2021 PEN America Finalists
Finalists for the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards have been announced, and include several works of genre interest.
- The Death of Vivek Oji, Akwaeke Emezi (Riverhead)
- Sharks in the Time of Saviors, Kawai Strong Washburn (MCD)
PEN Open Book Award ($10,000)
- A Treatise on Stars, Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge (New Directions)
PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel ($10,000)
- These Ghosts are Family, Maisy Card (Simon and Schuster)
- Sharks in the Time of Saviors, Kawai Strong Washburn (MCD)
PEN Translation Prize ($3,000)
- Ornamental, Juan Cárdenas, translanted by Lizzie Davis (Coffee House)
- Girls Lost, Jessica Schiefauer, translated by Saskia Vogel (Deep Vellum)
PEN America “will confer over $380,000 to writers and translators across all stages of their careers.” Categories include poetry, essay, biography, and science writing. The winners will be announced April 8, 2021.
For more information, including the complete list of finalists, see the PEN America website.
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