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PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is a national prize which honors the best published works of fiction by American citizens in a calendar year. Three judges, chosen annually by the directors of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation, select five books from among the more than 300 works submitted, making this the largest peer-juried award in the country. The winning writer receives $15,000 and is honoured at a ceremony held in Washington at the Folger Shakespeare Library in May.

Website: www.penfaulkner.org/award_for_fiction.php

Winners

Year Title Author
2010 War Dances Sherman Alexie Shortlist...
2009 Netherland Joseph O'Neill Shortlist...
2008 The Great Man Kate Christensen Shortlist...
2007 Everyman Philip Roth Shortlist...
2006 The March EL Doctorow Shortlist...
2005 War Trash Ha Jin Shortlist...
2004 The Early Stories 1953–1975 John Updike Shortlist...
2003 The Caprices Sabina Murray Shortlist...
2002 Bel Canto Ann Patchett Shortlist...
2001 The Human Stain Philip Roth Shortlist...
2000 Waiting Ha Jin Shortlist...