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PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

American literary award

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American literary award

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The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation to the authors of the year's best works of fiction by living Americans, Green Card holders or permanent residents.{{cite web|title=Award for Fiction|url=http://www.penfaulkner.org/award_for_fiction|publisher=PEN/Faulkner Foundation|access-date=July 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725132213/http://www.penfaulkner.org/award_for_fiction|archive-date= July 25, 2011|url-status=dead}} The winner receives US$15,000 and each of four runners-up receives US$5000. Judges read citations for each of the finalists' works at the presentation ceremony in Washington, D.C. The organization claims it to be "the largest peer-juried award in the country."

Mary Lee Settle was one of the founders of the PEN/Faulkner Award following the controversy at the 1979 National Book Award, when PEN America voted for a boycott on the grounds that the award had become too commercial.

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

1980s

Year	Author	Title	Result	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
	How German Is It	Winner
	**	Shortlist
	**	Shortlist
	Aberration of Starlight	Shortlist
	**	Shortlist
	**	Winner
	Sixty Stories	Shortlist
	Take Me Back	Shortlist
	Ellis Island and Other Stories	Shortlist
	Housekeeping	Shortlist
	**	Shortlist
	Seaview	Winner
	Grace Abounding	Shortlist
	Shiloh and Other Stories	Shortlist
	**	Shortlist
	Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant	Shortlist
	Birthplace	Shortlist
	Sent for You Yesterday	Winner
	**	Shortlist
	Ironweed	Shortlist
	At the Bottom of the River	Shortlist
	**	Shortlist
	**	Shortlist
	**	Winner
	Stones for Ibarra	Shortlist
	**	Shortlist
	Family Dancing	Shortlist
	On Glory's Course	Shortlist
	**	Winner
	Carpenter's Gothic	Shortlist
	Lonesome Dove	Shortlist
	**	Shortlist
	**	Shortlist
	Later the Same Day	Shortlist
	Soldiers in Hiding	Winner
	**	Shortlist
	Expensive Habits	Shortlist
	**	Shortlist
	Collaborators	Shortlist
	World's End	Winner
	Spirits, And Other Stories	Shortlist
	That Night	Shortlist
	**	Shortlist
	Imagining Argentina	Shortlist
	Dusk and Other Stories	Winner
	Vanished	Shortlist
	**	Shortlist
	**	Shortlist

1990s

Year	Author	Title	Result	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
	Billy Bathgate	Winner
	Affliction	Shortlist
	**	Shortlist
	On the Island: New and Selected Stories	Shortlist
	Leaving Brooklyn	Shortlist
	Philadelphia Fire	Winner
	**	Shortlist
	**	Shortlist
	**	Shortlist
	Arrogance	Shortlist
	Mao II	Winner
	Frog	Shortlist
	Extraordinary People	Shortlist
	White People	Shortlist
	Postcards	Winner
	**	Shortlist
	Natural History	Shortlist
	**	Shortlist
	Talking to the Dead
	Operation Shylock	Winner
	Van Gogh's Room at Arles	Shortlist
	**	Shortlist
	Bone	Shortlist
	Not Where I Started From	Shortlist
	Snow Falling on Cedars	Winner
	**	Shortlist
	What I Lived For	Shortlist
	Stones from the River	Shortlist
	Various Antidotes	Shortlist
	Independence Day	Winner
	**	Shortlist
	When The World Was Steady	Shortlist
	All Souls' Rising	Shortlist
	**	Shortlist
	Women in Their Beds	Winner
	St. Burl's Obituary	Shortlist
	**	Shortlist
	Atticus	Shortlist
	**	Shortlist
	**	Winner
	**	Shortlist
	**	Shortlist
	Because They Wanted To	Shortlist
	**	Shortlist
	**	Winner
	Cloudsplitter	Shortlist
	**	Shortlist
	Starting Out in the Evening	Shortlist
	**	Shortlist

