2025 PEN/Hemingway Winner
Early Sobrieties, Michael Deagler (Astra House)
Semi-Finalists
Judges: Lauren Acampora, Allegra Goodman, Akhil Sharma
Dead in Long Beach, California, Venita Blackburn (MCD)
Controlled Conversations, Karol Lagodzki (Milford House Press)
The Road to the Salt Sea, Samuel Kọ́láwọlé (Amistad)