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The Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award
The PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award is given for a novel or book of short stories by an American author who has not previously published a book of fiction. The late Mary Hemingway, a member of PEN, founded the award in 1976 both to honor the memory of her husband, Ernest Hemingway, and to recognize distinguished first books of fiction. The award is funded by the Ernest Hemingway Foundation, which has been administered by the Hemingway Society since 1987, and PEN New England. A panel of three distinguished fiction writers selects the winner.
The 2010 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award winner was Brigid Pasulka for her novel, A Long Long Time Ago and Essentially True. There were two finalists; C.E. Morgan for All The Living and Abraham Verghese for Cutting For Stone; and teo honorable mentions; Mary Beth Keane for The Walking People and Lydia Peelle for Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing. The 2010 judges were Julia Glass, Michael Lowenthal, and Gail Tsukiyama.
To see a list of previous recipients of the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, click here.
L to R: Patrick and Carol Hemingway, 2009 Hemingway winner, Michael Dahlie and wife, author Allison Lynn
In addition to $8000, the winner also receives a one-week residency in The Distinguished Visiting Writers Series at the University of Idaho’s MFA Program in Creative Writing. In addition, the winner and competition finalists and honorable mentions receive Ucross Residency Fellowships at the Ucross Foundation in Wyoming, a retreat for artists and writers. Click here for submission information.