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✨Award-winning authors Percival Everett, Cleyvis Natera, and Danzy Senna will join us as the featured presenters at The Center for Fiction Annual Awards Benefit on Tuesday, December 8, 2026.
“Everett, Natera, and Senna are exceptional writers and generous literary citizens. We are proud to have their voices shape this year’s Benefit,” said Lydah Pyles DeBin, Executive Director of The Center for Fiction.
“The evening is an opportunity to come together to honor writing that defines our culture, recognize an editor who guides and nurtures literary excellence, and champion the emerging authors shaping the future of fiction—all while raising essential funds for The Center’s mission.”
Want to celebrate with us? Visit benefit.centerforfiction.org/ to learn more.
Julia Alvarez will receive the 2026 Lifetime of Excellence in Fiction Award, and @doubledaybooks editor Lee Boudreaux will receive the 2026 Medal for Editorial Excellence at our Annual Awards Benefit on Tuesday, December 8.
Percival Everett will present the 2026 Medal for Editorial Excellence to Doubleday editor Lee Boudreaux; Cleyvis Natera will present the 2026 Lifetime of Excellence in Fiction Award to author Julia Alvarez; and Danzy Senna will announce the winner of The Center for Fiction 2026 First Novel Prize live at this year’s Annual Awards Benefit.
The winner of the 2026 First Novel Prize will be announced live at The Center for Fiction Annual Awards Benefit on Tuesday, December 8th. This year’s finalists include:
📖 A Real Animal by @emelinenoelleatwood (@catapult)
📖 Carrying by @samanthaloisjosephs (@putnambooks)
📖 Whidbey by @tkiramadden (@marinerbooks)
📖 Ruins, Child by @__giadina (@ndpublishing)
📖 Offseason by Avigayl Sharp (@astrahousebooks)
📖 Blow Yourself Up by @ankurthakkar (@nupress)
📖 The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford by @nafissa.thompson.spires (@scribnerbooks)
“Lee Boudreaux, aside from having a cool name, is a terrific editor. She has made my work better at every turn.” — Percival Everett
“Before I knew I wanted to be a writer, I lost myself in Julia Alvarez’s novels, finding a way to listen to my own voice through the gifts she offered me during a dif
08 Oct 2026
Now presenting: The Center for Fiction 2026 First Novel Prize Shortlist ✨
Inaugurated in 2006, the First Novel Prize honors the best debut novel of the year and supports emerging voices in fiction. The winning author (to be announced at our Annual Awards Benefit on December 8) will receive a $15,000 prize; each shortlisted author will receive a $1,000 award.
📚 These seven titles were selected from our longlist by this year’s judges:@ro.kwon, @kieselaymon, @jordyrosenberg, and Danzy Senna. Swipe to read commentary from each judge about the finalists’ works—and please join us in congratulating these incredible authors!
📖A Real Animal by @emelinenoelleatwood (@catapult)
📖Carrying by @samanthaloisjosephs (@putnambooks)
📖Whidbey by @tkiramadden (@marinerbooks)
📖Ruins, Child by @__giadina (@ndpublishing)
📖Offseason by Avigayl Sharp (@astrahousebooks)
📖Blow Yourself Up by @ankurthakkar (@nupress)
📖The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford by @nafissa.thompson.spires (@scribnerbooks)
Our deepest gratitude to this year’s First Novel Prize judges: R. O. Kwon, Kiese Laymon, Jordy Rosenberg, and Danzy Senna
“In these books: what brio, comedy, range, and daring. Thank you to the writers for giving us more homes.” – @ro.kwon
“I have never judged a contest where I said, ‘I didn’t know we could try that’ so many times.” – @kieselaymon
“Every book we were able to include represents one that derailed many, many of my own workdays because I couldn’t put it down.” – @jordyrosenberg
“Each writer did something remarkable with the form, reminding us that the novel is endlessly capable of reinvention.” – Danzy Senna
30 Sep 2026
🎉 Tickets for The Center for Fiction’s 2026 First Novel Fête—the best book(ish) party in Brooklyn—are on sale now!
