Center for Fiction Announces 2017 First Novel Prize Shortlist

The Center for Fiction has announced seven debut novels short-listed for its annual $10,000 First Novel Prize. They are:

  • As Lie Is to Grin by Simeon Marsalis (Catapult)
  • Empire of Glass by Kaitlin Solimine (Ig Publishing)
  • Mikhail and Margarita by Julie Lekstrom Himes (Europa Editions)
  • The Second Mrs. Hockaday by Susan Rivers (Algonquin Books)
  • Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar (Little, Brown)
  • Tiger Pelt by Annabelle Kim (Leaf~Land LLC)
  • What to Do About the Solomons by Bethany Ball (Atlantic Monthly Press)

The annual prize carries with it a $10,000 cash award. Each of the other short-listed authors will receive a $1,000 award. Judges this year are Kia Corthron, Sonya Chung, Anne Landsman, Fiona Maazel, and Rick Moody.

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