HILLSDALE AWARD FOR FICTION

Rion Amilcar Scott, 2017 Recipient

Rion Amilcar Scott’s short story collection, Insurrections (University Press of Kentucky, 2016) won the 2017 PEN/Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction. His work has been published in journals such as The Kenyon Review, Crab Orchard Review, PANK, The Rumpus, and Confrontation, among others. He was raised in Silver Spring, Maryland and earned an MFA from George Mason University. Presently, he teaches English at Bowie State University.

PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS:

Jennine Capo Crucet, 2015

Holly Goddard Jones, 2013

George Singleton, 2011

Michelle Richmond, 2009

Denise Giardina, 2007
Robert Bausch, 2005

Mary Ward Brown, 2001

Percival Everett, 1999

Bobbie Ann Mason, 1999

Lewis Nordan, 1997

William Hoffman, 1995

Josephine Humphreys, 1993

Richard Bausch, 1991

Ellen Douglas, 1989