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.<ref name=PEN>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="BookRiot">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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."<ref name=PEN/> The award was first given in 1981.<ref name=krebs>Template:Cite news</ref>

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.<ref name=krebs/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

1980s

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1981	Template:Sortname	How German Is It	Winner
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	Template:Sortname	Aberration of Starlight	Shortlist
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1982	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Sixty Stories	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Take Me Back	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Ellis Island and Other Stories	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Housekeeping	Shortlist
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1983	Template:Sortname	Seaview	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Grace Abounding	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Shiloh and Other Stories	Shortlist
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	Template:Sortname	Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Birthplace	Shortlist
1984	Template:Sortname	Sent for You Yesterday	Winner
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	Template:Sortname	Ironweed	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	At the Bottom of the River	Shortlist
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1985	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Stones for Ibarra	Shortlist
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	Template:Sortname	Family Dancing	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	On Glory's Course	Shortlist
1986	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Carpenter's Gothic	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Lonesome Dove	Shortlist
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	Template:Sortname	Later the Same Day	Shortlist
1987	Template:Sortname	Soldiers in Hiding	Winner
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	Template:Sortname	Expensive Habits	Shortlist
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	Template:Sortname	Collaborators	Shortlist
1988	Template:Sortname	World's End	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Spirits, And Other Stories	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	That Night	Shortlist
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	Template:Sortname	Imagining Argentina	Shortlist
1989	Template:Sortname	Dusk and Other Stories	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Vanished	Shortlist
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1990s

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners, 1990–1999<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

Year	Author	Title	Result	Template:Ref heading
1990	Template:Sortname	Billy Bathgate	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Affliction	Shortlist
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	Template:Sortname	On the Island: New and Selected Stories	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Leaving Brooklyn	Shortlist
1991	Template:Sortname	Philadelphia Fire	Winner
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	Template:Sortname	Arrogance	Shortlist
1992	Template:Sortname	Mao II	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Frog	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Extraordinary People	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	White People	Shortlist
1993	Template:Sortname	Postcards	Winner
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	Template:Sortname	Natural History	Shortlist
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	Template:Sortname	Talking to the Dead
1994	Template:Sortname	Operation Shylock	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Van Gogh's Room at Arles	Shortlist
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	Template:Sortname	Bone	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Not Where I Started From	Shortlist
1995	Template:Sortname	Snow Falling on Cedars	Winner
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	Template:Sortname	What I Lived For	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Stones from the River	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Various Antidotes	Shortlist
1996	Template:Sortname	Independence Day	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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	Template:Sortname	When The World Was Steady	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	All Souls' Rising	Shortlist
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1997	Template:Sortname	Women in Their Beds	Winner
	Template:Sortname	St. Burl's Obituary	Shortlist
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	Template:Sortname	Atticus	Shortlist
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1998	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner
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	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Because They Wanted To	Shortlist
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1999	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Cloudsplitter	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Starting Out in the Evening	Shortlist
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2000s

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners, 2000–2009<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

Year	Author	Title	Result	Template:Ref heading
2000	Template:Sortname	Waiting	Winner
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	Template:Sortname	Pu-239 And Other Russian Fantasies	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Amy and Isabelle	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Siam, or the Woman Who Shot a Man	Shortlist
2001	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner
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	Template:Sortname	Harry Gold	Shortlist
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	Template:Sortname	Off Keck Road	Shortlist
2002	Template:Sortname	Bel Canto	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Sister Noon	Shortlist
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2003	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner
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	Template:Sortname	Roscoe	Shortlist
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	Template:Sortname	Little Casino	Shortlist
2004	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Elroy Nights	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Drinking Coffee Elsewhere	Shortlist
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	Template:Sortname	Old School	Shortlist
2005	Template:Sortname	War Trash	Winner
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	Template:Sortname	Gilead	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Prisoners of War	Shortlist
2006	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner
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	Template:Sortname	I Got Somebody in Staunton	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Last Night	Shortlist
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2007	Template:Sortname	Everyman	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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	Template:Sortname	Twilight of the Superheroes	Shortlist
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	Template:Sortname	All Aunt Hagar's Children	Shortlist
2008	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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	Template:Sortname	Chemistry and Other Stories	Shortlist
2009	Template:Sortname	Netherland	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Ms. Hempel Chronicles	Shortlist
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	Template:Sortname	Lush Life	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Serena	Shortlist

