Flannery O'Conner Award for Short FictionMore than fifty short-story collections have appeared in the Flannery O'Connor Award series, which was established to encourage gifted emerging writers by bringing their work to a national readership.
Pen Faulkner Award for LiteratureFounded by writers in 1980, the PEN/Faulkner Foundation brings together American writers and readers in a wide variety of programs to promote a love of literature.
Fiction Awards
Man Booker PrizeThe Man Booker prize promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year.
National Book AwardsThe mission of the National Book Foundation and the National Book Awards is to celebrate the best of American literature, to expand its audience, and to enhance the cultural value of good writing in America.
Notable BooksSince 1944, the goal of the Notable Books Council has been to make available to the nation’s readers a list of 25 very good, very readable, and at times very important fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books for the adult reader.
Authors
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