Aspen Words Announces 5 Finalists For 2021's Literary Prize
The $35,000 prize honors fiction that "illuminates vital contemporary issues." This year's finalists deal with everything from Native American land ownership to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Three novels and two story collections — selected from a longlist of 15 — remain in contention for this year's Aspen Words Literary Prize.
The $35,000 prize honors fiction that "illuminates vital contemporary issues," and this year's finalists span the globe, covering everything from Native American land ownership questions to the intersections of Blackness and queerness to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
"These books demonstrate the power of fiction to transform the way, the nonprofit literary organization that hands out the prize in partnership with NPR. "They deal with serious topics, but among these novels and story collections are also stunning love stories and characters who will make you laugh out loud."
