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2020 PEN/Faulkner Award Winners

Browse the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award winners and nominees by category. Each category starts with the winner, followed by nominees and other recognized titles.

PEN/Faulkner Award Awarded by PEN/Faulkner Foundation 1 category shown

Fiction

Winner and nominees for the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award Fiction category.

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Winner

Sea Monsters

Aridjis, Chloe

Standalone · Literary

Feb-2019 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award winner

Finalist

The Night Swimmers

Rock, Peter

Standalone · Literary

Feb-2019 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award finalist

Finalist

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Vuong, Ocean

Standalone · Literary

Jun-2019 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award finalist

Finalist

We Cast a Shadow

Ruffin, Maurice Carlos

Standalone · Literary

Jan-2019 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award finalist

Finalist

Where Reasons End

Li, Yiyun

Standalone · Literary

Feb-2019 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award finalist

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