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PEN/Faulkner Foundation Award for Fiction

Award opportunity. Deadline: 2026-09-30

Type
Award
Organizer
PEN/Faulkner Foundation
Deadline
30 September 2026
Where
Washington, United States
Compensation
$15,000 cash prize for winner, $5,000 for finalists
Disciplines
fiction, literature, writing

About this opportunity

The PEN/Faulkner Foundation Award for Fiction offers a $15,000 prize for an outstanding work of fiction published in 2026, with four finalists each receiving $5,000. Authors, agents, or publishers can submit novels, novellas, or story collections online for a $95 fee by September 30, 2026. Winners and finalists are invited to a reading in Washington, D.C.

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