William Faulkner Foundation

[Max Nemtsov]

colleagues,
an interesting issue came to my attention via one of the Russian readers 
of TRP

all possible sources, including dust jackets, inform us that, for his 
debut novel V., TRP received "much coveted" (or whatever) William 
Faulkner Foundation Award for the Best Debut Novel, right?
now, the Wiki gives link to the WFF, that turns out to be the 
PEN/Faulkner Foundation: http://www.penfaulkner.org/ - established in 
1980, giving out prizes, however NOT for debut novels, and with no 
connection to the award we're interested in. apparently, this is a 
somewhat different WFF
there exists, however, the WFF that looks like the one we need, 
mentioned here: http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/small/collections/faulkner/ 
- but I was unable to find any mention of best debut novel prizes it 
might have given in the 1960s, and it seems to be in a rather sorrow state
the issue was more or less addressed by someone here: 
http://stormville.blogspot.com/2011/10/william-faulkner-foundation-first-novel.html 
- about a year ago, with no conclusive results
could anyone clarify the situation with this elusive WFF? does anyone 
know anything? what happened then and there? who gave TRP the award, and 
did anyone really do it?
Mx