
Our Mission
PEN/Faulkner’s mission is to champion the breadth and power of fiction in America.
Our Values
PEN/Faulkner is dedicated to the idea that fiction creates empathy within and among communities and advances civil discourse. American culture thrives when stories from diverse perspectives enrich our lives. To further these ideals, we cultivate a vibrant landscape for writers and readers of fiction both locally and nationally.
Our Team
Regie Cabico
Lisa Page Writing Workshops Fellow
Lena Crown
Writer in Residence
Lacey N. Dunham
Director of Education Programs
Elina Katrin
Marketing Coordinator
Maya Lawrence
Education Programs Coordinator, Nuestras Voces
Lisa Lednicer
Writer in Residence
Ofelia Montelongo
Writer in Residence
Claude Olson
Literary Education Programs Assistant
Caroline Schreiber
Development Director
Sarah Silberman
Awards and Literary Programs Director
Gwydion Suilebhan
Executive Director
Our Board Members
Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Board Chair
Susan Keselenko Coll
Board President
Bethanne Patrick
First Vice President
Tope Folarin
Vice President
Thomas Lloyd
Treasurer
Renée K. Gardner
Secretary
Elliot Ackerman
Board Member
Marie Arana
Board Member
Jabari Asim
Board Member
Louis Bayard
Board Member
Katherine Boone
Board Member
Lauren Francis-Sharma
Board Member
Susan Ginsburg
Board Member
Ginny Grenham
Board Member
Jojo Ruf
Board Member
Clay Smith
Board Member
Martha Anne Toll
Board Member
Jung Yun
Board Member
Directors Emeriti
Mary Lee Settle, Founder
Jackson Bryer
Conrad Cafritz
Thomas Caplan
H.G. Carrillo
Molly Elkin
Stephen Goodwin
Patricia Griffith
Mary Haft
Nick Kotz
Willee Lewis
Joanne Leedom-Ackerman
Beverly Lowry
Tracy McGillivary
E. Ethelbert Miller
Azar Nafisi
Frazier O’Leary
Lisa Page
George Pelecanos
Diane Rehm
Susan Shreve
Susan Stamberg
Katherine Field Stephen
Lou Stovall
Deborah Tannen
Mary Kay Zuravleff
Mary Lee Settle, Founder
Conrad Cafritz
Thomas Caplan
H.G. Carrillo
Stephen Goodwin
Nick Kotz
Beverly Lowry
Tracy McGillivary
E. Ethelbert Miller
Azar Nafisi
Frazier O’Leary
George Pelecanos
Diane Rehm
Susan Shreve
Susan Stamberg
Lou Stovall
Mary Kay Zuravleff
Announcing the Longlist for the 2023 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
We are thrilled to announce the longlist of books for the 2023 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, America’s most prestigious peer-juried literary prize. The longlist includes the following ten titles:...
Revisiting the Literary State of the Union
At our Literary State of the Union event, we had the good fortune of hearing from several DC-area writers in response to the following prompt: "What Does Being a Writer Teach Me about the State of...
Celebrate the 2022 PEN/Faulkner Awards With Us!
Even though the 2022 PEN/Faulkner Award Celebration is virtual this year, we are still incredibly excited to honor the year's best in fiction with you. Join our team in setting the mood by streaming...
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