Mary South is a finalist for the 2021 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection

CCLA is celebrating the wonderful news that YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN by Mary South (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020) is now a finalist for the 2021 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection.

The prize is awarded to an author whose debut collection of short stories represents distinguished literary achievement and suggests great promise for future work. The winner will receive a $25,000 cash prize intended to allow significant time and resources with which to pursue subsequent work.

Winners will be celebrated at the virtual Literary Awards Ceremony on April 8, 2021. You can see the full list of finalists here.