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PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel

The PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction 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

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20th-century

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Award winners, 1976 to 1999[3]
Year Author Title Ref.
1976 Loyd Little Parthian Shot
1977 Renata Adler Speedboat
1978 Darcy O'Brien A Way of Life, Like Any Other
1979 Reuben Bercovitch Hasen
1980 Alan Saperstein Mom Kills Kids and Self
1981 Joan Silber Household Words
1982 Marilynne Robinson Housekeeping
1983 Bobbie Ann Mason Shiloh and Other Stories
1984 Joan Chase During the Reign of the Queen of Persia
1985 Josephine Humphreys Dreams of Sleep
1986 Alan V. Hewat Lady's Time
1987 Mary Ward Brown Tongues of Flame
1988 Lawrence Thornton Imagining Argentina
1989 Jane Hamilton The Book of Ruth
1990 Mark Richard The Ice at the Bottom of the World
1991 Bernard Cooper Maps to Anywhere
1992 Louis Begley Wartime Lies
1993 Edward P. Jones Lost in the City
1994 Dagoberto Gilb The Magic of Blood
1995 Susan Power The Grass Dancer
1996 Chang-Rae Lee Native Speaker
1997 Ha Jin Ocean of Words
1998 Charlotte Bacon A Private State
1999 Rosina Lippi Homestead

