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. 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." The award was first given in 1981.

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 +PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners, 1981–1989 Year Author Title Result1981How German Is ItWinnerShortlistShortlistAberration of StarlightShortlistShortlist1982WinnerSixty StoriesShortlistTake Me BackShortlistEllis Island and Other StoriesShortlistHousekeepingShortlistShortlist1983SeaviewWinnerGrace AboundingShortlistShiloh and Other StoriesShortlistShortlistDinner at the Homesick RestaurantShortlistBirthplaceShortlist1984Sent for You YesterdayWinnerShortlistIronweedShortlistAt the Bottom of the RiverShortlistShortlistShortlist1985WinnerStones for IbarraShortlistShortlistFamily DancingShortlistOn Glory's CourseShortlist1986WinnerCarpenter's GothicShortlistLonesome DoveShortlistShortlistShortlistLater the Same DayShortlist1987Soldiers in HidingWinnerShortlistExpensive HabitsShortlistShortlistCollaboratorsShortlist1988World's EndWinnerSpirits, And Other StoriesShortlistThat NightShortlistShortlistImagining ArgentinaShortlist1989Dusk and Other StoriesWinnerVanishedShortlistShortlistShortlist

1990s +PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners, 1990–1999 Year Author Title Result 1990Billy BathgateWinnerAfflictionShortlistShortlistOn the Island: New and Selected StoriesShortlistLeaving BrooklynShortlist1991Philadelphia FireWinnerShortlistShortlistShortlistArroganceShortlist1992Mao IIWinnerFrogShortlistExtraordinary PeopleShortlistWhite PeopleShortlist1993PostcardsWinnerShortlistNatural HistoryShortlistShortlistTalking to the Dead1994Operation ShylockWinnerVan Gogh's Room at ArlesShortlistShortlistBoneShortlistNot Where I Started FromShortlist1995Snow Falling on CedarsWinnerShortlistWhat I Lived ForShortlistStones from the RiverShortlistVarious AntidotesShortlist1996Independence DayWinnerShortlistWhen The World Was SteadyShortlistAll Souls' RisingShortlistShortlist1997Women in Their BedsWinnerSt. Burl's ObituaryShortlistShortlistAtticusShortlistShortlist1998WinnerShortlistShortlistBecause They Wanted ToShortlistShortlist1999WinnerCloudsplitterShortlistShortlistStarting Out in the EveningShortlistShortlist

2000s +PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners, 2000–2009 Year Author Title Result 2000WaitingWinnerShortlistPu-239 And Other Russian FantasiesShortlistAmy and IsabelleShortlistSiam, or the Woman Who Shot a ManShortlist2001WinnerShortlistHarry GoldShortlistShortlistOff Keck RoadShortlist2002Bel CantoWinnerSister NoonShortlistShortlistShortlistShortlist2003WinnerShortlistRoscoeShortlistShortlistLittle CasinoShortlist2004WinnerElroy NightsShortlistDrinking Coffee ElsewhereShortlistShortlistOld SchoolShortlist2005War TrashWinnerShortlistShortlistGileadShortlistPrisoners of WarShortlist2006WinnerShortlistI Got Somebody in StauntonShortlistLast NightShortlistShortlist2007EverymanWinnerShortlistTwilight of the SuperheroesShortlistShortlistAll Aunt Hagar's ChildrenShortlist2008WinnerShortlistShortlistShortlistChemistry and Other StoriesShortlist2009NetherlandWinnerMs. Hempel ChroniclesShortlistShortlistLush LifeShortlistSerenaShortlist

2010s +PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners, 2010–2019 Year Author Title Result 2010War DancesWinnerShortlistHomicide Survivors PicnicShortlistShortlistSag HarborShortlist2011WinnerShortlistLord of MisruleShortlistModel HomeShortlistAliens in the Prime of Their Lives: StoriesShortlist2012WinnerLost Memory of SkinShortlistShortlistShortlistWe Others: New and Selected StoriesShortlist2013Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky ClubWinnerTHREATSShortlistKind OneShortlistHold It 'Til It HurtsShortlistWatergateShortlist2014We Are All Completely Beside OurselvesWinnerAt Night We Walk in CirclesShortlistPercival Everett by Virgil RussellShortlistFoolsShortlistSearch Party: Stories of RescueShortlist2015Preparation for the Next LifeWinnerSong of the ShankShortlistPrayers for the StolenShortlistDept. of SpeculationShortlistStation ElevenShortlist2016Delicious FoodsWinnerMr. and Mrs. DoctorShortlistShortlistMendocino Fire: StoriesShortlistShortlist2017Behold the DreamersWinnerAfter DisastersShortlistLaRoseShortlistWhat Belongs to YouShortlistYour Heart is a Muscle the Size of a FistShortlist2018ImprovementWinnerIn the DistanceShortlistShortlistShortlistSing, Unburied, SingShortlist2019Call Me ZebraWinnerTomb of the Unknown RacistShortlistShortlistLove War StoriesShortlistDon't Skip Out on MeShortlist

2020s +PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners, 2020–2029 Year Author Title Result 2020Sea MonstersWinnerWhere Reasons EndShortlist ShortlistWe Cast a ShadowShortlistOn Earth We're Briefly GorgeousShortlist2021WinnerDisappear Doppelgänger DisappearShortlist ShortlistMother Daughter Widow WifeShortlistScattered LightsShortlist2022WinnerRadiant FugitivesShortlist Dear Miss MetropolitanShortlistHow Beautiful We WereShortlistShortlist2023WinnerIf I Survive YouShortlist Sweet, Soft, Plenty RhythmShortlistThe IslandsShortlistFruiting Bodies: StoriesShortlist2024WinnerWitnessShortlist Open ThroatShortlistAbsolutionShortlistUsersShortlist2025Small RainWinnerJamesShortlistColored TelevisionShortlistGhostrootsShortlistBehind You Is the SeaShortlist2026Small Scale SinnersWinnerDominionShortlistShortlistShortlistHeart the LoverShortlist

References

External links PEN/Faulkner Foundation