Boston Globe–Horn Book Award

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children's literature award literary award

The Boston Globe–Horn Book Award is a prestigious American literary prize recognizing excellence in children's and young adult literature.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award canonical	4
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Nonfiction	2
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry	1
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Picture Book	1
Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10929097 — 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: Boston Globe–Horn Book Award
Context triple: [Sally Gardner, awardReceived, Boston Globe–Horn Book 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. New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction 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.
D. 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.
E. 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.
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: Boston Globe–Horn Book Award
Target entity description: The Boston Globe–Horn Book Award is a prestigious American literary prize recognizing excellence in children's and young adult literature.

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. New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction 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.
D. 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.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	children's literature award ⓘ literary award ⓘ
awardedFor	excellence in children's literature ⓘ excellence in young adult literature ⓘ
awardType	book award ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eligibility	books for children ⓘ books for young adults ⓘ
field	children's and young adult books ⓘ literature ⓘ
firstAwarded	1967 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	children's literature ⓘ young adult literature ⓘ
hasCategory	Fiction and Poetry ⓘ Nonfiction ⓘ Picture Book ⓘ
hasComponentAward	Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry ⓘ linked to: Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ linked to: Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Picture Book ⓘ linked to: Boston Globe–Horn Book Award
hasRecognition	winners often gain increased visibility and sales ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.hbook.com ⓘ
inception	1967 ⓘ
includesHonorBooks	honor books named in each category ⓘ yes ⓘ
languageOfEligibleWorks	English ⓘ
locationOfCeremony	Boston ⓘ
mediaPartner	The Boston Globe ⓘ
namedAfter	The Boston Globe ⓘ The Horn Book Magazine ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the most prestigious awards in North American children's literature ⓘ
organizer	The Horn Book Magazine ⓘ
presentedBy	The Boston Globe ⓘ The Horn Book Magazine ⓘ
publisherEligibility	books published in the United States ⓘ
selectionProcess	judged by a panel of children's literature experts ⓘ
sponsor	The Boston Globe ⓘ The Horn Book Magazine ⓘ
timeOfYearAwarded	fall ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Sally Gardner → awardReceived → Boston Globe–Horn Book Award ⓘ

A Wizard of Earthsea → awardReceived → Boston Globe–Horn Book Award ⓘ

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice → awardReceived → Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