Young Lions Fiction Award

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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

YearAuthorTitleResultJudges
2001 Mark Z. Danielewski House of Leaves Winner Michael Chabon, A.M. Homes, Francine Prose
David Ebershoff The Danish Girl Finalist
Myla Goldberg Bee SeasonFinalist
Heidi Julavits The Mineral PalaceFinalist
Akhil Sharma An Obedient FatherFinalist
Darin Strauss Chang and EngFinalist
2002 Colson Whitehead John Henry Days Winner [5] Andrea Barrett, Mark Z. Danielewski, Jonathan Lethem
David Czuchlewski The Muse AsylumFinalist
Allegra Goodman Paradise ParkFinalist
Peter Orner Esther StoriesFinalist
Brady Udall The Miracle Life of Edgar MintFinalist
2003 Anthony Doerr The Shell CollectorWinner [6] Joyce Carol Oates, Caryl Phillips, Colson Whitehead
Jonathan Safran Foer Everything Is Illuminated Winner [6]
Adam Johnson Emporium Finalist
Ben Marcus Notable American Women Finalist
Peter Rock The AmbidextristFinalist
2004 Monique Truong The Book of Salt Winner [7] Anthony Doerr, Jonathan Safran Foer, Maureen Howard
Jordan Ellenberg The Grasshopper KingFinalist
Susan Choi American Woman Finalist
Lara Vapnyar There Are Jews in My HouseFinalist
Maile Meloy Liars and Saints Finalist
2005 Andrew Sean Greer The Confessions of Max TivoliWinner [8] Siri Hustvedt, Colum McCann, Monique Truong
Marc Bojanowski The Dog FighterFinalist
Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Madeleine Is SleepingFinalist
Stephen Elliott Happy Baby Finalist
Aaron Gwyn Dog on the CrossFinalist
2006 Uzodinma Iweala Beasts of No Nation Winner [9] Rick Moody, Edmund White, Andrew Sean Greer
Rattawut Lapcharoensap SightseeingFinalist
Kelly Link Magic for BeginnersFinalist
Ander Monson Other ElectricitiesFinalist
Eric Puchner Music Through the FloorFinalist
2007 Olga Grushin The Dream Life of SukhanovWinner [10] Kathryn Harrison, Jeff Talarigo, Uzodinma Iweala
Chris AdrianThe Children's HospitalFinalist
Kevin Brockmeier The Brief History of the DeadFinalist
Tony D'Souza WhitemanFinalist
Karen Russell St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by WolvesFinalist
2008 Ron Currie, Jr God Is Dead Winner [11] Olga Grushin, Han Ong, Helen Schulman
Ellen Litman The Last Chicken In AmericaFinalist
Peter Nathaniel Malae Teach the Free ManFinalist
Dinaw Mengestu The Beautiful Things That Heaven BearsFinalist
Emily Mitchell The Last Summer of the WorldFinalist
2009 Salvatore Scibona The EndWinner [12] André Aciman, Lore Segal, Ron Currie, Jr.
Jon FasmanThe Unpossessed CityFinalist
Rivka Galchen Atmospheric DisturbancesFinalist
Sana Krasikov One More YearFinalist
Zachary Mason The Lost Books of the OdysseyFinalist
2010 Wells Tower Everything Ravaged, Everything BurnedWinner [6] Amy Hempel, Rick Moody, Salvatore Scibona
Jedediah Berry The Manual of DetectionFinalist
Katie Kitamura The LongshotFinalist
Philipp Meyer American RustFinalist
C. E. Morgan All the LivingFinalist
2011 Adam Levin The InstructionsWinner [13] Maile Chapman, Andrew Sean Greer, Kelly Link
John Brandon Citrus CountyFinalist
Patricia Engel Vida SuzanneFinalist
Suzanne Rivecca Death Is Not an OptionFinalist
Teddy Wayne KapitoilFinalist
2012 Karen Russell Swamplandia! Winner [14] Álvaro Enrique, A.M. Homes, Adam Levin
Teju Cole Open CityFinalist
Benjamin Hale The Evolution of BrunoFinalist
Ben Lerner Leaving the Atocha StationFinalist
Jesmyn Ward Salvage the BonesFinalist
2013 Claire Vaye Watkins Battleborn Winner [15] Karen Russell, John Wray, Peter Nathaniel Malae
Ramona Ausubel No One Is Here Except All of UsFinalist
Joshua Cohen Four New MessagesFinalist
Katie Kitamura Gone to the ForestFinalist
Kevin Powers The Yellow BirdsFinalist
2014 Paul Yoon Snow HuntersWinner [8] Téa Obreht, Colm Tóibín, Claire Vaye Watkins
Matt BellIn the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the WoodsFinalist
Jennifer duBois CartwheelFinalist
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 GutshotWinner 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 BureaucratFinalist
Kirstin Valdez Quade Night at the FiestasFinalist
2017 Karan Mahajan The Association of Small BombsWinner Amelia Gray, Susan Minot, Salvatore Scibona
Clare Beams We Show What We Have LearnedFinalist
Brit Bennett The Mothers Finalist
Nicole Dennis-Benn Here Comes the Sun Finalist
Kaitlyn Greenidge We Love You Charlie FreemanFinalist
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 SuperheroesFinalist
Gabe Habash Stephen Florida Finalist
Emily Ruskovich Idaho Finalist
Jenny Zhang Sour Heart Finalist
2019 Ling Ma Severance Winner Lesley Nneka Arimah, Tayari Jones, Marisa Silver
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Friday Black Finalist
Nick Drnaso SabrinaFinalist
Akwaeke Emezi Freshwater Finalist
Laura van den Berg The Third HotelFinalist
2020 Bryan Washington LotWinner Ethan Hawke, Mitchell Jackson, Ling Ma
Steph Cha Your House Will PayFinalist
Julia Phillips Disappearing Earth Finalist
Kiley Reid Such a Fun Age Finalist
Xuan Juliana Wang Home RemediesFinalist
2021 Catherine Lacey PewWinner Hernan Diaz, Emma Straub, Yahdon Israel
Meng Jin Little GodsFinalist
Hilary Leichter TemporaryFinalist
Brandon Taylor Real Life Finalist
C Pam Zhang How Much of These Hills Is Gold Finalist
2022 Kalani Pickhart I Will Die in a Foreign LandWinner 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 HeatFinalist
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
2024 E. J. Koh The LiberatorsWinner A. M. Homes, Caoilinn Hughes, and, Zain Khalid
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Chain Gang All-Stars Finalist
Monica Brashears House of CottonFinalist
Eskor David Johnson Pay as You GoFinalist
C Pam Zhang Land of Milk and HoneyFinalist
2025 Pemi Aguda Ghostroots Finalist
Eliza Barry Callahan The Hearing TestFinalist
Alexander Sammartino Last ActsFinalist
Santiago Jose Sanchez HombrecitoFinalist
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio CatalinaFinalist

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