PEN America Literary Awards Winners
The winners for the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards have been announced, including Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn (MCD) in the $10,000 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel.
Other finalists of genre interest in the category were
- These Ghosts are Family, Maisy Card (Simon and Schuster)
- Temporary, Hilary Leichter (Coffee House)
- How Much of These Hills Is Gold, C Pam Zhang (Riverhead)
PEN America “confers over 20 distinct awards, fellowships, grants and prizes each year, awarding nearly $350,000 to writers and translators.” Categories include poetry, essay, biography, and science writing.
For more information, including the complete list of winners, see the PEN America website.
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