PEN/Hemingway Award Finalist

The Correspondent

The Correspondent

2026 PEN/Hemingway Award LonglistVirginia Evans attended James Madison University for her bachelor’s in English literature. After starting a family, she went back to school for her master’s of philosophy in creative writing at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, where...

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Awake in the Floating City

Awake in the Floating City

2026 PEN/Hemingway Award LonglistSusanna Kwan is an artist and writer from San Francisco. Her work has been supported by fellowships from Kundiman, Storyknife, Oak Spring Garden Foundation, and Vanderbilt University. Awake in the Floating City is her first novel. She...

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Blob

Blob

2026 PEN/Hemingway Award LonglistMaggie Su is a writer and editor. She received a PhD in fiction from University of Cincinnati and an MFA from Indiana University. Her work has appeared in New England Review, Four Way Review, TriQuarterly Review, Puerto del Sol, Juked,...

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