2000s

Author	Title	Result	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Waiting	Winner
**	Shortlist
Pu-239 And Other Russian Fantasies	Shortlist
Amy and Isabelle	Shortlist
Siam, or the Woman Who Shot a Man	Shortlist
**	Winner
**	Shortlist
Harry Gold	Shortlist
**	Shortlist
Off Keck Road	Shortlist
Bel Canto	Winner
Sister Noon	Shortlist
**	Shortlist
**	Shortlist
**	Shortlist
**	Winner
**	Shortlist
Roscoe	Shortlist
**	Shortlist
Little Casino	Shortlist
**	Winner
Elroy Nights	Shortlist
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere	Shortlist
**	Shortlist
Old School	Shortlist
War Trash	Winner
**	Shortlist
**	Shortlist
Gilead	Shortlist
Prisoners of War	Shortlist
**	Winner
**	Shortlist
I Got Somebody in Staunton	Shortlist
Last Night	Shortlist
**	Shortlist
Everyman	Winner
**	Shortlist
Twilight of the Superheroes	Shortlist
**	Shortlist
All Aunt Hagar's Children	Shortlist
**	Winner
**	Shortlist
**	Shortlist
**	Shortlist
Chemistry and Other Stories	Shortlist
Netherland	Winner
Ms. Hempel Chronicles	Shortlist
**	Shortlist	last1=Siegel	first1=Eliza	title=Only 20 women have won the National Book Award for fiction—here's who they are	url=https://stacker.com/art-culture/only-20-women-have-won-national-book-award-fiction-heres-who-they-are	website=stacker.com	publisher=Stacker	access-date=5 June 2024	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605214810/https://stacker.com/art-culture/only-20-women-have-won-national-book-award-fiction-heres-who-they-are	archive-date=5 June 2024	date=October 4, 2023}}
Lush Life	Shortlist
Serena	Shortlist

2010s

Author	Title	Result	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
War Dances	Winner
**	Shortlist
Homicide Survivors Picnic	Shortlist
**	Shortlist
Sag Harbor	Shortlist
**	Winner
**	Shortlist	last=	date=March 3, 2011	title=Awards: B&N Discover; Indies Choice; PEN/Faulkner Fiction	url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1406	access-date=October 27, 2022	website=Shelf Awareness	archive-date=March 7, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307135041/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1406	url-status=live }}
Lord of Misrule	Shortlist
Model Home	Shortlist
Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives: Stories	Shortlist
**	Winner	last=	first=	date=March 27, 2012	title=Awards: PEN/Faulkner; Arthur C. Clarke; RITA	url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1701	access-date=October 27, 2022	website=Shelf Awareness	archive-date=May 31, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531031430/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1701	url-status=live }}
Lost Memory of Skin	Shortlist	last=	first=	date=February 22, 2012	title=Awards: PEN/Faulkner; L.A. Times Book Prizes; Bocas Caribbean	url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1670	access-date=October 27, 2022	website=Shelf Awareness	archive-date=June 30, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630225800/https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1670	url-status=live }}
**	Shortlist
**	Shortlist
We Others: New and Selected Stories	Shortlist
Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club	Winner
THREATS	Shortlist	last=	first=	date=March 7, 2013	title=Awards: B&N Discover; PEN/Faulkner Fiction; Lambda	url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1942	access-date=October 27, 2022	website=Shelf Awareness	archive-date=March 7, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307135040/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1942	url-status=live }}
Kind One	Shortlist
Hold It 'Til It Hurts	Shortlist
Watergate	Shortlist
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves	Winner
At Night We Walk in Circles	Shortlist	last=	first=	date=March 6, 2014	title=Awards: PEN/Faulkner Fiction; B&N New Writers; N.E. Society	url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2201	access-date=October 27, 2022	website=Shelf Awareness	archive-date=November 20, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120194231/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2201	url-status=live }}
Percival Everett by Virgil Russell	Shortlist
Fools	Shortlist
Search Party: Stories of Rescue	Shortlist
Preparation for the Next Life	Winner
Song of the Shank	Shortlist	last=	first=	date=March 11, 2015	title=Awards: Hayek; Gilchrist; PEN/Faulkner; Wellcome; Schaffner	url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2460	access-date=October 27, 2022	website=Shelf Awareness}}
Prayers for the Stolen	Shortlist
Dept. of Speculation	Shortlist
Station Eleven	Shortlist
Delicious Foods	Winner
Mr. and Mrs. Doctor	Shortlist	last=	first=	date=March 9, 2016	title=Awards: PEN/Faulkner; Lambda Literary; Spark; ForeWord	url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2706	access-date=October 27, 2022	website=Shelf Awareness	archive-date=July 19, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719233213/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2706	url-status=live }}
**	Shortlist
Mendocino Fire: Stories	Shortlist
**	Shortlist
Behold the Dreamers	Winner
After Disasters	Shortlist	last=	first=	date=March 8, 2017	title=Awards: PEN/Faulkner; Stella Prize; Louise Meriwether First Book	url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2952	access-date=October 27, 2022	website=Shelf Awareness	archive-date=October 28, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028053254/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2952	url-status=live }}
LaRose	Shortlist
What Belongs to You	Shortlist
Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist	Shortlist
Improvement	Winner
In the Distance	Shortlist	last=	first=	date=March 9, 2018	title=Awards: PEN/Faulkner Fiction, EBRD Literature Finalists	url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3201	access-date=October 27, 2022	website=Shelf Awareness	archive-date=October 27, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027161805/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3201	url-status=live }}
**	Shortlist
**	Shortlist
Sing, Unburied, Sing	Shortlist
Call Me Zebra	Winner
Tomb of the Unknown Racist	Shortlist
**	Shortlist
Love War Stories	Shortlist
Don't Skip Out on Me	Shortlist

