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The Young Lions Fiction Award is an annual US literary prize of $10,000, awarded to a writer who is 35 years old or younger for a novel or collection of short stories.[1][2] The award was established in 2001 by Ethan Hawke, Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, Rick Moody, Hannah McFarland, and the New York Public Library. Each year, five young fiction writers are selected as finalists by a reading committee of Young Lions members (a New York Public Library membership aimed at people in their 20s and 30s[3]), writers, editors, and librarians. A panel of judges selects the winner.[1][4]

Recipients

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Year Winner Finalists Judges
2024 E. J. Koh, The Liberators [5] A. M. Homes, Caoilinn Hughes, and, Zain Khalid
Year Author Title Result Judges
2001 Mark Z. Danielewski House of Leaves Winner Michael Chabon, A.M. Homes, Francine Prose
David Ebershoff The Danish Girl Finalist
Myla Goldberg Bee Season Finalist
Heidi Julavits The Mineral Palace Finalist
Akhil Sharma An Obedient Father Finalist
Darin Strauss Chang and Eng Finalist
2002 Colson Whitehead John Henry Days Winner [7] Andrea Barrett, Mark Z. Danielewski, Jonathan Lethem
David Czuchlewski The Muse Asylum Finalist
Allegra Goodman Paradise Park Finalist
Peter Orner Esther Stories Finalist
Brady Udall The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint Finalist
2003 Anthony Doerr The Shell Collector Winner [8] Joyce Carol Oates, Caryl Phillips, Colson Whitehead
Jonathan Safran Foer Everything Is Illuminated Winner [8]
Adam Johnson Emporium Finalist
Ben Marcus Notable American Women Finalist
Peter Rock The Ambidextrist Finalist
2004 Monique Truong The Book of Salt Winner [9] Anthony Doerr, Jonathan Safran Foer, Maureen Howard
Jordan Ellenberg The Grasshopper King Finalist
Susan Choi American Woman Finalist
Lara Vapnyar There Are Jews in My House Finalist
Maile Meloy Liars and Saints Finalist
2005 Andrew Sean Greer The Confessions of Max Tivoli Winner [10] Siri Hustvedt, Colum McCann, Monique Truong
Marc Bojanowski The Dog Fighter Finalist
Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Madeleine Is Sleeping Finalist
Stephen Elliott Happy Baby Finalist
Aaron Gwyn Dog on the Cross Finalist
2006 Uzodinma Iweala Beasts of No Nation Winner [11] Rick Moody, Edmund White, Andrew Sean Greer
Rattawut Lapcharoensap Sightseeing Finalist
Kelly Link Magic for Beginners Finalist
Ander Monson Other Electricities Finalist
Eric Puchner Music Through the Floor Finalist
2007 Olga Grushin The Dream Life of Sukhanov Winner [12] Kathryn Harrison, Jeff Talarigo, Uzodinma Iweala
Chris Adrian The Children's Hospital Finalist
Kevin Brockmeier The Brief History of the Dead Finalist
Tony D'Souza Whiteman Finalist
Karen Russell St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves Finalist
2008 Ron Currie, Jr God Is Dead Winner [13] Olga Grushin, Han Ong, Helen Schulman
Ellen Litman The Last Chicken In America Finalist
Peter Nathaniel Malae Teach the Free Man Finalist
Dinaw Mengestu The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears Finalist
Emily Mitchell The Last Summer of the World Finalist
2009 Salvatore Scibona The End Winner [14] André Aciman, Lore Segal, Ron Currie, Jr.
Jon Fasman The Unpossessed City Finalist
Rivka Galchen Atmospheric Disturbances Finalist
Sana Krasikov One More Year Finalist
Zachary Mason The Lost Books of the Odyssey Finalist
2010 Wells Tower Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned Winner [8] Amy Hempel, Rick Moody, Salvatore Scibona
Jedediah Berry The Manual of Detection Finalist
Katie Kitamura The Longshot Finalist
Philipp Meyer American Rust Finalist
C. E. Morgan All the Living Finalist
2011 Adam Levin The Instructions Winner [15] Maile Chapman, Andrew Sean Greer, Kelly Link
John Brandon Citrus County Finalist
Patricia Engel Vida Suzanne Finalist
Rivecca Death Is Not an Option Finalist
Teddy Wayne Kapitoil Finalist
2012 Karen Russell Swamplandia! Winner [16] Álvaro Enrique, A.M. Homes, Adam Levin
Teju Cole Open City Finalist
Benjamin Hale The Evolution of Bruno Finalist
Ben Lerner Leaving the Atocha Station Finalist
Jesmyn Ward Salvage the Bones Finalist
2013 Claire Vaye Watkins Battleborn Winner [17] Karen Russell, John Wray, Peter Nathaniel Malae
Ramona Ausubel No One Is Here Except All of Us Finalist
Joshua Cohen Four New Messages Finalist
Katie Kitamura Gone to the Forest Finalist
Kevin Powers The Yellow Birds Finalist
2014 Paul Yoon Snow Hunters Winner [10] Téa Obreht, Colm Tóibín, Claire Vaye Watkins
Matt Bell In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods Finalist
Jennifer duBois Cartwheel Finalist
Anthony Marra A Constellation of Vital Phenomena Finalist
Chinelo Okparanta Happiness, Like Water Finalist
