Literary Conversation: LITERATURE ON SCREEN

Join us in person on April 10 at 7 pm ET for our Literature on Screen series that highlights writers whose work has been reimagined as a film or TV show. This installment features Louis Bayard’s The Pale Blue Eye that was adapted into a 2022 Netflix film directed by Scott Cooper. The author and director will be joined by moderator Clay Smith.

2023 PEN/Faulkner Award Celebration

Please join us for our 43nd Annual PEN/Faulkner Award Celebration on May 11, 2023 that will honor this year’s distinguished books and authors. This exquisite literary evening will feature presentations by our judges; original readings by our winner and four finalists; and a celebration of Terry Gross, our 2023 PEN/Faulkner Literary Champion.

ANNOUNCING: 2023 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Finalists

We are thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2023 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, America’s most prestigious peer-juried literary prize. Explore five titles and authors selected as this year’s finalists.

Our Awards

The PEN/Faulkner Foundation celebrates literature by giving out three major literary awards: the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, 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 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.

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.

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

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