2010s

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners, 2010–2019<ref name=":1" />

Year	Author	Title	Result	Template:Ref heading
2010	Template:Sortname	War Dances	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":0" />
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	Template:Sortname	Homicide Survivors Picnic	Shortlist
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	Template:Sortname	Sag Harbor	Shortlist
2011	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":0" />
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	Template:Sortname	Lord of Misrule	Shortlist	<ref name=":2" />
	Template:Sortname	Model Home	Shortlist	<ref name=":2" />
	Template:Sortname	Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives: Stories	Shortlist	<ref name=":2" />
2012	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":0" />
	Template:Sortname	Lost Memory of Skin	Shortlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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	Template:Sortname	We Others: New and Selected Stories	Shortlist	<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" />
2013	Template:Sortname	Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":0" />
	Template:Sortname	THREATS	Shortlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Kind One	Shortlist	<ref name=":5" />
	Template:Sortname	Hold It 'Til It Hurts	Shortlist	<ref name=":5" />
	Template:Sortname	Watergate	Shortlist	<ref name=":5" />
2014	Template:Sortname	We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	At Night We Walk in Circles	Shortlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Percival Everett by Virgil Russell	Shortlist	<ref name=":6" />
	Template:Sortname	Fools	Shortlist	<ref name=":6" />
	Template:Sortname	Search Party: Stories of Rescue	Shortlist	<ref name=":6" />
2015	Template:Sortname	Preparation for the Next Life	Winner	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Song of the Shank	Shortlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Prayers for the Stolen	Shortlist	<ref name=":7" />
	Template:Sortname	Dept. of Speculation	Shortlist	<ref name=":7" />
	Template:Sortname	Station Eleven	Shortlist	<ref name=":7" />
2016	Template:Sortname	Delicious Foods	Winner	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Mr. and Mrs. Doctor	Shortlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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	Template:Sortname	Mendocino Fire: Stories	Shortlist	<ref name=":8" />
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2017	Template:Sortname	Behold the Dreamers	Winner	<ref>Template:Citation</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	After Disasters	Shortlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	LaRose	Shortlist	<ref name=":9" />
	Template:Sortname	What Belongs to You	Shortlist	<ref name=":9" />
	Template:Sortname	Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist	Shortlist	<ref name=":9" />
2018	Template:Sortname	Improvement	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	In the Distance	Shortlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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	Template:Sortname	Sing, Unburied, Sing	Shortlist	<ref name=":10" />
2019	Template:Sortname	Call Me Zebra	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Tomb of the Unknown Racist	Shortlist
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	Template:Sortname	Love War Stories	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Don't Skip Out on Me	Shortlist

2020s

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners, 2020–2029<ref name=":1" />

Year	Author	Title	Result	Template:Ref heading
2020	Template:Sortname	Sea Monsters	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Where Reasons End	Shortlist	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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	Template:Sortname	We Cast a Shadow	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous	Shortlist
2021	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear	Shortlist	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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	Template:Sortname	Mother Daughter Widow Wife	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Scattered Lights	Shortlist
2022	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Radiant Fugitives	Shortlist	<ref name=":11">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Dear Miss Metropolitan	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	How Beautiful We Were	Shortlist
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2023	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Template:Sortname	If I Survive You	Shortlist	<ref name=":12"/>
	Template:Sortname	Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	The Islands	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Fruiting Bodies: Stories	Shortlist
2024	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Witness	Shortlist	<ref name=":12"/>
	Template:Sortname	Open Throat	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Absolution	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Users	Shortlist
2025	Template:Sortname	Small Rain	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	James	Shortlist	<ref name=":13">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Colored Television	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Ghostroots	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Behind You Is the Sea	Shortlist

External links

• PEN/Faulkner Foundation