O Prémio PEN/Faulkner de Ficção é atribuído anualmente pela Fundação PEN/Faulkner aos autores vivos norte-americanos dos melhores trabalhos de ficção do ano. O vencedor recebe 15,000 dólares americanos e cada um dos nomeados recebe 5000 dólares americanos. Os finalistas lêm as suas obras na cerimónia de apresentação na Great Hall da Biblioteca Folger Shakespeare em Washington, D.C.. A organização afirma que é o "maior prémio revisto por um júri do país." O prémio iniciou-se em 1981.
A Fundação PEN/Faulkner é uma consequência da generosidade de William Faulkner na utilização do valor pecuniário do seu Prémio Nobel de 1949 para a criação da Fundação William Faulkner; um dos objectivos de caridade da fundação era "criar um fundo de apoio e encorajamento a novos escritores de ficção." O primeiro prémio da fundação para um "primeiro romance notável" chamado Prémio da Fundação William Faulkner, foi atribuído a John Knowles por A Separate Peace em 1961. A fundação foi extinta em 1970.
Mary Lee Settle foi uma das fundadores do prémio PEN/Faulkner após a controvérsia do National Book Award de 1979, quando a PEN votou um boicote a este prémio com o fundamento que este era muito comercial. É afiliado com a organização dos escritores International PEN.
O prémio é um dos muitos prémios da PEN patrocinado pelas afiliadas da International PEN em mais de 145 centros PEN por todo o mundo.
Prémio PEN/Faulkner de Ficção 1981 - Walter Abish, How German Is It"Past Winners and Finalists," last modified 2015, http://www.penfaulkner.org/award-for-fiction/past-award-winners-finalists/ Shirley Hazard, The Transit of Venus Walker Percy, The Second Coming Gilbert Sorrentino, Aberration of Starlight John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces
1982 - David Bradley, The Chaneysville Incident Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories Richard Bausch, Take Me Back Mark Helprin, Ellis Island and Other Stories Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping Robert Stone, A Flag for Sunrise
1983 - Toby Olson, Seaview Maureen Howard, Grace Abounding Bobbie Ann Mason, Shiloh and Other Stories George Steiner, The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H. Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant William S. Wilson, Birthplace
1984 - John Edgar Wideman, Sent for You Yesterday Ron Hansen, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford William Kennedy, Ironweed Jamaica Kincaid, At the Bottom of the River Bernard Malamud, The Stories Cynthia Ozick, The Cannibal Galaxy
1985 - Tobias Wolff, The Barracks Thief Harriet Doerr, Stones for Ibarra Donald Hays, The Dixie Association David Leavitt, Family Dancing James Purdy, On Glory's Course
1986 - Peter Taylor, The Old Forest and Other Stories William Gaddis, Carpenter's Gothic Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove Hugh Nissenson, The Tree of Life Helen Norris, The Christmas Wife: Stories Grace Paley, Later the Same Day
1987 - Richard Wiley, Soldiers in Hiding Richard Ford, The Sportswriter Charles R. Johnson, The Sorcerer's Apprentice Janet Kauffman, Collaborators Maureen Howard, Expensive Habits
1988 - T. Coraghessan Boyle, World's End Richard Bausch, Spirits, And Other Stories Alice McDermott, That Night Cynthia Ozick, The Messiah of Stockholm Lawrence Thornton, Imagining Argentina
1989 - James Salter, Dusk and Other Stories Mary McGarry Morris, Vanished Thomas Savage, The Corner of Rife and Pacific Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Death of Methuselah and Other Stories
1990 - E.L. Doctorow, Billy Bathgate Russell Banks, Affliction Molly Gloss, The Jump-Off Creek Josephine Jacobsen, On the Island: New and Selected Stories Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Leaving Brooklyn
1991 - John Edgar Wideman, Philadelphia Fire Paul Auster, The Music of Chance Joanne Meschery, A Gentleman's Guide to the Frontier Steven Millhauser, The Barnum Museum Joanna Scott. Arrogance
1992 - Don DeLillo, Mao II Stephen Dixon, Frog Paul Gervais (writer), Extraordinary People Allan Gurganus, White People
1993 - E. Annie Proulx, Postcards Robert Olen Butler, A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain Francisco Goldman, The Long Night of White Chickens Maureen Howard, Natural History Sylvia Watanabe, Talking to the Dead
1994 - Philip Roth, Operation Shylock Stanley Elkin, Van Gogh's Room at Arles Dagoberto Gilb, The Magic of Blood Fae Myenne Ng, Bone Kate Wheeler, Not Where I Started From
