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Not to be confused with William Faulkner Prize.
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Awarded forFiction
Sponsored byPEN/Faulkner Foundation
CountryUnited States
Websitepenfaulkner.org

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]

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

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1980s

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PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners, 1981–1989[5][6]
Year Author Title Result
1981 Walter Abish How German Is It Winner
Shirley Hazzard The Transit of Venus Shortlist
Walker Percy The Second Coming Shortlist
Gilbert Sorrentino Aberration of Starlight Shortlist
John Kennedy Toole A Confederacy of Dunces Shortlist
1982 David Bradley The Chaneysville Incident Winner
Donald Barthelme Sixty Stories Shortlist
Richard Bausch Take Me Back Shortlist
Mark Helprin Ellis Island and Other Stories Shortlist
Marilynne Robinson Housekeeping Shortlist
Robert Stone A Flag for Sunrise Shortlist
1983 Toby Olson Seaview Winner
Maureen Howard Grace Abounding Shortlist
Bobbie Ann Mason Shiloh and Other Stories Shortlist
George Steiner The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H. Shortlist
Anne Tyler Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant Shortlist
William S. Wilson Birthplace Shortlist
1984 John Edgar Wideman Sent for You Yesterday Winner
Ron Hansen The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Shortlist
William Kennedy Ironweed Shortlist
Jamaica Kincaid At the Bottom of the River Shortlist
Bernard Malamud The Stories Shortlist
Cynthia Ozick The Cannibal Galaxy Shortlist
1985 Tobias Wolff The Barracks Thief Winner
Harriet Doerr Stones for Ibarra Shortlist
Donald Hays The Dixie Association Shortlist
David Leavitt Family Dancing Shortlist
James Purdy On Glory's Course Shortlist
1986 Peter Taylor The Old Forest and Other Stories Winner
William Gaddis Carpenter's Gothic Shortlist
Larry McMurtry Lonesome Dove Shortlist
Hugh Nissenson The Tree of Life Shortlist
Helen Norris The Christmas Wife: Stories Shortlist
Grace Paley Later the Same Day Shortlist
1987 Richard Wiley Soldiers in Hiding Winner
Richard Ford The Sportswriter Shortlist
Maureen Howard Expensive Habits Shortlist
Charles R. Johnson The Sorcerer's Apprentice Shortlist
Janet Kauffman Collaborators Shortlist
1988 T. C. Boyle World's End Winner
Richard Bausch Spirits, And Other Stories Shortlist
Alice McDermott That Night Shortlist
Cynthia Ozick The Messiah of Stockholm Shortlist
Lawrence Thornton Imagining Argentina Shortlist
1989 James Salter Dusk and Other Stories Winner
Mary McGarry Morris Vanished Shortlist
Thomas Savage The Corner of Rife and Pacific Shortlist
Isaac Bashevis Singer The Death of Methuselah and Other Stories Shortlist

1990s

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PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners, 1990–1999[5][6]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
1990 E. L. Doctorow Billy Bathgate Winner
Russell Banks Affliction Shortlist
Molly Gloss The Jump-Off Creek Shortlist
Josephine Jacobsen On the Island: New and Selected Stories Shortlist
Lynne Sharon Schwartz Leaving Brooklyn Shortlist
1991 John Edgar Wideman Philadelphia Fire Winner
Paul Auster The Music of Chance Shortlist
Joanne Meschery A Gentleman's Guide to the Frontier Shortlist
Steven Millhauser The Barnum Museum Shortlist
Joanna Scott Arrogance Shortlist
1992 Don DeLillo Mao II Winner
Stephen Dixon Frog Shortlist
Paul Gervais Extraordinary People Shortlist
Allan Gurganus White People Shortlist
1993 E. Annie Proulx Postcards Winner
Francisco Goldman The Long Night of White Chickens Shortlist
Maureen Howard Natural History Shortlist
Robert Olen Butler A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain Shortlist
Sylvia Watanabe Talking to the Dead
1994 Philip Roth Operation Shylock Winner
Stanley Elkin Van Gogh's Room at Arles Shortlist
Dagoberto Gilb The Magic of Blood Shortlist
Fae Myenne Ng Bone Shortlist
Kate Wheeler Not Where I Started From Shortlist
1995 David Guterson Snow Falling on Cedars Winner
Frederick Busch The Children in the Woods Shortlist
Joyce Carol Oates What I Lived For Shortlist
Ursula Hegi Stones from the River Shortlist
Joanna Scott Various Antidotes Shortlist
1996 Richard Ford Independence Day Winner [7]
William H. Gass The Tunnel Shortlist
Claire Messud When The World Was Steady Shortlist
Madison Smartt Bell All Souls' Rising Shortlist
A. J. Verdelle The Good Negress Shortlist
1997 Gina Berriault Women in Their Beds Winner
Daniel Akst St. Burl's Obituary Shortlist
Kathleen Cambor The Book of Mercy Shortlist
Ron Hansen Atticus Shortlist
Jamaica Kincaid The Autobiography of My Mother Shortlist
1998 Rafi Zabor The Bear Comes Home Winner
Donald Antrim The Hundred Brothers Shortlist
Rilla Askew The Mercy Seat Shortlist
Mary Gaitskill Because They Wanted To Shortlist
Francisco Goldman The Ordinary Seaman Shortlist
1999 Michael Cunningham The Hours Winner
Russell Banks Cloudsplitter Shortlist
Barbara Kingsolver The Poisonwood Bible Shortlist
Brian Morton Starting Out in the Evening Shortlist
Richard Selzer The Doctor Stories Shortlist

