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Literary award for debut novels From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection is awarded by the PEN America (formerly PEN American Center) "to exceptionally talented fiction writers whose debut work — a first novel or collection of short stories ... represent distinguished literary achievement and suggests great promise."[1] The winner is selected by a panel of PEN Members made up of three writers or editors. The PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize was originally named the PEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship for Writers. The prize awards the debut writer a cash award of US$25,000.
The PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize was established in memory of Robert W. Bingham, who died in 1999 at the age of 33, to commemorate his support of young writers, his love of literature, and his contribution to literary fiction.[1]
The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centres around the world. The PEN American Center awards have been characterized as being among the "major" American literary prizes.[2]
Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
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2002 | Carolyn Cooke | The Bostons | Winner | [3] |
Matthew Klam | Sam the Cat and Other Stories | Winner | [3] | |
Manil Suri | The Death of Vishnu | Winner | [3] | |
2004 | Jonathan Safran Foer | Everything Is Illuminated | Winner | [3] |
Will Heinrich | The King's Evil | Winner | [3] | |
Monique Truong | The Book of Salt | Winner | [3] | |
2006 | Christopher Coake | We're in Trouble | Winner | [3] |
2007 | Janna Levin | A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines | Winner | [3] |
2008 | Dalia Sofer | The Septembers of Shiraz | Winner | [3] |
2009 | Donald Ray Pollock | Knockemstiff | Winner | [3] |
2010 | Paul Harding | Tinkers | Winner | [3] |
2011 | Susanna Daniel | Stiltsville | Winner | [3] |
Danielle Valore Evans | Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self | Winner | [3][4][5][6] | |
2012 | Vanessa Veselka | Zazen | Winner | [3][7] |
2013 | Sergio De La Pava | A Naked Singularity | Winner | [8][3][9][10] |
2014 | Shawn Vestal | Godforsaken Idaho | Winner | [3][11][12][13] |
Ian Stansel | Everybody's Irish | Finalist | [14][15] | |
2015 | Jack Livings | The Dog: Stories | Winner | [16][3][17][18] |
2016 | Mia Alvar | In the Country: Stories | Winner | [19][3][20][21] |
Julie Iromuanya | Mr. and Mrs. Doctor | Finalist | [22][23][24] | |
Jennifer Tseng | Mayumi and the Sea of Happiness | Finalist | ||
Angela Flournoy | The Turner House | Finalist | ||
Viet Thanh Nguyen | The Sympathizer | Finalist | ||
2017 | Rion Amilcar Scott | Insurrections: Stories | Winner | [25][3][26][27] |
Clare Beams | We Show What We Have Learned | Finalist | [28][29] | |
Brit Bennett | The Mothers | Finalist | [28] | |
Yaa Gyasi | Homegoing | Finalist | [28][30] | |
Cote Smith | Hurt People | Finalist | [28] | |
2018 | Jenny Zhang | Sour Heart | Winner | [31][3][32][33][34][35] |
Hannah Lillith Assadi | Sonora | Finalist | [36][37] | |
Venita Blackburn | Black Jesus and Other Superheroes: Stories | Finalist | [36][37] | |
Carmen Maria Machado | Her Body and Other Parties: Stories | Finalist | [36][37] | |
Emily Fridlund | History of Wolves | Finalist | [36][37][38] | |
2019 | Will Mackin | Bring Out the Dog | Winner | [39][3][40][41][42] |
Chaya Bhuvaneswar | White Dancing Elephants | Finalist | [43] | |
Jamel Brinkley | A Lucky Man | Finalist | [43][44] | |
Helen DeWitt | Some Trick | Finalist | [43] | |
Akil Kumarasamy | Half Gods | Finalist | [43][45] | |
2020 | Mimi Lok | Last of Her Name | Winner | [46][3][47][48] |
2021 | Michael X. Wang | Further News of Defeat: Stores | Winner | [49][50][51][3][52] |
Dima Alzayat | Alligator & Other Stories | Finalist | [53] | |
Mary South | You Will Never Be Forgotten | Finalist | [54] | |
2022 | Yoon Choi | Skinship: Stories | Winner | [3][55][56][57] |
Carribean Fragoza | Eat the Mouth That Feeds You | Finalist | [58][59] | |
Dantiel W. Moniz | Milk Blood Heat | Finalist | [58][59][60] | |
Clare Sestanovich | Objects of Desire: Stories | Finalist | [58][59][61] | |
Chris Stuck | Give My Love to the Savages: Stories | Finalist | [58][59] | |
2023 | Morgan Talty | Night of the Living Rez | Winner | [62][63] |
Sindya Bhanoo | Seeking Fortune Elsewhere | Finalist | [64] | |
Meron Hadero | A Down Home Meal for These… | Finalist | [64] | |
Morgan Thomas | Manywhere: Stories | Finalist | [64] | |
Jasmine Sawers | The Anchored World: Flash… | Finalist | [64] |
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