What Book Should Have Won the Pulitzer for Fiction? This year, for the first time since 1977, the Pulitzer Prize committee declined to award a winner in the fiction category, passing over the three finalists selected by a three-person jury: "The Pale King," by David Foster Wallace; "Swamplandia!" by Karen Russell; and "Train Dreams," by Denis Johnson. So the magazine asked eight experts to rectify this oversight and choose the novel they would have awarded the Pulitzer to. And now we're asking you. Make your case below, in one paragraph, for the 2011 novel you think most deserved the Pulitzer Prize. Brevity counts - think 100 words or so. We'll highlight the best responses later in the week and then let readers choose which of these new nominees most deserves the Prize That Wasn't. You have until the end of the day Wednesday. Entries may be edited for concision and clarity. On your marks; get set; render judgment.