PEN America and the esteemed judges Chris Castellani, Geraldine Brooks, and Elizabeth Strout are thrilled to announce the 2018 PEN/Hemingway Award finalists. The winners will be announced on April 2, 2018, and will be celebrated at the 2018 PEN/Hemingway Awards Ceremony on April 8 at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, MA. Author and host of NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday Scott Simon will deliver the keynote address. The Kennedy Library is the major repository of Ernest Hemingway’s personal papers.
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2018 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction
A $25,000 prize for a debut novel or book of short stories published in 2017 by an American author who has not previously published a full-length book of fiction. All competition honorees receive Residency Fellowships at the Ucross Foundation in Wyoming, a retreat for artists and writers. The award is funded by the Hemingway family, Hemingway Foundation and Society, and PEN America.
Judges: Chris Castellani, Geraldine Brooks, Elizabeth Strout
FINALISTS
Live from Cairo, Ian Bassingthwaighte (Scribner, Simon and Schuster)
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The Graybar Hotel, Curtis Dawkins (Scribner, Simon and Schuster)
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The Leavers, Lisa Ko (Algonquin Books)
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Indelible, Adelia Saunders (Bloomsbury)
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Chemistry, Weike Wang (Knopf)
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