National Book Award for Young People's Literature

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American literary award literary award

The National Book Award for Young People's Literature is a prestigious American literary prize honoring outstanding works written for children and young adults.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
National Book Award for Young People's Literature canonical	9
National Book Award for Young People’s Literature	8
National Book Award for Children’s Literature	2
2007 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature	1
National Book Award for Young People’s Literature (for March: Book Three, as co-creator)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3799298 — 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: National Book Award for Young People's Literature
Context triple: [Ursula K. Le Guin, awardReceived, National Book Award for Young People's Literature]

A. Printz Award
The Printz Award is a prestigious annual literary prize recognizing excellence in young adult literature.
B. Newbery Medal
The Newbery Medal is a prestigious American literary award given annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to children's literature.
C. Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature
The Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature is a literary prize that honors outstanding works of children's and young adult literature that authentically portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States.
D. Michael L. Printz Honor
The Michael L. Printz Honor is a prestigious American Young Adult literary distinction recognizing outstanding books for teens that are runners-up to the annual Printz Award.
E. American Book Award
The American Book Award is a U.S. literary prize that honors outstanding works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and other genres by writers from diverse backgrounds without categories or competition among nominees.
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: National Book Award for Young People's Literature
Target entity description: The National Book Award for Young People's Literature is a prestigious American literary prize honoring outstanding works written for children and young adults.

A. Printz Award
The Printz Award is a prestigious annual literary prize recognizing excellence in young adult literature.
B. Newbery Medal
The Newbery Medal is a prestigious American literary award given annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to children's literature.
C. Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature
The Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature is a literary prize that honors outstanding works of children's and young adult literature that authentically portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States.
D. Michael L. Printz Honor
The Michael L. Printz Honor is a prestigious American Young Adult literary distinction recognizing outstanding books for teens that are runners-up to the annual Printz Award.
E. American Book Award
The American Book Award is a U.S. literary prize that honors outstanding works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and other genres by writers from diverse backgrounds without categories or competition among nominees.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American literary award ⓘ literary award ⓘ
awardCategoryOf	National Book Awards ⓘ
awardedFor	children's literature ⓘ outstanding works of literature for children and young adults ⓘ young adult literature ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eligibility	authors who are U.S. citizens ⓘ books published in the United States ⓘ
field	children's and young adult publishing ⓘ literature ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	children's literature ⓘ young adult fiction ⓘ
hasAwardCategory	fiction for young people ⓘ
hasCurrency	cash prize ⓘ
hasRecognition	one of the major American prizes for children's and YA books ⓘ
hasTrophy	National Book Award medal ⓘ linked to: National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters
hasWebsite	https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2023/young-peoples-literature/ ⓘ
inception	1996 ⓘ
languageOfWorksAwarded	English ⓘ
locationOfCeremony	New York City ⓘ
mediaCoverage	national U.S. media ⓘ
notableWinner	Cynthia Kadohata ⓘ Elizabeth Acevedo ⓘ Kathryn Erskine ⓘ Louis Sachar ⓘ M. T. Anderson ⓘ Sherman Alexie ⓘ Tae Keller ⓘ William Alexander ⓘ
parentOrganization	National Book Foundation ⓘ
partOf	National Book Awards ⓘ
presentedBy	National Book Foundation ⓘ
relatedAward	National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ National Book Award for Poetry ⓘ National Book Award for Translated Literature ⓘ
selectionProcess	judged by a panel of writers, critics, librarians, and booksellers ⓘ
selectionStage	finalists ⓘ longlist ⓘ winner ⓘ
significance	raises visibility of children's and YA literature ⓘ
sponsor	National Book Foundation ⓘ
timeOfYearAwarded	autumn ⓘ
typicalFormatOfWorks	graphic novels ⓘ novels ⓘ poetry collections ⓘ short story collections ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ursula K. Le Guin → awardReceived → National Book Award for Young People's Literature ⓘ

March: Book Three → awarded → National Book Award for Young People’s Literature ⓘ

subject linked to: graphic novel trilogy "March"