2015 Molly Antopol The UnAmericans Winner Ayana Mathis, Rebecca Mead, Paul Yoon
Jesse Ball Silence Once Begun Finalist
Catherine Lacey Nobody Is Ever Missing Finalist
Andrew Ladd What Ends Finalist
Ben Lerner 10:04 Finalist
2016 Amelia Gray Gutshot Winner Molly Antopol, Joseph O'Neill, Alejandro Zambra
Angela Flournoy The Turner House Finalist
Alexandra Kleeman You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine Finalist
Helen Phillips The Beautiful Bureaucrat Finalist
Kirstin Valdez Quade Night at the Fiestas Finalist
Molly Antopol The UnAmericans Finalist
2017 Karan Mahajan The Association of Small Bombs Winner Amelia Gray, Susan Minot, Salvatore Scibona
Clare Beams We Show What We Have Learned Finalist
Brit Bennett The Mothers Finalist
Nicole Dennis-Benn Here Comes the Sun Finalist
Kaitlyn Greenidge We Love You Charlie Freeman Finalist
Molly Antopol The UnAmericans Finalist
2018 Lesley Nneka Arimah What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky Winner Carys Davies, Lynn Lobash, Karan Mahajan
Venita Blackburn Black Jesus and Other Superheroes Finalist
Gabe Habash Stephen Florida Finalist
Emily Ruskovich Idaho Finalist
Jenny Zhang Sour Heart Finalist
Carys Davies The Redemption of Galen Pike Finalist
2019 Ling Ma Severance Winner Lesley Nneka Arimah, Tayari Jones, Marisa Silver
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Friday Black Finalist
Nick Drnaso Sabrina Finalist
Akwaeke Emezi Freshwater Finalist
Laura van den Berg The Third Hotel Finalist
Lesley Nneka Arimah What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky Finalist
2020 Bryan Washington Lot Winner Ethan Hawke, Mitchell Jackson, Ling Ma
Steph Cha Your House Will Pay Finalist
Julia Phillips Disappearing Earth Finalist
Kiley Reid Such a Fun Age Finalist
Xuan Juliana Wang Home Remedies Finalist
Ethan Hawke A Bright Shining Lie Finalist
2021 Catherine Lacey Pew Winner Hernan Diaz, Emma Straub, Yahdon Israel
Meng Jin Little Gods Finalist
Hilary Leichter Temporary Finalist
Brandon Taylor Real Life Finalist
C Pam Zhang How Much of These Hills Is Gold Finalist
Hernan Diaz The Last House on Needless Street Finalist
2022 Kalani Pickhart I Will Die in a Foreign Land Winner Venita Blackburn, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Catherine Lacey
Mateo Askaripour Black Buck Finalist
Alexandra Kleeman Something Under the Sun Finalist
Tom Lin The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu Finalist
Dantiel W. Moniz Milk Blood Heat Finalist
Venita Blackburn The Final Girl Support Group Finalist
2023 Zain Khalid Brother Alive Winner Jessamine Chan, Claire Luchette, and Kalani Pickhart
Fatimah Asghar When We Were Sisters Finalist
Elaine Hsieh Chou Disorientation Finalist
Reyes Ramirez The Book of Wanderers Finalist
David Sanchez All Day Is a Long Time Finalist
Jessamine Chan The School for Good Mothers Finalist

References

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  2. ^ "Catherine Lacey '10 Wins 2021 NYPL Young Lions Award". Columbia - School of the Arts. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
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  4. ^ "The NYPL has announced the 2020 Young Lions Fiction Award Finalists". Literary Hub. 2020-05-19. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  5. ^ "Announcing the Winner of the 2024 Young Lions Fiction Award". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
  6. ^ "Announcing the 2024 Young Lions Fiction Award Finalists". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
  7. ^ "Colson Whitehead Biography - eNotes.com". eNotes. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  8. ^ a b c "New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award Winners". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  9. ^ BookBrowse. "Monique Truong author biography". BookBrowse.com. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  10. ^ a b "Young Lions Award List of Winners and Finalists". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  11. ^ "SuperSummary". SuperSummary. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  12. ^ "Olga Grushin : The Dream Life of Sukhanov : Book Review". mostlyfiction.com. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  13. ^ "Ron Currie, Jr. : God is Dead : Book Review". mostlyfiction.com. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  14. ^ "Books — Salvatore Scibona". Salvatore Scibona. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  15. ^ "Adam Levin, novelist". Adam Levin. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  16. ^ "Bio". Karen Russell. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  17. ^ "Claire Vaye Watkins". Granta. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
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