Hawthornden Prize
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The Hawthornden Prize is one of the oldest and most prestigious British literary awards, given annually for imaginative writing in prose or verse.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hawthornden Prize canonical | 18 |
| Hawthornden Prize for Imaginative Literature | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hawthornden Prize Context triple: [The Hawk in the Rain, awarded, Hawthornden Prize]
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A.
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize is a British literary award given to emerging poets and fiction writers for outstanding work published in the UK or Ireland.
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B.
Berwick Prize
The Berwick Prize is a prestigious mathematical award presented by the London Mathematical Society for outstanding research in pure mathematics.
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C.
Booker–McConnell Prize
The Booker–McConnell Prize was the original name of the prestigious British literary award now known as the Booker Prize, given annually for outstanding novels written in English.
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D.
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.
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E.
Cholmondeley Award
The Cholmondeley Award is a prestigious British literary prize presented to poets in recognition of their outstanding contribution to poetry.
- 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: Hawthornden Prize Target entity description: The Hawthornden Prize is one of the oldest and most prestigious British literary awards, given annually for imaginative writing in prose or verse.
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A.
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize is a British literary award given to emerging poets and fiction writers for outstanding work published in the UK or Ireland.
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B.
Berwick Prize
The Berwick Prize is a prestigious mathematical award presented by the London Mathematical Society for outstanding research in pure mathematics.
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C.
Booker–McConnell Prize
The Booker–McConnell Prize was the original name of the prestigious British literary award now known as the Booker Prize, given annually for outstanding novels written in English.
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D.
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.
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E.
Cholmondeley Award
The Cholmondeley Award is a prestigious British literary prize presented to poets in recognition of their outstanding contribution to poetry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | literary award ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hawthornden Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
ⓘ
linked to:
Hawthornden Castle
|
| awardedFor | single work rather than lifetime achievement ⓘ |
| awardedForWorksPublishedIn | previous calendar year ⓘ |
| awardedIn | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| awardFor |
imaginative writing
ⓘ
prose ⓘ verse ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| currency | Pound sterling ⓘ |
| eligibility |
British authors
ⓘ
Commonwealth authors ⓘ Irish authors ⓘ |
| excludes |
drama
ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ |
| field | literature ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Alice Warrender ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
ⓘ
poetry ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Hawthornden Prize for Imaginative Literature
ⓘ
linked to:
Hawthornden Prize
|
| hasAwarded |
Aldous Huxley
ⓘ
Ali Smith ⓘ D. H. Lawrence ⓘ Graham Greene ⓘ Hilary Mantel ⓘ Iris Murdoch ⓘ Seamus Heaney ⓘ T. S. Eliot ⓘ W. H. Auden ⓘ |
| hasCategory | single overall award ⓘ |
| hasReputation | independent of commercial considerations ⓘ |
| inception | 1919 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| mediaType | printed books ⓘ |
| monetaryValue | cash prize ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Hawthornden Castle ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the oldest British literary awards
ⓘ
prestige in British literary culture ⓘ |
| officialWebsite | https://www.hawthorndenprize.org ⓘ |
| relativeAge | one of the oldest surviving UK literary prizes ⓘ |
| scope |
United Kingdom and Ireland
ⓘ
linked to:
UK and Ireland
|
| selectionCriteria | literary merit ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | judged by a small panel of literary judges ⓘ |
| sponsor | Hawthornden Foundation ⓘ |
| sponsorType | charitable foundation ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
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Subject: Hawthornden Prize Description of subject: The Hawthornden Prize is one of the oldest and most prestigious British literary awards, given annually for imaginative writing in prose or verse.
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linked to: Hawthornden Prize
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subject linked to:
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