PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

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.[1][2] 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."[1] The award was first given in 1981.[3]

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Awarded forFiction
Sponsored byPEN/Faulkner Foundation
CountryUnited States
Websitepenfaulkner.org

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.[3][4]

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction edit

1980s edit

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners, 1981-1989[5][6]
YearAuthorTitle
1981Walter AbishHow German Is It
Shirley HazzardThe Transit of Venus
Walker PercyThe Second Coming
Gilbert SorrentinoAberration of Starlight
John Kennedy TooleA Confederacy of Dunces
1982David BradleyThe Chaneysville Incident
Donald BarthelmeSixty Stories
Richard BauschTake Me Back
Mark HelprinEllis Island and Other Stories
Marilynne RobinsonHousekeeping
Robert StoneA Flag for Sunrise
1983Toby OlsonSeaview
Maureen HowardGrace Abounding
Bobbie Ann MasonShiloh and Other Stories
George SteinerThe Portage to San Cristobal of A.H.
Anne TylerDinner at the Homesick Restaurant
William S. WilsonBirthplace
1984John Edgar WidemanSent for You Yesterday
Ron HansenThe Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
William KennedyIronweed
Jamaica KincaidAt the Bottom of the River
Bernard MalamudThe Stories
Cynthia OzickThe Cannibal Galaxy
1985Tobias WolffThe Barracks Thief
Harriet DoerrStones for Ibarra
Donald HaysThe Dixie Association
David LeavittFamily Dancing
James PurdyOn Glory's Course
1986Peter TaylorThe Old Forest and Other Stories
William GaddisCarpenter's Gothic
Larry McMurtryLonesome Dove
Hugh NissensonThe Tree of Life
Helen NorrisThe Christmas Wife: Stories
Grace PaleyLater the Same Day
1987Richard WileySoldiers in Hiding
Richard FordThe Sportswriter
Maureen HowardExpensive Habits
Charles R. JohnsonThe Sorcerer's Apprentice
Janet KauffmanCollaborators
1988T. Coraghessan BoyleWorld's End
Richard BauschSpirits, And Other Stories
Alice McDermottThat Night
Cynthia OzickThe Messiah of Stockholm
Lawrence ThorntonImagining Argentina
1989James SalterDusk and Other Stories
Mary McGarry MorrisVanished
Thomas SavageThe Corner of Rife and Pacific
Isaac Bashevis SingerThe Death of Methuselah and Other Stories

1990s edit

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners, 1990-1999[5][6]
YearAuthorTitleRef.
1990E.L. DoctorowBilly Bathgate
Russell BanksAffliction
Molly GlossThe Jump-Off Creek
Josephine JacobsenOn the Island: New and Selected Stories
Lynne Sharon SchwartzLeaving Brooklyn
1991John Edgar WidemanPhiladelphia Fire
Paul AusterThe Music of Chance
Joanne MescheryA Gentleman's Guide to the Frontier
Steven MillhauserThe Barnum Museum
Joanna ScottArrogance
1992Don DeLilloMao II
Stephen DixonFrog
Paul GervaisExtraordinary People
Allan GurganusWhite People
1993E. Annie ProulxPostcards
Francisco GoldmanThe Long Night of White Chickens
Maureen HowardNatural History
Robert Olen ButlerA Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
Sylvia WatanabeTalking to the Dead
1994Philip RothOperation Shylock
Stanley ElkinVan Gogh's Room at Arles
Dagoberto GilbThe Magic of Blood
Fae Myenne NgBone
Kate WheelerNot Where I Started From
1995David GutersonSnow Falling on Cedars
Frederick BuschThe Children in the Woods
Joyce Carol OatesWhat I Lived For
Ursula HegiStones from the River
Joanna ScottVarious Antidotes
1996Richard FordIndependence Day[7]
William H. GassThe Tunnel
Claire MessudWhen The World Was Steady
Madison Smartt BellAll Souls' Rising
A.J. VerdelleThe Good Negress
1997Gina BerriaultWomen in Their Beds
Daniel AkstSt. Burl's Obituary
Kathleen CamborThe Book of Mercy
Ron HansenAtticus
Jamaica KincaidThe Autobiography of My Mother
1998Rafi ZaborThe Bear Comes Home
Donald AntrimThe Hundred Brothers
Rilla AskewThe Mercy Seat
Mary GaitskillBecause They Wanted To
Francisco GoldmanThe Ordinary Seaman
1999Michael CunninghamThe Hours
Russell BanksCloudsplitter
Barbara KingsolverThe Poisonwood Bible
Brian MortonStarting Out in the Evening
Richard SelzerThe Doctor Stories

