The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction celebrates the best published works of fiction in the United States and is presented annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation, a nonprofit organization that champions literature and fosters connections between writers and readers. Previous winners include Imbolo Mbue, James Salter, Ann Patchett, and Viet Thanh Nguyen.

The PEN/Faulkner Foundation engaged Really Useful Media to bring the Award celebrations online for the first time, transforming a traditionally in-person literary gathering into a polished, accessible livestream event. We worked closely with the Foundation to design the run of show, manage live technical production, and create motion graphics that established a visual language reflecting the event’s literary prestige.