Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
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The Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction is a Canadian literary award presented annually by the Quebec Writers' Federation to recognize outstanding works of fiction by Quebec-based authors.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction canonical | 1 |
| Quebec Writers' Federation literary awards | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4946450 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction Context triple: [Yann Martel, awardReceived, Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction]
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A.
Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize
The Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize is a major Canadian literary award presented annually to recognize outstanding works of fiction by Canadian authors.
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B.
Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry
The Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry is a Canadian literary prize recognizing outstanding achievement in poetry by Canadian writers.
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C.
Giller Prize
The Giller Prize is one of Canada's most prestigious literary awards, presented annually to recognize excellence in English-language fiction.
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D.
Commonwealth Writers' Prize
The Commonwealth Writers' Prize was a prestigious annual literary award that recognized outstanding fiction by authors from Commonwealth countries, helping to launch and celebrate many notable writers' careers.
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E.
Neil Gunn Prize
The Neil Gunn Prize is a literary award named after Scottish writer Neil M. Gunn, recognizing outstanding fiction or essays that reflect his themes of landscape, culture, and human experience.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction Target entity description: The Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction is a Canadian literary award presented annually by the Quebec Writers' Federation to recognize outstanding works of fiction by Quebec-based authors.
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A.
Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize
The Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize is a major Canadian literary award presented annually to recognize outstanding works of fiction by Canadian authors.
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B.
Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry
The Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry is a Canadian literary prize recognizing outstanding achievement in poetry by Canadian writers.
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C.
Giller Prize
The Giller Prize is one of Canada's most prestigious literary awards, presented annually to recognize excellence in English-language fiction.
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D.
Commonwealth Writers' Prize
The Commonwealth Writers' Prize was a prestigious annual literary award that recognized outstanding fiction by authors from Commonwealth countries, helping to launch and celebrate many notable writers' careers.
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E.
Neil Gunn Prize
The Neil Gunn Prize is a literary award named after Scottish writer Neil M. Gunn, recognizing outstanding fiction or essays that reflect his themes of landscape, culture, and human experience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | literary award ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Quebec Writers' Federation ⓘ |
| awardedIn | Canada ⓘ |
| awardFor |
fiction
ⓘ
outstanding works of fiction ⓘ |
| category |
Canadian fiction awards
ⓘ
Quebec literary awards ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| currencyOfMonetaryAward | Canadian dollar ⓘ |
| eligibleAuthors | Quebec-based authors ⓘ |
| eligibleRegion |
Quebec
ⓘ
linked to:
Quebec, Canada
|
| field | literature ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | fiction ⓘ |
| inception | 1988 ⓘ |
| languageOfEligibleWorks | English ⓘ |
| location |
Quebec
ⓘ
linked to:
Quebec, Canada
|
| namedAfter | Hugh MacLennan ⓘ |
| namedForNationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation | novelist ⓘ |
| partOf |
Quebec Writers' Federation literary awards
ⓘ
linked to:
Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
|
| presentedBy | Quebec Writers' Federation ⓘ |
| sponsor | Quebec Writers' Federation ⓘ |
| website | https://qwf.org/prize/hugh-maclennan-prize-for-fiction/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction Description of subject: The Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction is a Canadian literary award presented annually by the Quebec Writers' Federation to recognize outstanding works of fiction by Quebec-based authors.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction