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By PEN America

PEN America is honored to announce the finalists for the 2023 Literary Awards. Our Awards are juried by panels of esteemed, award-winning authors, editors, translators, and critics. These authors are committed to recognizing their contemporaries, from promising debut writers to those who have had a continuous, lasting impact on the literary landscape. You can learn more about the 2023 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists here: https://pen.org/literary-awards/announcing-the-2023-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/
Join us at the 60th Annual Literary Awards Ceremony on Thursday, March 2: https://pen.org/event/2023-pen-america-literary-awards/

The Black Period: On Personhood, Race, and Origin
Hafizah Augustus Geter
$28.99 $26.96PEN Open Book Award

Seeking Fortune Elsewhere: Stories
Sindya Bhanoo
$26.00 $24.18PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection

A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times: Stories
Meron Hadero
$26.00 $24.18PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection

The Anchored World: Flash Fairy Tales and Folklore
Jasmine Sawers
$15.95PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection

Night of the Living Rez
Morgan Talty
$16.95 $15.76PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection

Manywhere: Stories
Morgan Thomas
$18.00 $16.74PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection

To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness
Robin Coste Lewis
$35.00 $32.55PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry Collection