2000s edit

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners, 2000-2009[5][6]
YearAuthorTitleRef.
2000Ha JinWaiting
Frederick BuschThe Night Inspector
Ken KalfusPu-239 And Other Russian Fantasies
Elizabeth StroutAmy and Isabelle
Lily TuckSiam, or the Woman Who Shot a Man
2001Philip RothThe Human Stain
Michael ChabonThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Millicent DillonHarry Gold
Denis JohnsonThe Name of the World
Mona SimpsonOff Keck Road
2002Ann PatchettBel Canto
Karen Joy FowlerSister Noon
Jonathan FranzenThe Corrections
Claire MessudThe Hunters
Manil SuriThe Death of Vishnu
2003Sabina MurrayThe Caprices
Peter CameronThe City of Your Final Destination
William KennedyRoscoe
Victor LaValleThe Ecstatic
Gilbert SorrentinoLittle Casino
2004John UpdikeThe Early Stories: 1953-1975
Frederick BarthelmeElroy Nights
ZZ PackerDrinking Coffee Elsewhere
Caryl PhillipsA Distant Shore
Tobias WolffOld School
2005Ha JinWar Trash
Jerome CharynThe Green Lantern
Edwidge DanticatThe Dew Breaker
Marilynne RobinsonGilead
Steve YarbroughPrisoners of War
2006E.L. DoctorowThe March
Karen FisherA Sudden Country
William Henry LewisI Got Somebody in Staunton
James SalterLast Night
Bruce WagnerThe Chrysanthemum Palace
2007Philip RothEveryman[8]
Charles D'AmbrosioThe Dead Fish Museum
Deborah EisenbergTwilight of the Superheroes
Amy HempelThe Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
Edward P. JonesAll Aunt Hagar's Children
2008Kate ChristensenThe Great Man[9]
Annie DillardThe Maytrees
David LeavittThe Indian Clerk
T. M. McNallyThe Gateway
Ron RashChemistry and Other Stories
2009Joseph O'NeillNetherland[10]
Sarah Shun-lien BynumMs. Hempel Chronicles
Susan ChoiA Person of Interest[11]
Richard PriceLush Life
Ron RashSerena

2010s edit

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners, 2010-2019[6]
YearAuthorTitleRef.
2010Sherman AlexieWar Dances[12][5]
Barbara KingsolverThe Lacuna
Lorraine LopézHomicide Survivors Picnic
Lorrie MooreA Gate at the Stairs
Colson WhiteheadSag Harbor
2011Deborah EisenbergThe Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg[13][5]
Jennifer EganA Visit from the Goon Squad[14]
Jaimy GordonLord of Misrule[14]
Eric PuchnerModel Home[14]
Brad WatsonAliens in the Prime of Their Lives: Stories[14]
2012Julie OtsukaThe Buddha in the Attic[15][5]
Russell BanksLost Memory of Skin[15][16]
Don DeLilloThe Angel Esmeralda[15][16]
Anita DesaiThe Artist of Disappearance[15][16]
Steven MillhauserWe Others: New and Selected Stories[15][16]
2013Benjamin Alire SáenzEverything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club[17][5]
Amelia GrayTHREATS[18]
Laird HuntKind One[18]
T. Geronimo JohnsonHold It 'Til It Hurts[18]
Thomas MallonWatergate[18]
2014Karen Joy FowlerWe Are All Completely Beside Ourselves[19]
Daniel AlarcónAt Night We Walk in Circles[20]
Percival EverettPercival Everett by Virgil Russell[20]
Joan SilberFools[20]
Valerie TruebloodSearch Party: Stories of Rescue[20]
2015Atticus LishPreparation for the Next Life[21][22]
Jeffrey Renard AllenSong of the Shank[23]
Jennifer ClementPrayers for the Stolen[23]
Jenny OffillDept. of Speculation[23]
Emily St. John MandelStation Eleven[23]
2016James HannahamDelicious Foods[24][25]
Julie IromuanyaMr. and Mrs. Doctor[26]
Viet Thanh NguyenThe Sympathizer[26]
Elizabeth TallentMendocino Fire: Stories[26]
Luis Alberto UrreaThe Water Museum: Stories[26]
2017Imbolo MbueBehold the Dreamers[27][28]
Viet DinhAfter Disasters[29]
Louise ErdrichLaRose[29]
Garth GreenwellWhat Belongs to You[29]
Sunil YapaYour Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist[29]
2018Joan SilberImprovement[30][31]
Hernán DiazIn the Distance[32]
Samantha HuntThe Dark Dark[32]
Achy ObejasThe Tower of the Antilles[32]
Jesmyn WardSing, Unburied, Sing[32]
2019Azareen Van der Vliet OloomiCall Me Zebra[33]
Blanche McCrary BoydTomb of the Unknown Racist
Richard PowersThe Overstory
Ivelisse RodriguezLove War Stories
Willy VlautinDon't Skip Out on Me

2020s edit

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners, 2020-2029[6]
YearAuthorTitleRef.
2020Chloe AridjisSea Monsters[34]
Yiyun LiWhere Reasons End[35]
Peter RockThe Night Swimmers
Maurice Carlos RuffinWe Cast a Shadow
Ocean VuongOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
2021Deesha PhilyawThe Secret Lives of Church Ladies[36][37]
Matthew SalessesDisappear Doppelgänger Disappear[38]
Rufi ThorpeThe Knockout Queen
Robin WassermanMother Daughter Widow Wife
Steve WiegensteinScattered Lights
2022Rabih AlameddineThe Wrong End of the Telescope[39][40][41][42]
Nawaaz AhmedRadiant Fugitives[43]
Carolyn FerrellDear Miss Metropolitan
Imbolo MbueHow Beautiful We Were
Carolina de RobertisThe President and the Frog
2023Yiyun LiThe Book of Goose[44][45]
Jonathan EscofferyIf I Survive You[44]
Laura WarrellSweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
Dionne IrvingThe Islands
Kathryn HarlanFruiting Bodies: Stories
2024Claire Jimenez What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez[46]
Jamel BrinkleyWitness[44]
Henry HokeOpen Throat
Alice McDermottAbsolution
Colin WinnetteUsers

References edit

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