Inside the PEN/Faulkner Award

We recently got to know this year’s winner Garth Greenwell at a virtual event, Inside the PEN/Faulkner Award. Enjoy this video recording of the terrific conversation he had with Deesha Philyaw, one of this year’s judges and our 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award winner. 

PEN/Hemingway Award announcement

The PEN/Faulkner Foundation is proud to announce that it has assumed the responsibility for administering the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel through a new partnership with the Hemingway Foundation and Society, which has funded the Award since its inception.

Matching Gift

We are thrilled to share that an anonymous donor has pledged to match every dollar you contribute to PEN/Faulkner up to $25,000 through June 30! This is a rare and exciting opportunity for your gift to go twice as far in supporting our mission to champion the breadth and power of fiction in America. 

Our Awards

The PEN/Faulkner Foundation celebrates literature by giving out four major literary awards: the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel, the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story, and the PEN/Faulkner Literary Champion. Our goal in doing so is to honor major literary achievements and help readers discover the breadth and diversity of contemporary fiction.

Literary Programs

PEN/Faulkner brings highly acclaimed established and emerging authors together into a shared space, inviting them to discuss urgent contemporary issues through the lens of their varied perspectives. By curating a variety of public literary programs, we turn the private, individual experience of reading into an enriching, inspiring experience for a larger community, one that engages in vital civil discourse.

Literary Conversations

PEN/Faulkner brings highly acclaimed established and emerging authors together into a shared space, inviting them to discuss urgent contemporary issues through the lens of their varied perspectives. By curating Literary Conversations, we turn the private, individual experience of reading into an enriching, inspiring experience for a larger community, one that engages in vital civil discourse.

Education Programs

PEN/Faulkner provides young people with dynamic literary experiences that combine culturally relevant book donations, writing instruction, and rich discussions with authors. Our education programs work in tandem to create spaces in which students in grades 3-12 from all across DC can engage with a diverse variety of perspectives.

We currently offer: Writers in Schools, Writing Workshops, Writers in Residence, and our Nuestras Voces initiative.

OUR MISSION

The PEN/Faulkner Foundation champions the breadth and power of fiction in America.

Your Support Matters

Your support makes our programs possible. Please consider a contribution. Thank you.

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