PEN / FAULKNER AWARDS

2004

• The Early Stories John Updike Winner
• Elroy Nights Frederick Barthelme
• Drinking Coffee Elsewhere ZZ Packer
• A Distant Shore Caryl Phillips
• Old School Tobias Wolff

2003

• The Caprices Sabina Murray Winner
• The City of Your Final Destination Peter Cameron
• Roscoe William Kennedy
• The Ecstatic Victor LaValle
• Little Casino Gilbert Sorrentino

2002

• Bel Canto Ann Patchett Winner
• Sister Noon Karen Jay Fowler
• The Corrections Jonathan Franzen
• The Hunters Claire Messud
• The Death of Vishnu Mani Suri

2001

• The Human Stain Philip Roth Winner
• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Michael Chabon
• Harry Gold Millicent Dillon
• The Name of the World Denis Johnson
• Off Keck Road Mona Simpson

2000

• Waiting Ha Jin Winner
• The Night Inspector Frederick Busch
• Pu-239 and Other Russian Fantasies Ken Kalfus
• Amy and Isabelle Elizabeth Strout
• Siam: Or the Woman Who Whot a Man Lily Tuck

1999

• The Hours Michael Cunningham Winner
• The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver
• Cloudsplitter Russell Banks
• Starting Out in the Evening Brian Morton
• The Doctor Stories Richard Selzer

1998

• The Bear Comes Home Rafi Zabor Winner
• The Mercy Seat Rilla Askew
• The Hundred Brothers Donald Antrim
• Because they Wanted to Mary Gaitskill
• The Ordinary Seaman Francisco Goldman

1997

• Women in their Beds Gina Berriault Winner
• St Burl's Obituary Daniel Akst
• The Book of Mercy Kathleen Cambor
• Atticus Ron Hansen
• The Autobiography of My Mother Jamaica Kincaid

1996

• Independence Day Richard Ford Winner
• All Soul's Rising Madison Smartt Bell
• The Tunnel William Gass
• When the World Was Steady Claire Messud
• The Good Negress A J Verdelle

1995

• Snow Falling on Cedars David Guterson Winner
• The Children in the Woods Frederick Busch
• Stones from the River Ursula Hegi
• What I Lived For Joyce Carol Oates
• Various Antidotes Joanna Scott

1994

• Operation Shylock Philip Roth Winner
• Van Gogh's Room at Arles Stanley Elkin
• The Magic of Blood Dagoberto Gilb
• Bone Fae Myenne Ng
• Not Where I Started From Kate Wheeler

1993

• Postcards E Annie Proulx Winner
• A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain Robert Olen Butler
• The Long Night of White Chickens Francisco Goldman
• Natural History Maureen Howard
• Talking to the Dead Sylvia Watanbe

1992

• Mao II Don DeLillo Winner
• Frog Stephen Dixon
• Extraordinary People Paul Gervais
• White People Allan Gurganus
• The Almanac Branch Bradford Morrow

1991

• Philadelphia Fire John Edgar Wideman Winner
• The Music of Chance Paul Auster
• A Gentlemen's Guide to the Frontier Joanne Meschery
• The Barnum Museum Steven Millhauser
• Arrogance Joanna Scott

1990

• Billy Bathgate E L Doctorow Winner
• Affliction Russell Banks
• The Jump-off Creek Molly Gloss
• On the Island Josephine Jacobsen
• Leaving Brooklyn Lynne Sharon Schwart