Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Administered by the Pulitzer Prize Board at Columbia University
An annual American award honoring a distinguished novel or short story collection by an American author, preferably dealing with American life, first published in book form during the preceding year.
Latest winner · 2026
- Angel Down · Daniel Kraus
Next · expected May 2027
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2026
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- Stag Dance: A QuartetShortlisted
Torrey Peters
2025
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- Mice 1961Shortlisted
Stacey Levine
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2024
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2023
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- The Immortal King RaoShortlisted
Vauhini Vara
2022
- The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous FamilyWon
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2021
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2016
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- Maud's LineShortlisted
Margaret Verble
2015
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2014
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- The SonShortlisted
Philipp Meyer
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2013
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- The Snow ChildShortlisted
Eowyn Ivey
- What We Talk About When We Talk about Anne FrankShortlisted
Nathan Englander
2012
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- The Pale King (posthumously)Shortlisted
David Foster Wallace
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2011
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- The PrivilegesShortlisted
Jonathan Dee
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2008
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- Shakespeare's KitchenShortlisted
Lore Segal
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2007
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2006
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- The Bright ForeverShortlisted
Lee Martin
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2005
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1992
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- Lila: An Inquiry into MoralsShortlisted
Robert M. Pirsig
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1991
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- Mean SpiritShortlisted
Linda Hogan
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1986
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1985
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- I Wish This War Were OverShortlisted
Diana O'Hehir
- Leaving the LandShortlisted
Douglas Unger
Frequently asked questions
- Who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2026?
- “Angel Down” by Daniel Kraus won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2026.
- Who are the most recent Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winners?
- 2026: “Angel Down” by Daniel Kraus; 2025: “James” by Percival Everett; 2024: “Night Watch” by Jayne Anne Phillips; 2023: “Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver and “Trust” by Hernán Díaz; 2022: “The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family” by Joshua Cohen.
- Has anyone won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once?
- Yes - 4 authors have: Booth Tarkington (1919, 1922); William Faulkner (1955, 1963); John Updike (1982, 1991); Colson Whitehead (2017, 2020).