Eugene Lim is the winner of the 2025 John Dos Passos Prize, the oldest literary award given by a Virginia college or university, which honors “a talented American writer who experiments with form, explores a range of voices and merits further recognition.” Dr. David Magill, chair of the Department of English and Modern Languages at Longwood, said: “Eugene Lim’s work is completely unique in its formal innovations and its elegant yet accessible prose…Lim manages to pack so much into every page, taking us on a wild journey of adventure with each sentence. He is breathtakingly original and a writer not to be missed.” Coffee House Press published Lim’s most recent novel, SEARCH HISTORY, on October 5, 2021. His next novel, SPACE BAR, will be published by Doubleday in 2027.