Award
Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
50 years tracked (1976–2026), 68 entries total.
The PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel is awarded annually to a full-length novel or book of short stories by an American author who has not previously published a full-length book of fiction. It is named after Ernest Hemingway, funded by the Hemingway family and the Ernest Hemingway Foundation/Society, and administered by PEN America. Mary Welsh Hemingway founded the award in 1976 to honor her husband and recognize distinguished first books of fiction.
