Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction
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The Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction is a prestigious American literary prize recognizing outstanding collections of short stories, typically by emerging or mid-career writers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction canonical | 2 |
| Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction Context triple: [Ha Jin, awardReceived, Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction]
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A.
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is a prestigious American literary prize honoring outstanding works of fiction by living U.S. authors.
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B.
O. Henry Award
The O. Henry Award is a prestigious annual American prize recognizing outstanding short stories.
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C.
Virginia Faulkner Award for Excellence in Writing
The Virginia Faulkner Award for Excellence in Writing is a literary honor recognizing outstanding achievement and craftsmanship in writing.
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D.
William Faulkner Foundation Award
The William Faulkner Foundation Award was a literary prize established to recognize and support promising new fiction writers, particularly for outstanding first novels.
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E.
Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction
The Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction is a prestigious literary honor awarded annually by the U.S. Library of Congress to recognize a writer’s lifetime achievement and significant contribution to American fiction.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction Target entity description: The Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction is a prestigious American literary prize recognizing outstanding collections of short stories, typically by emerging or mid-career writers.
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A.
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is a prestigious American literary prize honoring outstanding works of fiction by living U.S. authors.
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B.
O. Henry Award
The O. Henry Award is a prestigious annual American prize recognizing outstanding short stories.
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C.
Virginia Faulkner Award for Excellence in Writing
The Virginia Faulkner Award for Excellence in Writing is a literary honor recognizing outstanding achievement and craftsmanship in writing.
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D.
William Faulkner Foundation Award
The William Faulkner Foundation Award was a literary prize established to recognize and support promising new fiction writers, particularly for outstanding first novels.
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E.
Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction
The Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction is a prestigious literary honor awarded annually by the U.S. Library of Congress to recognize a writer’s lifetime achievement and significant contribution to American fiction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary award
ⓘ
short story award ⓘ |
| awardIncludes |
book publication
ⓘ
monetary prize ⓘ |
| competitionType | manuscript competition ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| eligibility |
English-language manuscripts
ⓘ
unpublished short story collections ⓘ |
| field |
literature
ⓘ
short story writing ⓘ |
| focus |
emerging writers
ⓘ
mid-career writers ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | short fiction ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://ugapress.org/flannery-oconnor-award-for-short-fiction/ ⓘ |
| inception | 1983 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| location | Athens, Georgia ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Flannery O’Connor
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linked to:
Flannery O'Connor
|
| namedForNationality | American ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation | short story writer ⓘ |
| notableWinner |
Amina Gautier
ⓘ
Antonya Nelson ⓘ Ellen Gilchrist ⓘ Ha Jin ⓘ Mary Hood ⓘ |
| presentedBy | University of Georgia Press ⓘ |
| publisherOfWinningBooks | University of Georgia Press ⓘ |
| scope | international ⓘ |
| sponsor | University of Georgia Press ⓘ |
| submissionFormat | short story collection ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction Description of subject: The Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction is a prestigious American literary prize recognizing outstanding collections of short stories, typically by emerging or mid-career writers.
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