The Sixteenth Annual Young Lions Fiction Award
June 1, 2016
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Honoring the best of today's young writers. Join us for cocktails, music, and mingling as we toast our five finalists and announce this year's winner.
2016 Young Lions Fiction Award Finalists:
2016 Young Lions Fiction Award Finalists:
- Angela Flournoy, The Turner House
- Amelia Gray, Gutshot
- Alexandra Kleeman, You Too Can Have A Body Like Mine
- Helen Phillips, The Beautiful Bureaucrat
- Kirstin Valdez Quade, Night at the Fiestas
Judges: Molly Antopol, Joseph O'Neill, Alejandro Zambra
Thursday, June 9, 2016
7 p.m. Cocktail Reception
Thursday, June 9, 2016
7 p.m. Cocktail Reception
8 p.m. Ceremony
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Celeste Bartos Forum
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Celeste Bartos Forum
Registration for this event is now closed.
To become a Young Lion and secure your spot at the Fiction Award, click here to join or contact us at younglions@nypl.org or 212.930.0885.
Generous support provided by Book of the Month.
The New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award was founded by Ethan Hawke, Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, Rick Moody, and Hannah McFarland. The award is made possible by an endowment created with generous gifts from Russell Abrams, Nina Collins, Hannah and Gavin McFarland, Ethan Hawke, Stephan Loewentheil, Rick Moody, Andrea Olshan, and Jennifer Rudolph Walsh.
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