1995 - David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars Frederick Busch, The Children in the Woods Ursula Hegi, Stones from the River Joyce Carol Oates, What I Lived For Joanna Scott, Various Antidotes
1996 - Richard Ford, Independence Day Madison Smartt Bell, All Souls' Rising William H. Gass, The Tunnel Claire Messud, When The World Was Steady A.J. Verdelle, The Good Negress
1997 - Gina Berriault, Women in Their Beds Daniel Akst, St. Burl's Obituary Kathleen Cambor, The Book of Mercy Ron Hansen, Atticus Jamaica Kincaid, The Autobiography of My Mother
1998 - Rafi Zabor, The Bear Comes Home Donald Antrim, The Hundred Brothers Rilla Askew, The Mercy Seat Mary Gaitskill, Because They Wanted To Francisco Goldman, The Ordinary Seaman
1999 - Michael Cunningham, The Hours Russell Banks, Cloudsplitter Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Brian Morton, Starting Out in the Evening Richard Selzer, The Doctor Stories
2000 - Ha Jin, Waiting Frederick Busch, The Night Inspector Ken Kalfus, Pu-239 And Other Russian Fantasies Elizabeth Strout, Amy And Isabelle Lily Tuck, Siam, or the Woman Who Shot a Man
2001 - Philip Roth, The Human Stain Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Millicent Dillon, Harry Gold Denis Johnson, The Name of the World Mona Simpson, Off Keck Road
2002 - Ann Patchett, Bel Canto Karen Joy Fowler, Sister Noon Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections Claire Messud, The Hunters Manil Suri, The Death of Vishnu
2003 - Sabina Murray, The Caprices Peter Cameron, The City of Your Final Destination William Kennedy, Roscoe Victor LaValle, The Ecstatic Gilbert Sorrentino, Little Casino
2004 - John Updike, The Early Stories: 1953–1975 Frederick Barthelme, Elroy Nights ZZ Packer, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere Caryl Phillips, A Distant Shore Tobias Wolff, Old School
2005 - Ha Jin, Despojos de Guerra - no original War Trash Jerome Charyn, The Green Lantern Edwidge Danticat, The Dew Breaker Marilynne Robinson, Gilead Steve Yarbrough, Prisoners of War
2006 - E.L. Doctorow, The March Karen Fisher, A Sudden Country William Henry Lewis, I Got Somebody in Staunton James Salter, Last Night Bruce Wagner, The Chrysanthemum Palace
2007 - Philip Roth, Everyman Charles D'Ambrosio, The Dead Fish Museum Deborah Eisenberg, Twilight of the Superheroes Amy Hempel, The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel Edward P. Jones, All Aunt Hagar's Children
2008 - Kate Christensen, The Great Man Annie Dillard, The Maytrees David Leavitt, The Indian Clerk T. M. McNally, The Gateway Ron Rash, Chemistry and Other Stories
2009 - Joseph O'Neill, Netherland Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Ms. Hempel Chronicles Susan Choi, A Person of Interest Richard Price, Lush Life Ron Rash, Serena
2010 - Sherman Alexie, War Dances Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna Lorraine Lopéz, Homicide Survivors Picnic Lorrie Moore, A Gate at the Stairs Colson Whitehead, Sag Harbor
2011 - Deborah Eisenberg, The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad Jaimy Gordon, Lord of Misrule Eric Puchner, Model Home Brad Watson, Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives: Stories
2012 - Julie Otsuka, The Buddha in the Attic Russell Banks, Lost Memory of Skin Don DeLillo, The Angel Esmeralda Anita Desai, The Artist of Disappearance Steven Millhauser, We Others: New and Selected Stories
2013 - Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club Amelia Gray, THREATS Laird Hunt, Kind One T. Geronimo Johnson, Hold It 'Til It Hurts Thomas Mallon, Watergate
2014 - Karen Joy Fowler, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Daniel Alarcón, At Night We Walk in Circles Percival Everett, Percival Everett by Virgil Russell Joan Silber, Fools Valerie Trueblood, Search Party: Stories of Rescue
2015 - Atticus Lish, Preparation for the Next Life Jeffrey Renard Allen, Song of the Shank Jennifer Clement, Prayers for the Stolen Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven Jenny Offill, Dept. of Speculation
2016 - Scott Blackwood, See How Small Adam Johnson, Fortune Smiles Joy Williams, The Visiting Privilege
2017 - Imbolo Mbue, Behold the Dreamers Viet Dinh, After Disasters Louise Erdrich, LaRose Garth Greenwell, What Belongs to You Sunil Yapa, Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist
2018 - Joan Silber, Improvement Hernan Diaz, In the Distance Samantha Hunt, The Dark Dark Achy Obejas, The Tower of the Antilles Jesmyn Ward, Sing, Unburied, Sing
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