NEW YORK (AP) — <a href="https://apnews.com/article/percival-everett-james-carnegie-medal-fiction-699ca2d278b43dd7bd515792b5d7fe3a">Percival Everett’s “James”</a> is up for another literary award — the PEN/Faulkner Prize for fiction. Other nominees include Louise Erdrich’s “The Mighty Red,” Rachel Kushner’s “Creation Lake” and Garth Greenwell’s “Small Rain.”

Everett’s novel, a dramatic reworking of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” already has won the National Book Award, the Kirkus Prize and the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. It was on the short list for the Booker Prize and is a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle award,

‘Pemi Aguda’s “Ghostroots,” Susan Muaddi Darraj’s “Behind You Is the Sea” and Ruben Reyes Jr.’s “There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven” also are PEN/Faulkner nominees, along with Danzy Senna’s “Colored Television,” Ben Shattuck’s “The History of Sound” and John Vercher’s “Devil Is Fine.”

Previous winners of the award, established in 1981, include Philip Roth, John Edgar Wideman and Yiyun Li.

Originally Published: <time datetime="2025-02-04 15:18:45">February 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM EST</time>

The PEN/Faulkner Foundation will narrow the finalists to five and reveal the winner in April.{ai:summary}<p>Percival Everett’s novel “James” has been nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Prize for fiction, alongside works by Louise Erdrich, Rachel Kushner, and Garth Greenwell. The long list of nominees includes ten titles, with finalists to be announced in March and the winner revealed in April.</p><p>Everett’s book, a reimagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” has already garnered multiple prestigious awards. The PEN/Faulkner Prize, established in 1981, has recognized notable authors like Philip Roth and John Edgar Wideman. #culture</p>

Percival Everett’s ‘James’ among nominees on the long list for the PEN/Faulkner fiction prize

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