2024 PEN/Faulkner Longlist

• The Guest, Emma Cline (Random House)
• Monica, Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics)
• The Best Possible Experience, Nishanth Injam (Pantheon)
• Biography of X, Catherine Lacey (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
• Users, Colin Winnette (Soft Skull)

The prize “honors the best published works of fiction by American citizens in a calendar year.” This year’s judges are Xochitl Gonzalez, Alan Michael Parker, and Lynn Steger Strong

Five finalists will be selected in March and the winner will be announced in April. The winner will receive $15,000 and finalists will each receive $5,000. For more information, including the complete longlist, see the PEN/Faulkner website.

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