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2017 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction

Literary Awards

WINNER

A woman with short curly hair and a gray top sits beside the cover of the book Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, which features red birds, yellow and blue patterns, and black text.

2017 PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD
Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing
Amazon | Indie Bound

Finalists
Bill Beverly, Dodgers (Crown)
Amazon | Indie Bound
Leopoldine Core, When Watched (Penguin Books)
Amazon | Indie Bound

Two book covers: Dodgers by Bill Beverly, featuring an overpass in black and white; and When Watched by Leopoldine Core, with pastel abstract shapes and text stating it’s a Whiting Award winner.

Honorable Mentions
Callan Wink, Dog Run Moon (Dial Press)
Amazon | Indie Bound
Melissa Yancy, Dog Years (University of Pittsburgh Press)
Amazon | Indie Bound

Two book covers: Left—cartoonish illustrations of a zebra labeled Dog, a cowboy labeled Run, and a cow labeled Mooh, with the title Dog Run Mooh by Callan Wink. Right—abstract collage for Dog Years by Melissa Yancy.

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