PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel

2025-08-29T01:43:35Z

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{{Short description|Annual literary award}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}

The '''PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel''' is awarded annually to a full-length [[novel]] or book of [[short stories]] by an [[United States|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pen-ne.org/hemingway/ |title=PEN/Hemingway Award |access-date=2016-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515213426/http://www.pen-ne.org/hemingway |archive-date=2017-05-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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 (United States)|high plains]] in [[Ucross, Wyoming|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 [[John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum|JFK Presidential Library]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jfklibrary.org/About-Us/News-and-Press/Press-Releases/2012-Hemingway-Foundation-PEN-Award-Winner-Announced.aspx |title=2012 Hemingway Foundation PEN Award Winner Announced |publisher=JFK Presidential Library |date=March 6, 2012 |access-date=August 27, 2012 |archive-date=April 8, 2016 |archive-url=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 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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

==Winners==

=== 20th-century ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Award winners, 1976 to 1999<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=List of PEN/Hemingway Winners |url=https://www.hemingwaysociety.org/list-penhemingway-winners |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=[[The Hemingway Society]] |archive-date=January 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107224819/https://www.hemingwaysociety.org/list-penhemingway-winners |url-status=live }}</ref>
!Year
!Author
!Title
!{{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}
|-
!1976
|{{sortname|Loyd|Little}}
|''Parthian Shot''
|
|-
!1977
|{{sortname|Renata|Adler}}
|''[[Speedboat (novel)|Speedboat]]''
|
|-
!1978
|{{sortname|Darcy|O'Brien}}
|''A Way of Life, Like Any Other''
|
|-
!1979
|{{sortname|Reuben|Bercovitch}}
|''Hasen''
|
|-
!1980
|{{sortname|Alan|Saperstein}}
|''Mom Kills Kids and Self''
|
|-
!1981
|{{sortname|Joan|Silber}}
|''Household Words''
|
|-
!1982
|{{sortname|Marilynne|Robinson}}
|''[[Housekeeping (novel)|Housekeeping]]''
|
|-
!1983
|{{sortname|Bobbie Ann|Mason}}
|''[[Shiloh and Other Stories]]''
|
|-
!1984
|{{sortname|Joan|Chase}}
|''[[During the Reign of the Queen of Persia]]''
|
|-
!1985
|{{sortname|Josephine|Humphreys}}
|''Dreams of Sleep''
|
|-
!1986
|{{sortname|Alan V.|Hewat}}
|''Lady's Time''
|
|-
!1987
|{{sortname|Mary|Ward Brown}}
|''Tongues of Flame''
|
|-
!1988
|{{sortname|Lawrence|Thornton}}
|''[[Imagining Argentina]]''
|
|-
!1989
|{{sortname|Jane|Hamilton}}
|''[[The Book of Ruth (novel)|The Book of Ruth]]''
|
|-
!1990
|{{sortname|Mark|Richard}}
|''The Ice at the Bottom of the World''
|
|-
!1991
|{{sortname|Bernard|Cooper}}
|''Maps to Anywhere''
|
|-
!1992
|{{sortname|Louis|Begley}}
|''[[Wartime Lies]]''
|
|-
!1993
|{{sortname|Edward P. |Jones}}
|''[[Lost in the City]]''
|
|-
!1994
|{{sortname|Dagoberto|Gilb}}
|''[[The Magic of Blood]]''
|
|-
!1995
|{{sortname|Susan|Power}}
|''[[The Grass Dancer]]''
|
|-
!1996
|{{sortname|Chang-Rae|Lee}}
|''[[Native Speaker (novel)|Native Speaker]]''
|
|-
!1997
|{{sortname|Ha|Jin}}
|''[[Ocean of Words]]''
|
|-
!1998
|{{sortname|Charlotte|Bacon|Charlotte Bacon (author)}}
|''[[A Private State]]''
|
|-
!1999
|{{sortname|Rosina|Lippi}}
|''Homestead''
|
|}

=== 21st-century ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Award winners, 2000 to present<ref name=":0" />
!Year
!Author
!Title
!Result
!{{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}
|- style="background:#cddeff"
!2000
|{{sortname|last=Lahiri|first=Jhumpa}}
|''[[Interpreter of Maladies]]''
|Winner
|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-05-18 |title=Awards: PEN/Malamud Short Story; Shirley Jackson |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3004 |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]] |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004032833/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3004 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |2001
|{{sortname|last=Sharma|first=Akhil}}
|''{{sort|Obedient Father|[[An Obedient Father]]}}''
|Winner
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Hamid|first=Mohsin}}
|''[[Moth Smoke]]''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Paine|first=Tom|nolink=1}}
|''Scar Vegas and other Stories''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Goldberg|first=Myla}}
|''[[Bee Season]]''
|Runner-Up
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Schappell|first=Elissa}}
|''Use Me''
|Runner-Up
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |2002
|{{sortname|last=Cronin|first=Justin}}
|''Mary and O’Neil''
|Winner
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Orner|first=Peter}}
|''Esther Stories''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Suri|first=Manil}}
|''{{sort|Death of Vishnu|[[The Death of Vishnu]]}}''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Cooke|first=Carolyn}}
|''{{sort|Bostons|The Bostons}}''
|Runner-Up
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Marcom|first=Micheline Aharonian}}
|''Three Apples Fell From Heaven''
|Runner-Up
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |2003
|{{sortname|last=Brownstein|first=George}}
|''{{sort|Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Apt. W|The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Apt. W}}''
|Winner
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Hodgen|first=Christie}}
|''{{sort|Jeweler’s Eye for Flaw|A Jeweler’s Eye for Flaw}}''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Hudson|first=Gabe}}
|''Dear Mr. President''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Tel|first=Jonathan}}
|''Arafat’s Elephant''
|Runner-Up
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Whitty|first=Julia}}
|''{{sort|Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga|A Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga}}''
|Runner-Up
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |2004
|{{sortname|last=Haigh|first=Jennifer}}
|''[[Mrs. Kimble]]''
|Winner
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Kalam|first=Murad}}
|''Night Journey''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Packer|first=Z. Z.}}
|''[[Drinking Coffee Elsewhere]]''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Kim|first=Suki}}
|''{{sort|Interpreters|The Interpreters}}''
|Runner-Up
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Ullman|first=Ellen}}
|''{{sort|Bug|The Bug}}''
|Runner-Up
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |2005
|{{sortname|last=Abani|first=Chris}}
|''[[GraceLand]]''
|Winner
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Ali|first=Samina}}
|''[[Madras on Rainy Days]]''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Drummond|first=Laurie Lynn}}
|''Anything You Say Can and Will be Used Against You''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Richard|first=Jerome}}
|''{{sort|Kiss of the Prison Dancer|The Kiss of the Prison Dancer}}''
|Runner-Up
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Tinti|first=Hannah}}
|''Animal Crackers''
|Runner-Up
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |2006
|{{sortname|last=Li|first=Yiyun}}
|{{sort|Thousand Years of Good Prayers|''[[A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (short story collection)|A Thousand Years of Good Prayers]]''}}
|Winner
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Alarcon|first=Daniel}}
|''War by Candlelight''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Trevor|first=Douglas}}
|''{{sort|Thin Year in the Fabric of Space|The Thin Year in the Fabric of Space}}''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Olsson|first=Karen}}
|''Waterloo''
|Runner-Up
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Row|first=Jess}}
|{{sort|Train to Lo Wu|''[[The Train to Lo Wu]]''}}
|Runner-Up
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |2007
|{{sortname|last=Fountain|first=Ben}}
|''Brief Encounters With Che Guevara''
|Winner
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Christianse|first=Yvette}}
|''Unconfessed''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Johns|first=Rebecca}}
|''Icebergs''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Levin|first=Janna}}
|''{{sort|Madman Dreams of Turing Machines|A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines}}''
|Runner-Up
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Pessl|first=Marisha}}
|''{{sort|Special Topics in Calamity Physics|The Special Topics in Calamity Physics}}''
|Runner-Up
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |2008
|{{sortname|last=Ferris|first=Joshua}}
|''[[Then We Came to the End]]''
|Winner
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Curtis|first=Rebecca}}
|''Twenty Grand''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Howard|first=Ravi}}
|''Like Trees Walking''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Schanbacher|first=Gary}}
|''Migration Patterns''
|Runner-Up
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Singer|first=Margot}}
|''{{sort|Pale of Settlement|The Pale of Settlement}}''
|Runner-Up
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |2009
|{{sortname|last=Dahlie|first=Michael}}
|''{{sort|Gentleman’s Guide to Graceful Living|[[A Gentleman's Guide to Graceful Living]]}}''
|Winner
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Krasikov|first=Sana}}
|''One More Year''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Park|first=Ed}}
|''Personal Days''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Dorst|first=Doug}}
|''Alive in Necropolis''
|Runner-Up
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Quick|first=Matthew}}
|''{{sort|Silver Linings Playbook|[[The Silver Linings Playbook]]}}''
|Runner-Up
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |2010
|{{sortname|last=Pasulka|first=Brigid}}
|''{{sort|Long Long Time Ago and Essentially True|A Long Long Time Ago and Essentially True}}''
|Winner
|<ref>{{cite web |date=March 8, 2012 |title=Brigid Pasulka wins Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award |url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/printers-row/2010/03/brigid-pasulka-wins-pen-award.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301140820/http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/printers-row/2010/03/brigid-pasulka-wins-pen-award.html |archive-date=March 1, 2011 |access-date=August 29, 2012 |work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|last=Morgan|first=C. E.}}
|''[[All the Living]]''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Verghese|first=Abraham}}
|''[[Cutting for Stone]]''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Keane|first=Mary Beth}}
|''{{sort|Walking People|The Walking People}}''
|Runner-Up
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Peelle|first=Lydia}}
|''Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing''
|Runner-Up
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |2011
|{{sortname|last=Skyhorse|first=Brando}}
|''{{sort|Madonnas of Echo Park|The Madonnas of Echo Park}}''
|Winner
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Engel|first=Patricia}}
|''Vida''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Rivecca|first=Suzanne}}
|''Death Is Not An Option''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Evans|first=Danielle|link=Danielle Valore Evans}}
|''Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self''
|Honorable mention
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Simonson|first=Helen}}
|''Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand''
|Honorable mention
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |2012
|{{sortname|last=Cole|first=Teju}}
|''[[Open City (novel)|Open City]]''
|Winner
|<ref>{{cite web |author=LARRY ROHTER |date=March 8, 2012 |title=Hemingway/PEN Award Goes to Teju Cole |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/hemingwaypen-award-goes-to-teju-cole/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419062552/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/hemingwaypen-award-goes-to-teju-cole/ |archive-date=April 19, 2012 |access-date=August 29, 2012 |work=New York Times}}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|last=Waldman|first=Amy}}
|''{{sort|Submission|The Submission}}''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Watts|first=Stephanie Powell}}
|''We Are Taking Only What We Need''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Harbach|first=Chad}}
|''{{sort|Art of Fielding|[[The Art of Fielding]]}}''
|Honorable mention
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Hudson|first=Marjorie}}
|''Accidental Birds of the Carolinas''
|Honorable mention
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |2013
|{{sortname|last=Powers|first=Kevin}}
|''{{sort|Yellow Birds|[[The Yellow Birds]]}}''
|Winner
|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-04-24 |title=Image of the Day: Baldacci and Powers at Story & Song |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4712 |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]]}}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|last=duBois|first=Jennifer}}
|''{{sort|Partial History of Lost Causes|A Partial History of Lost Causes}}''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Ratner|first=Vaddey}}
|''In the Shadow of the Banyan Tree''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Chung|first=Catherine}}
|''[[Forgotten Country]]''
|Honorable mention
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Wheelwright|first=Peter M.}}
|''As It Is On Earth''
|Honorable mention
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="6" |2014
|{{sortname|last=Bulawayo|first=NoViolet}}
|''[[We Need New Names]]''
|Winner
|<ref>{{cite web |author=Allan Kozinn |date=March 17, 2014 |title=Writer From Zimbabwe Wins PEN/Hemingway Award for First Novel |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/17/writer-from-zimbabwe-wins-penhemingway-award-for-first-novel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317190223/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/17/writer-from-zimbabwe-wins-penhemingway-award-for-first-novel/ |archive-date=March 17, 2014 |access-date=April 2, 2014 |work=[[New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Yvonne Zipp |date=March 18, 2014 |title=NoViolet Bulawayo wins prestigious Hemingway/PEN award |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/03/noviolet_bulawayo_wins_prestig.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072014/http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/03/noviolet_bulawayo_wins_prestig.html |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |access-date=April 2, 2014 |work=MLive.com}}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|last=Jackson|first=Mitchell S.}}
|''{{sort|Residue Years|The Residue Years}}''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Wallace|first=Anthony|nolink=1}}
|''{{sort|Old Priest|The Old Priest}}''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Beach-Ferrara|first=Jasmine|nolink=1}}
|''Damn Love''
|Honorable mention
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Jansma|first=Kristopher}}
|''{{sort|Unchangeable Spots of Leopards|The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards}}''
|Honorable mention
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Rutherford|first=Ethan}}
|''{{sort|Peripatetic Coffin|The Peripatetic Coffin}}''
|Honorable mention
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |2015
|{{sortname|last=Hemenway|first=Arna Bontemps}}
|''Elegy on Kinderklavier''
|Winner
|<ref name="gardner">{{cite web |author=Jan Gardner |date=March 28, 2015 |title=A PEN/Hemingway for Hemenway |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2015/03/28/arna-bontemps-hemenway-wins-pen-hemingway-award-for-debut-fiction/yPioUNDAHMhthKYjITv1yN/story.html |url-status=live |archive-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.html |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |access-date=April 5, 2015 |work=[[Boston Globe]]}}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|last=Fu|first=Kim}}
|''[[For Today I Am a Boy]]''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Lish|first=Atticus}}
|''[[Preparation for the Next Life]]''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Chiusano|first=Mark}}
|''Marine Park''
|Honorable mention
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Cook|first=Diane}}
|''Man V. Nature''
|Honorable mention
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |2016
|{{sortname|last=Moshfegh|first=Ottessa}}
|''[[Eileen (novel)|Eileen]]''
|Winner
|<ref>{{cite web |author=Mark Shanahan |date=March 16, 2016 |title=Newton's Ottessa Moshfegh wins 2016 PEN/Hemingway Award |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2016/03/15/ottessa-moshfegh-wins-pen-hemingway-award/8m3LwVd8fXInDpNnuPxLGK/story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809222857/https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2016/03/15/ottessa-moshfegh-wins-pen-hemingway-award/8m3LwVd8fXInDpNnuPxLGK/story.html |archive-date=August 9, 2016 |access-date=June 22, 2016 |work=[[Boston Globe]]}}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|last=Hulse|first=S. M.}}
|''Black River''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Malone|first=Margaret}}
|''People Like You''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Dimechkie|first=Karim}}
|''Lifted by the Great Nothing''
|Honorable mention
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Obioma|first=Chigozie}}
|''{{sort|Fisherman|The Fisherman}}''
|Honorable mention
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |2017
|{{sortname|last=Gyasi|first=Yaa}}
|''[[Homegoing (Gyasi novel)|Homegoing]]''
|Winner
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-19 |title=Breakout Novelist Tommy Orange Wins $25,000 PEN/Hemingway Award for There There |url=https://pen.org/press-release/tommy-orange-wins-hemingway-award/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107230414/https://pen.org/press-release/tommy-orange-wins-hemingway-award/ |archive-date=2020-11-07 |access-date=2019-03-20 |website=PEN America}}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|last=Beverly|first=Bill}}
|''Dodgers''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Core|first=Leopoldine}}
|''When Watched''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Wink|first=Callan}}
|''Dog Run Moon''
|Honorable mention
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Yancy|first=Melissa}}
|''Dog Years''
|Honorable mention
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |2018
|{{sortname|last=Wang|first=Weike}}
|''[[Chemistry (novel)|Chemistry]]''
|Winner
|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-04-02 |title=Awards: PEN/Hemingway; 1943 Retrospective Hugo |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3218 |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]] |archive-date=October 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014020911/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3218 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|last=Ko|first=Lisa}}
|''{{sort|Leavers|[[The Leavers]]}}''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Saunders|first=Adelia}}
|''Indelible''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Bassingthwaighte|first=Ian}}
|''Live from Cairo''
|Honorable mention
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Dawkins|first=Curtis}}
|{{sort|Graybar Hotel|''[[The Graybar Hotel]]''}}
|Honorable mention
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |2019
|{{sortname|last=Orange|first=Tommy}}
|''[[There There (novel)|There There]]''
|Winner
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-19 |title=Breakout Novelist Tommy Orange Wins $25,000 PEN/Hemingway Award for There There |url=https://pen.org/press-release/tommy-orange-wins-hemingway-award/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107230414/https://pen.org/press-release/tommy-orange-wins-hemingway-award/ |archive-date=2020-11-07 |access-date=2019-03-20 |website=PEN America}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-03-22 |title=Awards: PEN/Hemingway Winner |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3457 |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=[[Shelf Awareness ]] |archive-date=March 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326213916/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3457 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|last=Emezi|first=Akwaeke}}
|''[[Freshwater (novel)|Freshwater]]''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Ma|first=Ling}}
|''[[Severance (novel)|Severance]]''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Kenny|first=Meghan}}
|''{{sort|Driest Season|The Driest Season}}''
|Honorable mention
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Walker|first=Nico}}
|''[[Cherry (novel)|Cherry]]''
|Honorable mention
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="3" |2020
|{{sortname|last=Tomar|first=Ruchika}}
|{{sort|Prayer for Travelers|''[[A Prayer for Travelers]]''}}
|Winner
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-23 |title=Novelist Ruchika Tomar Wins 2020 PEN/Hemingway Award for her Debut Novel 'A Prayer for Travelers' |url=https://pen.org/press-release/novelist-ruchika-tomar-wins-2020-pen-hemingway-award-for-her-debut-novel-a-prayer-for-travelers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=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/ |archive-date=2020-08-04 |access-date=2020-03-23 |website=PEN America}}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|last=ffitch|first=Madeline}}
|''Stay and Fight''
|Runner-Up
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Porter|first=Regina}}
|''{{sort|Travelers|The Travelers}}''
|Runner-Up
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |2021
|{{sortname|last=Washburn|first=Kawai Strong}}
|''Sharks in the Time of Saviors''
|Winner
|<ref>{{cite news |date=April 9, 2021 |title=Barbara Ehrenreich among winners of PEN literary awards |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/barbara-ehrenreich-winners-pen-literary-awards-76977660 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127143943/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/barbara-ehrenreich-winners-pen-literary-awards-76977660 |archive-date=January 27, 2022 |access-date=January 27, 2022 |work=ABC News |language=en |agency=The Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-04-09 |title=PEN America Literary Award Winners Honored |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3961 |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]] |archive-date=December 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225073828/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3961 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|last=Card|first=Maisy}}
|''These Ghosts Are Family''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Leilani|first=Raven}}
|''[[Luster (novel)|Luster]]''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Stuart|first=Douglas|dab=writer}}
|''[[Shuggie Bain]]''
|Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Zhang|first=C. Pam}}
|''[[How Much of These Hills Is Gold]]''
|Finalist
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |2022
|{{sortname|last=Peters|first=Torrey}}
|''[[Detransition, Baby]]''
|Winner
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Eliza |date=March 1, 2022 |title=Here are the winners of the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards. |url=https://lithub.com/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2022-pen-america-literary-awards/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303221307/https://lithub.com/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2022-pen-america-literary-awards/ |archive-date=March 3, 2022 |access-date=March 4, 2022 |work=[[Literary Hub]]}}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|last=Doshi|first=Avni}}
|''Burnt Sugar''
|Finalist
|<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2022-01-26 |title=Announcing the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists |url=https://pen.org/literary-awards/2022-pen-america-finalists/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=[[PEN America]] |language=en |archive-date=October 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010071907/https://pen.org/literary-awards/2022-pen-america-finalists/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|last=Ferrell|first=Carolyn}}
