PEN Literary Awards Shortlist

The PEN Literary Awards finalists were announced on February 2.
Below is the shortlist for Debut Fiction:

 In the Country:Stories  by Mia Alvar

The Turner House by Angela Flournoy

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Mayumi and the Sea of Happiness by Jennifer Tseng

(Available soon)

Mr. and Mrs. Doctor by Julie Iromanuya

(Available soon)

Many other PEN shortlists for both fiction and non-fiction can be found at:  http://www.pen.org/2016-pen-literary-awards-shortlists.

Winners for most of the awards will be announced on March 1, 2016.

Winners for Debut Fiction, Art of the Essay, Open Book, Literary Science Writing, and the PEN/Fusion Prize will be announced on April 11, 2016.

For more good reading, see the longlists for each category at:
http://www.pen.org/2016-pen-literary-awards-longlists