PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

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American literary award literary award

The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is a prestigious American literary prize honoring outstanding works of fiction by living U.S. authors.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American literary award → literary award →
alsoKnownAs	PEN/Faulkner Award →
awardCategory	novels → short story collections →
awardFor	outstanding works of fiction →
awardType	book award →
country	United States →
currency	United States dollar →
eligibility	living U.S. authors → works of fiction published in the United States →
field	contemporary fiction → literature →
firstAwarded	1981 →
frequency	annual →
genre	fiction →
hasComponent	finalist prizes → winner prize →
headquartersOfOrganizer	Washington, D.C. →
inception	1980 →
languageOfWorksConsidered	English →
location	Washington, D.C. →
mediaTypeOfWorks	e-books → printed books →
motto	Celebrating the best in American fiction →
namedAfter	PEN (Poets, Essayists, Novelists) → William Faulkner →
notableRecipient	Ann Patchett → Don DeLillo → E. L. Doctorow → John Updike → Michael Chabon → Philip Roth →
organizer	PEN/Faulkner Foundation →
partOf	PEN America awards →
presentedBy	PEN/Faulkner Foundation →
relatedAward	PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel →
relatedOrganization	PEN America →
scope	national →
selectionCriterion	artistic merit → literary excellence → originality →
selectionProcess	judged by a panel of writers →
sponsor	PEN/Faulkner Foundation →
status	active →
targetAudience	readers of contemporary fiction →
website	https://www.penfaulkner.org →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Don DeLillo → Philip Roth →	awardReceived
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction ("PEN/Faulkner Award") →	alsoKnownAs
Mao II ("PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction nomination") →	awarded
Underworld →	shortlistedFor