PEN/Faulkner Award Longlist

Dominion

Dominion

2026 PEN/Faulkner Award LonglistAddie E. Citchens was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and lives in New Orleans. A graduate of Jackson State University, she studied in the Florida State University Creative Writing Program and the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop....

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King of Ashes

King of Ashes

2026 PEN/Faulkner Award Longlist A. Cosby is a New York Times bestselling writer from southeastern Virginia. He is the author of All the Sinners Bleed, which was on more than forty Best of the Year lists, including Barack Obama’s, as well as Edgar Award finalist...

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Brother Brontë

Brother Brontë

2026 PEN/Faulkner Award LonglistFernando A. Flores was born in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, and grew up in South Texas. He is the author of the collections Death to the Bullshit Artists of South Texas and Valleyesque and the novel Tears of the Trufflepig, which was...

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The Devil Is a Southpaw

The Devil Is a Southpaw

2026 PEN/Faulkner Award LonglistBrandon Hobson is the author of the novel The Devil is a Southpaw as well as other books. His novel Where the Dead Sit Talking was a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and is...

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The White Hot

The White Hot

2026 PEN/Faulkner Award LonglistQuiara Alegría Hudes is an American writer. Her work includes the Pulitzer Prize winning play Water by the Spoonful, the Tony Award winning Broadway musical and major motion picture In the Heights, the animated film Vivo, and the essay...

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The Sisters

The Sisters

2026 PEN/Faulkner Award LonglistJonas Hassen Khemiri is the author of six novels, seven plays, and a collection of short stories and essays. His work has been translated into more than 35 languages. The Family Clause was a finalist for the National Book Award for...

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Heart the Lover

Heart the Lover

2026 PEN/Faulkner Award LonglistLily King is the New York Times bestselling author of six novels, including Euphoria and Writers & Lovers, and the story collection Five Tuesdays in Winter. Her work has won numerous prizes and awards, including the Kirkus Prize,...

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Make Your Way Home

Make Your Way Home

2026 PEN/Faulkner Award LonglistCarrie R. Moore is the author of Make Your Way Home, a story collection exploring Black love and longing in the American South. Her writing has appeared in The Best American Short Stories, Oprah Daily, The Sewanee Review, American Short...

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An Oral History of Atlantis

An Oral History of Atlantis

2026 PEN/Faulkner Award LonglistEd Park is the author of the novels Personal Days and Same Bed Different Dreams. He is a founding editor of The Believer, and has worked in newspapers, book publishing, and academia. His writing appears in The New Yorker, The New York...

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Small Scale Sinners

Small Scale Sinners

2026 PEN/Faulkner Award Longlist Mahreen Sohail was born in Islamabad, Pakistan. She has an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, where she studied as a Fulbright Scholar, and was a Writing Fellow at A Public Space and a Charles Pick Fellow at the University of East...

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