2000s

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PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners, 2000–2009[5][6]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2000 Ha Jin Waiting Winner
Frederick Busch The Night Inspector Shortlist
Ken Kalfus Pu-239 And Other Russian Fantasies Shortlist
Elizabeth Strout Amy and Isabelle Shortlist
Lily Tuck Siam, or the Woman Who Shot a Man Shortlist
2001 Philip Roth The Human Stain Winner
Michael Chabon The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Shortlist
Millicent Dillon Harry Gold Shortlist
Denis Johnson The Name of the World Shortlist
Mona Simpson Off Keck Road Shortlist
2002 Ann Patchett Bel Canto Winner
Karen Joy Fowler Sister Noon Shortlist
Jonathan Franzen The Corrections Shortlist
Claire Messud The Hunters Shortlist
Manil Suri The Death of Vishnu Shortlist
2003 Sabina Murray The Caprices Winner
Peter Cameron The City of Your Final Destination Shortlist
William Kennedy Roscoe Shortlist
Victor LaValle The Ecstatic Shortlist
Gilbert Sorrentino Little Casino Shortlist
2004 John Updike The Early Stories: 1953-1975 Winner
Frederick Barthelme Elroy Nights Shortlist
ZZ Packer Drinking Coffee Elsewhere Shortlist
Caryl Phillips A Distant Shore Shortlist
Tobias Wolff Old School Shortlist
2005 Ha Jin War Trash Winner
Jerome Charyn The Green Lantern Shortlist
Edwidge Danticat The Dew Breaker Shortlist
Marilynne Robinson Gilead Shortlist
Steve Yarbrough Prisoners of War Shortlist
2006 E. L. Doctorow The March Winner
Karen Fisher A Sudden Country Shortlist
William Henry Lewis I Got Somebody in Staunton Shortlist
James Salter Last Night Shortlist
Bruce Wagner The Chrysanthemum Palace Shortlist
2007 Philip Roth Everyman Winner [8]
Charles D'Ambrosio The Dead Fish Museum Shortlist
Deborah Eisenberg Twilight of the Superheroes Shortlist
Amy Hempel The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel Shortlist
Edward P. Jones All Aunt Hagar's Children Shortlist
2008 Kate Christensen The Great Man Winner [9]
Annie Dillard The Maytrees Shortlist
David Leavitt The Indian Clerk Shortlist
T. M. McNally The Gateway Shortlist
Ron Rash Chemistry and Other Stories Shortlist
2009 Joseph O'Neill Netherland Winner [10]
Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Ms. Hempel Chronicles Shortlist
Susan Choi A Person of Interest Shortlist [11]
Richard Price Lush Life Shortlist
Ron Rash Serena Shortlist