2020s

Author	Title	Result	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Sea Monsters	Winner
Where Reasons End	Shortlist
**	Shortlist
We Cast a Shadow	Shortlist
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous	Shortlist
**	Winner
Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear	Shortlist
**	Shortlist
Mother Daughter Widow Wife	Shortlist
Scattered Lights	Shortlist
**	Winner
Radiant Fugitives	Shortlist
Dear Miss Metropolitan	Shortlist
How Beautiful We Were	Shortlist
**	Shortlist
**	Winner	title=The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction	access-date=May 13, 2023	website=The PEN/Faulkner Foundation	url=https://www.penfaulkner.org/our-awards/pen-faulkner-award/	archive-date=September 18, 2020	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918214529/https://www.penfaulkner.org/award-for-fiction/past-award-winners-finalists/	url-status=live }}
If I Survive You	Shortlist
Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm	Shortlist
The Islands	Shortlist
Fruiting Bodies: Stories	Shortlist
**	Winner	title=Announcing the Winner of the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction	access-date=April 11, 2024	website=The PEN/Faulkner Foundation	url=https://www.penfaulkner.org/2024/04/02/announcing-the-winner-of-the-2024-pen-faulkner-award-for-fiction/	archive-date=April 7, 2024	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407152128/https://www.penfaulkner.org/2024/04/02/announcing-the-winner-of-the-2024-pen-faulkner-award-for-fiction/	url-status=live }}
Witness	Shortlist
Open Throat	Shortlist
Absolution	Shortlist
Users	Shortlist
Small Rain	Winner
James	Shortlist
Colored Television	Shortlist
Ghostroots	Shortlist
Behind You Is the Sea	Shortlist

