Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award

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literary award

The Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award is a regional literary prize presented by independent booksellers in the U.S. Mountain and Plains states to honor outstanding books and authors.

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Label	Occurrences
Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award canonical	1
Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award for Children’s Books	1
Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award for Fiction	1
Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award for Nonfiction	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6506225 — 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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Target entity: Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award
Context triple: [Linda Hogan, awardReceived, Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award]

A. Trillium Book Award
The Trillium Book Award is a prestigious Canadian literary prize that honors outstanding works by Ontario authors in both English and French.
B. 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.
C. American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) Award
The American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) Award is a U.S. literary prize chosen by independent booksellers to honor books that have been especially popular and influential with their customers.
D. National Book Council Award
The National Book Council Award was a prestigious Australian literary prize recognizing outstanding works by Australian authors.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award
Target entity description: The Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award is a regional literary prize presented by independent booksellers in the U.S. Mountain and Plains states to honor outstanding books and authors.

A. Trillium Book Award
The Trillium Book Award is a prestigious Canadian literary prize that honors outstanding works by Ontario authors in both English and French.
B. 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.
C. American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) Award
The American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) Award is a U.S. literary prize chosen by independent booksellers to honor books that have been especially popular and influential with their customers.
D. National Book Council Award
The National Book Council Award was a prestigious Australian literary prize recognizing outstanding works by Australian authors.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (27)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	literary award ⓘ
awardCategory	children’s literature ⓘ fiction ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ
awardFor	outstanding authors ⓘ outstanding books ⓘ
basedOn	booksellers’ recommendations ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eligibilityCriteria	books published in the United States ⓘ books with strong connection to Mountain and Plains region ⓘ
field	literature ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	literature ⓘ
hasPart	Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award for Children’s Books ⓘ linked to: Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award for Fiction ⓘ linked to: Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award for Nonfiction ⓘ linked to: Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award
inception	20th century (approximate) ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	emphasizes independent booksellers ⓘ regional focus on Mountain and Plains states ⓘ
organizer	Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association ⓘ
presentedBy	Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association ⓘ independent booksellers ⓘ
regionServed	Mountain states of the United States ⓘ linked to: Mountain States Plains states of the United States ⓘ
selectionProcess	voting by member booksellers ⓘ
sponsor	Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association ⓘ

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Linda Hogan → awardReceived → Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award ⓘ

Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award → hasPart → Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award for Fiction ⓘ

linked to: Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award

Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award → hasPart → Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award for Nonfiction ⓘ

linked to: Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award

Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award → hasPart → Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award for Children’s Books ⓘ

linked to: Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award

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