2010s

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PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners, 2010–2019[6]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2010 Sherman Alexie War Dances Winner [12][5]
Barbara Kingsolver The Lacuna Shortlist
Lorraine Lopéz Homicide Survivors Picnic Shortlist
Lorrie Moore A Gate at the Stairs Shortlist
Colson Whitehead Sag Harbor Shortlist
2011 Deborah Eisenberg The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg Winner [13][5]
Jennifer Egan A Visit from the Goon Squad Shortlist [14]
Jaimy Gordon Lord of Misrule Shortlist [14]
Eric Puchner Model Home Shortlist [14]
Brad Watson Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives: Stories Shortlist [14]
2012 Julie Otsuka The Buddha in the Attic Winner [15][5]
Russell Banks Lost Memory of Skin Shortlist [15][16]
Don DeLillo The Angel Esmeralda Shortlist [15][16]
Anita Desai The Artist of Disappearance Shortlist [15][16]
Steven Millhauser We Others: New and Selected Stories Shortlist [15][16]
2013 Benjamin Alire Sáenz Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club Winner [17][5]
Amelia Gray THREATS Shortlist [18]
Laird Hunt Kind One Shortlist [18]
T. Geronimo Johnson Hold It 'Til It Hurts Shortlist [18]
Thomas Mallon Watergate Shortlist [18]
2014 Karen Joy Fowler We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Winner [19]
Daniel Alarcón At Night We Walk in Circles Shortlist [20]
Percival Everett Percival Everett by Virgil Russell Shortlist [20]
Joan Silber Fools Shortlist [20]
Valerie Trueblood Search Party: Stories of Rescue Shortlist [20]
2015 Atticus Lish Preparation for the Next Life Winner [21][22]
Jeffrey Renard Allen Song of the Shank Shortlist [23]
Jennifer Clement Prayers for the Stolen Shortlist [23]
Jenny Offill Dept. of Speculation Shortlist [23]
Emily St. John Mandel Station Eleven Shortlist [23]
2016 James Hannaham Delicious Foods Winner [24][25]
Julie Iromuanya Mr. and Mrs. Doctor Shortlist [26]
Viet Thanh Nguyen The Sympathizer Shortlist [26]
Elizabeth Tallent Mendocino Fire: Stories Shortlist [26]
Luis Alberto Urrea The Water Museum: Stories Shortlist [26]
2017 Imbolo Mbue Behold the Dreamers Winner [27][28]
Viet Dinh After Disasters Shortlist [29]
Louise Erdrich LaRose Shortlist [29]
Garth Greenwell What Belongs to You Shortlist [29]
Sunil Yapa Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist Shortlist [29]
2018 Joan Silber Improvement Winner [30][31]
Hernán Diaz In the Distance Shortlist [32]
Samantha Hunt The Dark Dark Shortlist [32]
Achy Obejas The Tower of the Antilles Shortlist [32]
Jesmyn Ward Sing, Unburied, Sing Shortlist [32]
2019 Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi Call Me Zebra Winner [33]
Blanche McCrary Boyd Tomb of the Unknown Racist Shortlist
Richard Powers The Overstory Shortlist
Ivelisse Rodriguez Love War Stories Shortlist
Willy Vlautin Don't Skip Out on Me Shortlist

2020s

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PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners, 2020–2029[6]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2020 Chloe Aridjis Sea Monsters Winner [34]
Yiyun Li Where Reasons End Shortlist [35]
Peter Rock The Night Swimmers Shortlist
Maurice Carlos Ruffin We Cast a Shadow Shortlist
Ocean Vuong On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Shortlist
2021 Deesha Philyaw The Secret Lives of Church Ladies Winner [36][37]
Matthew Salesses Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear Shortlist [38]
Rufi Thorpe The Knockout Queen Shortlist
Robin Wasserman Mother Daughter Widow Wife Shortlist
Steve Wiegenstein Scattered Lights Shortlist
2022 Rabih Alameddine The Wrong End of the Telescope Winner [39][40][41][42]
Nawaaz Ahmed Radiant Fugitives Shortlist [43]
Carolyn Ferrell Dear Miss Metropolitan Shortlist
Imbolo Mbue How Beautiful We Were Shortlist
Carolina de Robertis The President and the Frog Shortlist
2023 Yiyun Li The Book of Goose Winner [44][45]
Jonathan Escoffery If I Survive You Shortlist [44]
Laura Warrell Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm Shortlist
Dionne Irving The Islands Shortlist
Kathryn Harlan Fruiting Bodies: Stories Shortlist
2024 Claire Jiménez What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez Winner [46]
Jamel Brinkley Witness Shortlist [44]
Henry Hoke Open Throat Shortlist
Alice McDermott Absolution Shortlist
Colin Winnette Users Shortlist
2025 Percival Everett James Shortlist [47]
Danzy Senna Colored Television Shortlist [47]
Pemi Aguda Ghostroots Shortlist [47]
Garth Greenwell Small Rain Shortlist [47]
Susan Muaddi Darraj Behind You Is the Sea Shortlist [47]

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