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Prizeworthy First Novels

These newly published novels are the first of their kind! Presented by The Center for Fiction, the First Novel Prize is an annual award that honors great fiction by first-time novelists.

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  • Shortlist - 2022
    Book, 2022New York : Random House, [2022]. — Andreades Daphne Pa
  • Shortlist - 2022
    Book, 2022Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2022]. — Noor, Naga
  • Shortlist - 2022
    Book, 2022New York : Bloomsbury, 2022. — SONGSIRI 2022
  • Shortlist - 2022
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2022]. — Sullivan, Mecca Jam
  • Shortlist - 2022
    Book, 2022New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2022]. — Vara, Vauhini
  • Winner - 2021
    Book, 2021New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2021]. — Quade, Kirstin V
  • Shortlist - 2021
    Book, 2021Brooklyn, New York : Restless Books, 2021. — CHAMPANE 2021
  • Shortlist - 2021
    Book, 2021New York : Doubleday, [2021]. — POLZIN 2021
  • Winner - 2020
    Book, 2020New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020. — LEILANI 2020
  • Shortlist - 2020
    Book, 2020New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020. — Cain, Amina
  • Shortlist - 2020
    eBook, 2020Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2020]
  • Shortlist - 2020
    Book, 2020New York : Grove Press, 2020. — STUART 2020
  • Shortlist - 2020
    Book, 2020Minneapolis : Coffee House Press, 2020. — Leichter, Hilary
  • Shortlist - 2020
    Book, 2020New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020. — Card, Maisy