References

(November 2, 2020). "Citizenship is an Outdated Requirement for Literary Prize Eligibility". Book Riot.
Albin Krebs and Robert Thomas. (April 18, 1981). "Notes on People; New York Writer Getting PEN/Faulkner Award". [[The New York Times]].
Matt Schudel. (September 29, 2005). "Novelist Mary Lee Settle; Founded PEN/Faulkner Award". Washington Post.
"Past Winners & Finalists".
"PEN/Faulkner Award {{!}} American literary award".
(May 20, 2019). "Richard Ford Wins Library of Congress American Fiction Prize".
(February 27, 2007). "Awards: Philip Roth First Three-Time PEN/Faulkner Winner".
(March 13, 2008). "Awards: PEN/Faulkner; Astrid Lindgren; Arabic Booker".
(February 26, 2009). "Awards: PEN/Faulkner Fiction Winner".
(October 4, 2023). "Only 20 women have won the National Book Award for fiction—here's who they are". Stacker.
(March 24, 2010). "Awards: PEN/Faulkner; Hans Christian Andersen; Dan David".
(March 16, 2011). "Awards: PEN/Faulkner Fiction; Orange Prize; Children's Choice".
(March 3, 2011). "Awards: B&N Discover; Indies Choice; PEN/Faulkner Fiction".
(March 27, 2012). "Awards: PEN/Faulkner; Arthur C. Clarke; RITA".
(February 22, 2012). "Awards: PEN/Faulkner; L.A. Times Book Prizes; Bocas Caribbean".
(March 20, 2013). "Awards: PEN/Faulkner Fiction; Tony Ryan Horse Racing Lit".
(March 7, 2013). "Awards: B&N Discover; PEN/Faulkner Fiction; Lambda".
(April 3, 2014). "Awards: PEN/Faulkner Fiction".
(March 6, 2014). "Awards: PEN/Faulkner Fiction; B&N New Writers; N.E. Society".
Charles, Ron. (April 7, 2015). "Atticus Lish wins PEN/Faulkner Award". [[Washington Post]].
(April 8, 2015). "Awards: BTBA; Carnegie; Jackson; PEN/Faulkner; SCBWI Spark".
(March 11, 2015). "Awards: Hayek; Gilchrist; PEN/Faulkner; Wellcome; Schaffner".
Charles, Ron. (April 5, 2016). "James Hannaham wins PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction". [[Washington Post]].
(April 6, 2016). "Awards: PEN/Faulkner Fiction; Astrid Lindgren; Reading the West".
(March 9, 2016). "Awards: PEN/Faulkner; Lambda Literary; Spark; ForeWord".
(2017). "Announcing the 2017 PEN/Faulkner Award Winner". PEN/Faulkner Foundation.
(April 5, 2017). "Awards: PEN/Faulkner Fiction; Astrid Lindgren; Hugo".
(March 8, 2017). "Awards: PEN/Faulkner; Stella Prize; Louise Meriwether First Book".
(April 5, 2018). "Awards: PEN/Faulkner, Philip K. Dick; Drue Heinz Winners".
(May 14, 2021). "Secrets of Happiness".
(March 9, 2018). "Awards: PEN/Faulkner Fiction, EBRD Literature Finalists".
(April 30, 2019). "Awards: Faulkner Winner; Women's Prize for Fiction Shortlist".
(April 7, 2020). "Awards: PEN/Faulkner Fiction Winner; Plutarch Finalists".
Yee, Katie. (April 6, 2020). "And the winner of the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is…". [[Literary Hub]].
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(April 7, 2021). "Awards: Gotham Book, PEN/Faulkner for Fiction Winners".
Maher, John. (March 2, 2021). "2021 PEN/Faulkner Award Finalists Named". [[Publishers Weekly]].
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Yee, Katie. (April 5, 2022). "Rabih Alameddine takes home the 2022 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.".
(April 6, 2022). "Awards: PEN/Faulkner Fiction Longlist, Literary Champion".
(March 4, 2022). "Awards: Joyce Carol Oates, PEN/Faulkner Fiction Finalists".
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(April 4, 2023). "Yiyun Li's 'The Book of Goose' wins PEN/Faulkner award".
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Schaub, Michael. (2025-04-08). "Garth Greenwell Wins the PEN/Faulkner Award".
Schaub, Michael. (2025-03-04). "Shortlist for the PEN/Faulkner Award Is Revealed".

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