Award
PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award
25 years tracked (1980–2026), 48 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.