21st-century

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Award winners, 2000 to present[3]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2000 Jhumpa Lahiri Interpreter of Maladies Winner [4]
2001 Akhil Sharma An Obedient Father Winner
Mohsin Hamid Moth Smoke Finalist
Tom Paine Scar Vegas and other Stories Finalist
Myla Goldberg Bee Season Runner-Up
Elissa Schappell Use Me Runner-Up
2002 Justin Cronin Mary and O’Neil Winner
Peter Orner Esther Stories Finalist
Manil Suri The Death of Vishnu Finalist
Carolyn Cooke The Bostons Runner-Up
Micheline Aharonian Marcom Three Apples Fell From Heaven Runner-Up
2003 George Brownstein The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Apt. W Winner
Christie Hodgen A Jeweler’s Eye for Flaw Finalist
Gabe Hudson Dear Mr. President Finalist
Jonathan Tel Arafat’s Elephant Runner-Up
Julia Whitty A Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga Runner-Up
2004 Jennifer Haigh Mrs. Kimble Winner
Murad Kalam Night Journey Finalist
Z. Z. Packer Drinking Coffee Elsewhere Finalist
Suki Kim The Interpreters Runner-Up
Ellen Ullman The Bug Runner-Up
2005 Chris Abani GraceLand Winner
Samina Ali Madras on Rainy Days Finalist
Laurie Lynn Drummond Anything You Say Can and Will be Used Against You Finalist
Jerome Richard The Kiss of the Prison Dancer Runner-Up
Hannah Tinti Animal Crackers Runner-Up
2006 Yiyun Li A Thousand Years of Good Prayers Winner
Daniel Alarcon War by Candlelight Finalist
Douglas Trevor The Thin Year in the Fabric of Space Finalist
Karen Olsson Waterloo Runner-Up
Jess Row The Train to Lo Wu Runner-Up
2007 Ben Fountain Brief Encounters With Che Guevara Winner
Yvette Christianse Unconfessed Finalist
Rebecca Johns Icebergs Finalist
Janna Levin A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines Runner-Up
Marisha Pessl The Special Topics in Calamity Physics Runner-Up
2008 Joshua Ferris Then We Came to the End Winner
Rebecca Curtis Twenty Grand Finalist
Ravi Howard Like Trees Walking Finalist
Gary Schanbacher Migration Patterns Runner-Up
Margot Singer The Pale of Settlement Runner-Up
2009 Michael Dahlie A Gentleman's Guide to Graceful Living Winner
Sana Krasikov One More Year Finalist
Ed Park Personal Days Finalist
Doug Dorst Alive in Necropolis Runner-Up
Matthew Quick The Silver Linings Playbook Runner-Up
2010 Brigid Pasulka A Long Long Time Ago and Essentially True Winner [5]
C. E. Morgan All the Living Finalist
Abraham Verghese Cutting for Stone Finalist
Mary Beth Keane The Walking People Runner-Up
Lydia Peelle Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing Runner-Up
2011 Brando Skyhorse The Madonnas of Echo Park Winner
Patricia Engel Vida Finalist
Suzanne Rivecca Death Is Not An Option Finalist
Danielle Evans Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self Honorable mention
Helen Simonson Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand Honorable mention
2012 Teju Cole Open City Winner [6]
Amy Waldman The Submission Finalist
Stephanie Powell Watts We Are Taking Only What We Need Finalist
Chad Harbach The Art of Fielding Honorable mention
Marjorie Hudson Accidental Birds of the Carolinas Honorable mention
2013 Kevin Powers The Yellow Birds Winner [7]
Jennifer duBois A Partial History of Lost Causes Finalist
Vaddey Ratner In the Shadow of the Banyan Tree Finalist
Catherine Chung Forgotten Country Honorable mention
Peter M. Wheelwright As It Is On Earth Honorable mention
2014 NoViolet Bulawayo We Need New Names Winner [8][9]
Mitchell S. Jackson The Residue Years Finalist
Anthony Wallace The Old Priest Finalist
Jasmine Beach-Ferrara Damn Love Honorable mention
Kristopher Jansma The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards Honorable mention
Ethan Rutherford The Peripatetic Coffin Honorable mention
2015 Arna Bontemps Hemenway Elegy on Kinderklavier Winner [10]
Kim Fu For Today I Am a Boy Finalist
Atticus Lish Preparation for the Next Life Finalist
Mark Chiusano Marine Park Honorable mention
Diane Cook Man V. Nature Honorable mention
2016 Ottessa Moshfegh Eileen Winner [11]
S. M. Hulse Black River Finalist
Margaret Malone People Like You Finalist
Karim Dimechkie Lifted by the Great Nothing Honorable mention
Chigozie Obioma The Fisherman Honorable mention
2017 Yaa Gyasi Homegoing Winner [12]
Bill Beverly Dodgers Finalist
Leopoldine Core When Watched Finalist
Callan Wink Dog Run Moon Honorable mention
Melissa Yancy Dog Years Honorable mention
2018 Weike Wang Chemistry Winner [13]
Lisa Ko The Leavers Finalist
Adelia Saunders Indelible Finalist
Ian Bassingthwaighte Live from Cairo Honorable mention
Curtis Dawkins The Graybar Hotel Honorable mention
2019 Tommy Orange There There Winner [14][15]
Akwaeke Emezi Freshwater Finalist
Ling Ma Severance Finalist
Meghan Kenny The Driest Season Honorable mention
Nico Walker Cherry Honorable mention
2020 Ruchika Tomar A Prayer for Travelers Winner [16]
Madeline ffitch Stay and Fight Runner-Up
Regina Porter The Travelers Runner-Up
2021 Kawai Strong Washburn Sharks in a Time of Saviors Winner [17][18]
Maisy Card These Ghosts Are Family Finalist
Raven Leilani Luster Finalist
Douglas Stuart Shuggie Bain Finalist
C. Pam Zhang How Much of These Hills Is Gold Finalist
2022 Torrey Peters Detransition, Baby Winner [19]
Avni Doshi Burnt Sugar Finalist [20]
Carolyn Ferrell Dear Miss Metropolitan Finalist [20]
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois Finalist [20]
Kirstin Valdez Quade The Five Wounds Finalist [20]
2023 Oscar Hokeah Calling for a Blanket Dance Winner [21][22]
Lisa Hsiao Chen Activities of Daily Living Finalist [23]
Ramona Emerson Shutter Finalist [23]
Alissa Songsiridej Little Rabbit Finalist [23]
Ryan Lee Wong Which Side Are You On Finalist [23]
2024 Fuentes Javier Countries of Origin Winner [24]
Jinwoo Chong Flux Finalist [25]
Miah Jeffra American Gospel Finalist [25]

References

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