New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award

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annual award fiction award literary award

The New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award is an annual literary prize honoring outstanding works of fiction by emerging writers aged 35 or younger.

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Label	Occurrences
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award canonical	2
Young Lions Fiction Award	2
Young Lions of the New York Public Library	2
New York Public Library Literary Lion	1

How this entity was disambiguated

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Target entity: New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award
Context triple: [Uzodinma Iweala, awardReceived, New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award]

A. National Book Award for Young People's Literature
The National Book Award for Young People's Literature is a prestigious American literary prize honoring outstanding works written for children and young adults.
B. Printz Award
The Printz Award is a prestigious annual literary prize recognizing excellence in young adult literature.
C. Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book
The Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book is a science fiction and fantasy literary award recognizing outstanding YA works, presented annually at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon).
D. PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
The PEN/Jean Stein Book Award is a major literary prize presented by PEN America that honors a single outstanding book of fiction or nonfiction for its originality, merit, and impact.
E. 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.
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: New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award
Target entity description: The New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award is an annual literary prize honoring outstanding works of fiction by emerging writers aged 35 or younger.

A. National Book Award for Young People's Literature
The National Book Award for Young People's Literature is a prestigious American literary prize honoring outstanding works written for children and young adults.
B. Printz Award
The Printz Award is a prestigious annual literary prize recognizing excellence in young adult literature.
C. Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book
The Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book is a science fiction and fantasy literary award recognizing outstanding YA works, presented annually at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon).
D. PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
The PEN/Jean Stein Book Award is a major literary prize presented by PEN America that honors a single outstanding book of fiction or nonfiction for its originality, merit, and impact.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	annual award ⓘ fiction award ⓘ literary award ⓘ
administeredBy	New York Public Library ⓘ
ageLimit	35 ⓘ
associatedWith	New York Public Library Young Lions program ⓘ linked to: New York Public Library
awardedFor	debut or early-career fiction ⓘ outstanding work of fiction ⓘ
awardType	monetary prize ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eligibilityCriteria	author age 35 or younger ⓘ emerging writers ⓘ work of fiction published in the previous year ⓘ
field	contemporary fiction ⓘ literature ⓘ
focus	innovative fiction ⓘ new literary voices ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	fiction ⓘ
hasAgeRestriction	yes ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasShortlist	yes ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.nypl.org ⓘ
inception	2001 ⓘ
isIn	United States literary awards ⓘ
location	New York City ⓘ
namedAfter	Young Lions of the New York Public Library ⓘ linked to: New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award
notableWinner	Claire Vaye Watkins ⓘ Colson Whitehead ⓘ Gary Shteyngart ⓘ Jonathan Safran Foer ⓘ Karen Russell ⓘ
organizer	Young Lions of the New York Public Library ⓘ linked to: New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award
presentedBy	New York Public Library ⓘ
selectionProcess	shortlist of finalists ⓘ winner chosen from finalists ⓘ
sponsor	New York Public Library ⓘ
targetGroup	emerging fiction authors ⓘ young writers ⓘ
typicalForm	novel ⓘ short story collection ⓘ

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