Further News of Defeat, Heartland Calamitous, and Skull Cathedral: A Vestigial Anatomy on PEN AMERICA Longlist
Congratulations to Michael X. Wang, Michael Credico, and Melissa Wiley!
PEN America’s 2021 Literary Awards Long List features three Autumn House Press publications. Our staff and board wish to congratulate all of the authors and presses included on the list. We’d also like to thank PEN America’s staff and the judges for recognizing our authors’ work. More information about the AHP’s titles is included below:
Michael X. Wang‘s Further News of Defeat is on the long list for the Pen/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Story Story Collection. Published in September 2020, Further News of Defeat won Autumn House Press’s 2019 fiction prize, selected by Aimee Bender.
Michael Credico‘s Heartland Calamitous is on the long list for the Pen/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Story Story Collection. Published in March 2020, Heartland Calamitous is his debut short story collection.
Melissa Wiley‘s Skull Cathedral: A Vestigial Anatomy is on the long list for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for The Art of the Essay. Published in September 2020, Skull Cathedral: A Vestigial Anatomy won Autumn House Press’s 2019 nonfiction prize, selected by Paul Lisicky.
Read the entire list of titles on PEN/America’s website.
