention | |
2020 | | | Winner | [16] |
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| Stay and Fight | Runner-Up | |
| | Runner-Up | |
2021 | | Sharks in a Time of Saviors | Winner | [17] [18] |
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| | Finalist | |
| Luster | Finalist | |
| Shuggie Bain | Finalist | |
| How Much of These Hills Is Gold | Finalist | |
2022 | | Detransition, Baby | Winner | [19] |
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| Burnt Sugar | Finalist | [20] |
| Dear Miss Metropolitan | Finalist | |
| | Finalist | |
| | Finalist | |
2023 | | Calling for a Blanket Dance | Winner | [21] [22] |
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| Activities of Daily Living | Finalist | [23] |
| Shutter | Finalist | |
| Little Rabbit | Finalist | |
| Which Side Are You On | Finalist | |
2024 | | Countries of Origin | Winner | [24] |
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| | Flux | Finalist | [25] |
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| | American Gospel | Finalist | | |
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External links
Notes and References
- Web site: PEN/Hemingway Award . 2016-03-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170515213426/http://www.pen-ne.org/hemingway . 2017-05-15 . dead .
- Web site: 2012 Hemingway Foundation PEN Award Winner Announced . JFK Presidential Library . March 6, 2012 . August 27, 2012 . April 8, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160408203025/http://www.jfklibrary.org/About-Us/News-and-Press/Press-Releases/2012-Hemingway-Foundation-PEN-Award-Winner-Announced.aspx . live .
- Web site: List of PEN/Hemingway Winners . 2024-04-26 . . January 7, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220107224819/https://www.hemingwaysociety.org/list-penhemingway-winners . live .
- Web site: 2017-05-18 . Awards: PEN/Malamud Short Story; Shirley Jackson . 2024-04-27 . . October 4, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231004032833/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3004 . live .
- Web site: March 8, 2012 . Brigid Pasulka wins Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110301140820/http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/printers-row/2010/03/brigid-pasulka-wins-pen-award.html . March 1, 2011 . August 29, 2012 . Chicago Tribune.
- Web site: LARRY ROHTER . March 8, 2012 . Hemingway/PEN Award Goes to Teju Cole . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20120419062552/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/hemingwaypen-award-goes-to-teju-cole/ . April 19, 2012 . August 29, 2012 . New York Times.
- Web site: 2024-04-24 . Image of the Day: Baldacci and Powers at Story & Song . 2024-04-27 . Shelf Awareness.
- Web site: Allan Kozinn . March 17, 2014 . Writer From Zimbabwe Wins PEN/Hemingway Award for First Novel . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140317190223/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/17/writer-from-zimbabwe-wins-penhemingway-award-for-first-novel/ . March 17, 2014 . April 2, 2014 . New York Times.
- Web site: Yvonne Zipp . March 18, 2014 . NoViolet Bulawayo wins prestigious Hemingway/PEN award . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072014/http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/03/noviolet_bulawayo_wins_prestig.html . April 7, 2014 . April 2, 2014 . MLive.com.
- Web site: Jan Gardner . March 28, 2015 . A PEN/Hemingway for Hemenway . live . 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.html . April 2, 2015 . April 5, 2015 . Boston Globe.
- Web site: Mark Shanahan . March 16, 2016 . Newton's Ottessa Moshfegh wins 2016 PEN/Hemingway Award . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160809222857/https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2016/03/15/ottessa-moshfegh-wins-pen-hemingway-award/8m3LwVd8fXInDpNnuPxLGK/story.html . August 9, 2016 . June 22, 2016 . Boston Globe.
- Web site: 2019-03-19 . Breakout Novelist Tommy Orange Wins $25,000 PEN/Hemingway Award for There There . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201107230414/https://pen.org/press-release/tommy-orange-wins-hemingway-award/ . 2020-11-07 . 2019-03-20 . PEN America.
- Web site: 2018-04-02 . Awards: PEN/Hemingway; 1943 Retrospective Hugo . 2024-04-27 . . October 14, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221014020911/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3218 . live .
- Web site: 2019-03-19 . Breakout Novelist Tommy Orange Wins $25,000 PEN/Hemingway Award for There There . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201107230414/https://pen.org/press-release/tommy-orange-wins-hemingway-award/ . 2020-11-07 . 2019-03-20 . PEN America.
- Web site: 2019-03-22 . Awards: PEN/Hemingway Winner . 2024-04-27 . . March 26, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230326213916/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3457 . live .
- Web site: 2020-03-23 . Novelist Ruchika Tomar Wins 2020 PEN/Hemingway Award for her Debut Novel 'A Prayer for Travelers' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200804144037/https://pen.org/press-release/novelist-ruchika-tomar-wins-2020-pen-hemingway-award-for-her-debut-novel-a-prayer-for-travelers/ . 2020-08-04 . 2020-03-23 . PEN America.
- News: April 9, 2021 . Barbara Ehrenreich among winners of PEN literary awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220127143943/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/barbara-ehrenreich-winners-pen-literary-awards-76977660 . January 27, 2022 . January 27, 2022 . ABC News . en . The Associated Press.
- Web site: 2021-04-09 . PEN America Literary Award Winners Honored . 2024-04-27 . . December 25, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221225073828/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3961 . live .
- News: Smith . Eliza . March 1, 2022 . Here are the winners of the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards. . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220303221307/https://lithub.com/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2022-pen-america-literary-awards/ . March 3, 2022 . March 4, 2022 . Literary Hub.
- Web site: 2022-01-26 . Announcing the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists . 2024-04-27 . . en . October 10, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221010071907/https://pen.org/literary-awards/2022-pen-america-finalists/ . live .
- Web site: Schaub . Michael . 2023-03-03 . PEN Award Winners Announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230306021844/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/pen-award-winners-announced/ . 2023-03-06 . 2023-03-06 . . en.
- Web site: 2023-03-06 . PEN America Literary Award Winners Celebrated . 2023-03-07 . . March 7, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230307023018/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4429 . live .
- Web site: 2023-02-15 . Announcing the 2023 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists . 2024-04-27 . . en . February 20, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230220041319/https://pen.org/literary-awards/announcing-the-2023-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/ . live .
- Web site: 2024-04-24 . Awards: PEN America Literary FInalists & Winners, Ceremony Cancelled . 2024-04-26 . Shelf Awareness.
- Web site: 2024-04-22 . Announcing the 2024 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists . 2024-04-27 . . en . April 25, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240425200805/https://pen.org/literary-awards/2024-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/ . live .