The PEN/Hemingway Award is awarded annually to a full-length novel or book of

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by an American author who has not previously published a full-length book of fiction. The award is named after

Ernest Hemingway Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century f ...

and funded by the Hemingway family and the Ernest Hemingway Foundation/Society. It is administered by PEN America.

Mary Hemingway Mary Welsh Hemingway ( Welsh; April 5, 1908 – November 26, 1986) was an American journalist and author who was the fourth wife and widow of Ernest Hemingway. Early life Born in Walker, Minnesota, Welsh was a daughter of a lumberman. In 1938 ...

, a member of PEN, founded the award in 1976 both to honor the memory of her husband and to recognize distinguished first books of fiction. The winner is selected by a panel of three distinguished fiction writers and receives a cash prize of US$25,000. Along with the winner, two finalists and two runners-up receive a Ucross Residency Fellowship at the

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, a retreat for artists and writers on a 22,000 acre (89 km²) ranch on the high plains in Ucross,

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. The award ceremony is held at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in

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. The award presentation is sponsored in part by the JFK Presidential Library. The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centres around the world.

Winners

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External links

Hemingway Foundation: PEN/Hemingway Award homepagePEN America: PEN/Hemingway Award homepage
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