The Fête is one of our favorite traditions, celebrating the seven authors (soon to be announced…) shortlisted for our First Novel Prize. Expect tarot readings, readings from the finalists' work, door prizes from our generous supporters, whisky tastings, and more.
Best of all? Proceeds from the Fête help sustain The Center's work as a nonprofit for readers and writers of all ages, from our KidsRead program with New York City public schools and community programs, to our fellowships and awards for emerging writers.
Excited? You should be! This year’s Fête also features:
🎙️ Emmy-winning comedian, writer, and director Auguste White as our fabulous emcee
🍴 A delicious menu of seasonal bites and desserts courtesy of @winnernyc
🥃 Signature cocktails courtesy of @JohnnieWalkerUS
🍷 Wine provided by @selectionmassale
Tickets go fast-fast—so get yours ASAP at centerforfiction.org/fete, or tap the link in our bio!
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JOHNNIE WALKER. Imported by Diageo, New York, NY. Please drink responsibly, and don’t share with anyone under 21
25 Sep 2026
This month, The Nightlighters—CFF’s in-person reading group for members, hosted by Bookstore Inventory Manager Leah Bronstein—is reading 📖 AMERICAN HAGWON by Min Jin Lee.
It’s our final Nightlighters of 2026! ✨To join in, become a member at centerforfiction.org/membership.
06 Nov 2026
Our last First Novel Friday of the year is…
🍋🟩1 part happy-hour: this month’s cocktail special is the Hot Honey Margarita
3 parts debut novelist:
📖@amber2dawn, author of ‘Another Name for Red’
📖@alexia_nader, author of ‘The Meaning of Daughter
📖@nafissa.thompson.spires, author of ‘The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford’
🎙️1 part incredible moderator: @ayana.mathis
… and many parts all of you!
There’s still time to get tickets; visit the link in bio to make sure you’re in the room on Friday, November 6th.
05 Nov 2026
In THE LAST WOLF, Nobel Prize-winner László Krasznahorkai’s virtuosic one-sentence novella (translated from Hungarian by George Szirtes and John Batki), a washed-up German professor of philosophy receives a mysterious invitation to visit Extramadura, a landlocked and little-developed region in western Spain.
What happens when he goes there—recounted after the fact by the professor to an evidently bored bartender—leads the reader through thickets of language toward an enigmatic ending.
Tease out the truth (or truths) of this small dynamo of fiction in our virtual In Short discussion group led by Martha Cooley.
🔗 Register through the Reading Groups link in our bio!
04 Nov 2026
We can’t wait to welcome @chinelo.okparanta, author of ‘Under the Udala Trees’ and ‘Happiness, Like Water,’ to The Center for the launch of her new novel, THIS IMPOSSIBLE LIFE (@marinerbooks), a saga of survival, compassion, and loyalty between two siblings.
Okparanta will be joined in conversation by @angelaflournoy, author of the bestselling novel ‘The Wilderness.’
📖 ‘This Impossible Life’ is an epic journey of crime and betrayal spanning continents and decades, from the homes of wealthy elites to those of the destitute. As they confront power and privilege, the sibling protagonists find evil lurking beneath the shiniest surfaces—and hope in the most difficult scenarios.
🎟️ Visit the link in our bio for tickets!
02 Nov 2026
📚 Melanie Fleishman’s Bookstore recommendations this week are as binge-worthy as your favorite TV series. Read snippets of her reviews below and then check them out in full at the link in our bio!
📖 STATIONS by @louisekennedywriter: “From Dublin to London and back, Kennedy’s protagonists and their surrounding group of friends shine with dimension and authenticity.”
