Join us as a sponsor for the 41st Annual Celebration of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction on May 10, 2021 as we honor this year's distinguished books and authors, along with our inaugural PEN/Faulkner Literary Champion. This exquisite literary evening will feature original readings by our PEN/Faulkner Award winner and four finalists; commendations by our three judges; a presentation by LeVar Burton; and appearances by special guests, Stephen King, Francine Prose, Luis Alberto Urrea, Angie Thomas, and Jason Reynolds, among others.
Launched in conjunction with the PEN/Faulkner Foundation's 40th Anniversary, the PEN/Faulkner Literary Champion–an annual commendation–will recognize devoted literary advocacy and a commitment to inspiring new generations of readers and writers.
Learn more about this year's winning book–the "first among equals," selected from among the five finalists–The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw (West Virginia University Press), as well as about this year's four finalists.
The link to watch this event will be sent out 24 hours before it begins.
Invite up to 20 guests to view the program, which has limited availability; host a private video chat for up to 10 people, on a mutually-agreeable future date, with the winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award; receive verbal recognition as the Lead Sponsor during the event; receive prominent name and logo recognition on-screen during the event and on all event-related materials; receive invitations to all PEN/Faulkner virtual events during 2021.
Invite up to 10 guests to view the program, which has limited availability; host a private video chat for up to 10 people, on a mutually-agreeable future date, with a PEN/Faulkner author; receive recognition as a member of the Celebration Team in the invitation and evening’s program credits; receive invitations to all PEN/Faulkner virtual events during 2021.
Invite up to five guests to view the program, which has limited availability; receive recognition as a member of the Celebration Team in the invitation and evening’s program credits; receive invitations to all PEN/Faulkner virtual events during 2021.
Invite two guests to view the program, which has limited availability; receive recognition as a member of the Celebration Team in the invitation and evening’s program credits.