|''Dear Miss Metropolitan''
|Finalist
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|{{sortname|last=Jeffers|first=Honorée Fanonne}}
|{{sort|Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois: A Novel|''[[The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois]]''}}
|Finalist
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|{{sortname|last=Quade|first=Kirstin Valdez}}
|{{sort|Five Wounds: A Novel|''[[The Five Wounds (novel)|The Five Wounds]]''}}
|Finalist
|<ref name=":2" />
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |2023
|{{sortname|last=Hokeah|first=Oscar}}
|''Calling for a Blanket Dance''
|Winner
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schaub |first=Michael |date=2023-03-03 |title=PEN Award Winners Announced |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/pen-award-winners-announced/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306021844/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/pen-award-winners-announced/ |archive-date=2023-03-06 |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=[[Kirkus Reviews]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-03-06 |title=PEN America Literary Award Winners Celebrated |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4429 |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]] |archive-date=March 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307023018/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4429 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|last=Chen|first=Lisa Hsiao}}
|''[[Activities of Daily Living]]''
|Finalist
|<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2023-02-15 |title=Announcing the 2023 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists |url=https://pen.org/literary-awards/announcing-the-2023-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=[[PEN America]] |language=en |archive-date=February 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220041319/https://pen.org/literary-awards/announcing-the-2023-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|last=Emerson|first=Ramona}}
|''Shutter''
|Finalist
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|{{sortname|last=Songsiridej|first=Alissa}}
|''Little Rabbit''
|Finalist
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|{{sortname|last=Wong|first=Ryan Lee}}
|''Which Side Are You On''
|Finalist
|<ref name=":3" />
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="3" |2024
|{{sortname|Fuentes|Javier}}
|''Countries of Origin''
|Winner
|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-04-24 |title=Awards: PEN America Literary FInalists & Winners, Ceremony Cancelled |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4712 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]]}}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|last=Chong|first=Jinwoo}}
|''Flux''
|Finalist
|<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-04-22 |title=Announcing the 2024 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists |url=https://pen.org/literary-awards/2024-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=[[PEN America]] |language=en |archive-date=April 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240425200805/https://pen.org/literary-awards/2024-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|last=Jeffra|first=Miah}}
|''American Gospel''
|Finalist
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
! rowspan="4" |2025
|[[Michael Deagler]]
|''Early Sobrieties''
|Winner
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=egalluscio |date=2025-05-09 |title=Announcing the 2025 PEN America Literary Awards Winners |url=https://pen.org/announcing-the-2025-pen-america-literary-awards-winners/ |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=PEN America |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[Venita Blackburn]]
|''Dead in Long Beach, California''
|Finalist
|<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=egalluscio |date=2025-04-10 |title=Announcing The 2025 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists |url=https://pen.org/announcing-the-2025-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/ |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=PEN America |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[Karol Lagodzki]]
|''Controlled Conversations''
|Finalist
|<ref name=":4" />
|-
|[[Samuel Kọ́láwọ́lé]]
|''The Road to the Salt Sea''
|Finalist
|<ref name=":4" />
|}

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://www.hemingwaysociety.org/penhemingway-award Hemingway Foundation: PEN/Hemingway Award homepage]
*[https://pen.org/literary-awards/pen-hemingway-award/ PEN America: PEN/Hemingway Award homepage]

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