📖 BEHIND THE GATE (@ndpublishing) by Amparo Dávila, translated from Spanish by Audrey Harris and Matthew Gleeson: “However you interpret them, these dark horror stories are addictive.”
📖 PUBLIC ACCESS AFTERWORLD by Jane Schoenbrun: “Like @janedoesnotknow’s delirious slasher film, ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,’ their debut novel is full of thrills, horror, and contemporary satire.”
📖 WHALE HARBOR by @marybethkeane: “It is a gifted writer who can pen a sweeping family saga with such intimate detail.”
📖 SCENE CITY by @roisintapponi: “The contemporary art world is royally skewered for its excesses, but the author infuses her story with an authentic portrait of youths trying to balance aspirations, ambition, and angst.”
31 Oct 2026
Last month, we welcomed Edwidge Danticat back to CFF for the launch of her new novel, DÈY (@doubledaybooks), as part of this year’s Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (@bklyncbeanlitfest). She was joined in conversation by Monique Truong (@moniquetruongwriter), author of the award winning novel The Book of Salt.
At the event, Danticat shared that she has spent her “whole life trying to understand death,” consider the question of whether home is the place where one is born or where one dies, and much more. ➡️Swipe through for a photo recap!
30 Oct 2026
Exploring grief, love, and the promise and perils of the American Dream, Edwidge Danticat’s new novel DÈY follows Haitian-American real estate agent and mother Magnolia Elie, who survives a mass shooting—and reacts by telling no one about the experience.
📖 At our recent event with @bklyncbeanlitfest featuring Danticat in conversation with Monique Truong, Danticat said this of Magnolia:
“She’s not telling people in her life, but she’s telling us—she’s telling the reader. I see it as the reader becoming a confidant; we are the people she trusts.”
If you’ve finished reading ‘Dèy,’ are currently immersed in it, or intend to check it off your TBR list soon and can’t wait to discuss this dynamic novel with others, don’t miss our upcoming Cover to Cover discussion group led by @channellerussell.
🔗 Join us by registering through the Reading Groups link in our bio!
📍In person at The Center for Fiction
29 Oct 2026
We had an incredible Day of Translation 2026 at the @center4fiction, celebrating the deeply human art of translation! 💫
Thank you to our stellar speakers and to the 500+ readers, translators, and educators who signed up to attend. We left inspired by the insights and engaging conversations shared throughout the day.
This year's panelists included Seta Astreou-Karides, Soleil Davíd, Nichole Gleisner, Zeina G. Halabi, Katharine Halls, Sabrina Jaszi, Kira Josefsson, Paige Aniyah Morris, Frances Riddle, Amanda Sarasien, Ena Selimović, Jeremy Tiang, and Jeffrey Zuckerman and culminated with a keynote by Emily Wilson.
We're grateful to all our participants and The Center for Fiction for their partnership and collaboration bringing this event together.
If you missed the event in person, sign up for our newsletter (link in bio) and we'll share links to the recordings in the coming weeks.
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@thedoorajar
@zeinaghalabi
@k_l__h____
@sabrijasz
@kjokjokjo
@francesriddle11
@amandasarasien
@yugaduga
@jeremy_tiang
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28 Oct 2026
Often expansive, with ambitious sprawl and webs of compelling characters, family sagas trace questions of inheritance and identity through tightly plotted storytelling. These are deeply rewarding—but incredibly complex—works of fiction.
In this online generative workshop, participants will build on the foundations of their novel-in-progress by digging into the following areas:
📓 Week 1: Introduction, with a review of recent examples and a discussion of the challenges and opportunities of this genre
📓 Week 2: Creating coherent plot beats designed to grab the attention of agents and editors, and a discussion about hitting thematic notes
📓 Week 3: Generating outlines, looking at different story beat structures, and working through pacing and cause and effect
📓 Week 4: Producing clear and detailed character sketches that reinforce character-led storytelling
Learn more at the Writing Workshops link in our bio—and register!
28 Oct 2026
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