PEN/Malamud Award
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The PEN/Malamud Award is a prestigious American literary prize presented annually to honor excellence in the art of the short story.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PEN/Malamud Award canonical | 9 |
| PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3725009 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PEN/Malamud Award Context triple: [Joyce Carol Oates, awardReceived, PEN/Malamud Award]
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A.
PEN New England Award
The PEN New England Award is a regional literary prize presented by the PEN New England branch to honor outstanding works of writing and promote literary excellence.
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B.
PEN/Hemingway Award
The PEN/Hemingway Award is a prestigious American literary prize honoring an outstanding debut work of fiction by an author.
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C.
PEN West Award
The PEN West Award is a regional literary honor presented by PEN Center USA to recognize outstanding writing and contributions to literature in the Western United States.
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D.
PEN Writing Award
The PEN Writing Award is a literary honor presented by PEN to recognize outstanding achievement and contributions in writing.
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E.
PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction
The PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction is a prestigious literary honor recognizing a living American author whose body of work exemplifies excellence and lasting significance in fiction.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PEN/Malamud Award Target entity description: The PEN/Malamud Award is a prestigious American literary prize presented annually to honor excellence in the art of the short story.
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A.
PEN New England Award
The PEN New England Award is a regional literary prize presented by the PEN New England branch to honor outstanding works of writing and promote literary excellence.
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B.
PEN/Hemingway Award
The PEN/Hemingway Award is a prestigious American literary prize honoring an outstanding debut work of fiction by an author.
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C.
PEN West Award
The PEN West Award is a regional literary honor presented by PEN Center USA to recognize outstanding writing and contributions to literature in the Western United States.
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D.
PEN Writing Award
The PEN Writing Award is a literary honor presented by PEN to recognize outstanding achievement and contributions in writing.
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E.
PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction
The PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction is a prestigious literary honor recognizing a living American author whose body of work exemplifies excellence and lasting significance in fiction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary award
ⓘ
short story award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story
ⓘ
linked to:
PEN/Malamud Award
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| associatedWithOrganization | PEN America ⓘ |
| awardFor | excellence in the art of the short story ⓘ |
| awardType | career achievement award ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| eligibility | writers of short fiction ⓘ |
| field |
fiction
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | short story ⓘ |
| hasAwarded | short story writers ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
American literary awards
ⓘ
American short story awards ⓘ Awards established in 1988 ⓘ PEN awards ⓘ
linked to:
PEN America awards
|
| honours | Bernard Malamud ⓘ |
| inception | 1988 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| location | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Bernard Malamud ⓘ |
| namedForNationality | American ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation | novelist ⓘ |
| organizer | PEN/Faulkner Foundation ⓘ |
| partOf | American literary awards ⓘ |
| presentedBy | PEN/Faulkner Foundation ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | judged by a panel of writers and literary professionals ⓘ |
| sponsor | PEN/Faulkner Foundation ⓘ |
| website | https://www.penfaulkner.org/award-for-excellence-in-the-short-story/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: PEN/Malamud Award Description of subject: The PEN/Malamud Award is a prestigious American literary prize presented annually to honor excellence in the art of the short story.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.