5 Under 35 Winners Announced

Posted on September 24, 2007

The National Book Foundation has selected the "5 Under 35" award winners. The 5 Under 35 program showcases the work of young fiction writers. Five previous National Book Awards fiction Winners and Finalists each select one fiction writer under the age of 35 whose work they find particularly promising and exciting. The 2007 5 Under 35 are:

Kirstin Allio, Garner
Dinaw Mengestu, The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears
Asali Solomon, Get Down: Stories
Anya Ulinich, Petropolis
Charles Yu, Third Class Superhero

Congratulations to all the winners! We expect great things from you now...but, please don't feel pressured.