Whiting Award for Poetry
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The Whiting Award for Poetry is a prestigious American literary prize that recognizes emerging poets for exceptional promise and achievement early in their careers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Whiting Award | 1 |
| Whiting Award for Poetry canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12886213 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whiting Award for Poetry Context triple: [Whiting Writers' Award, hasAwardCategory, Whiting Award for Poetry]
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A.
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
The Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize is a prestigious American literary award honoring a poet's lifetime achievement and outstanding contribution to poetry.
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B.
PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry
The PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry is a major American literary prize presented by PEN America that honors a poet whose distinguished body of work represents a notable and enduring contribution to the art of poetry.
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C.
Ingram Merrill Foundation Award
The Ingram Merrill Foundation Award was a private arts grant given by the Ingram Merrill Foundation to support writers and other artists, often recognizing emerging or mid-career talent.
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D.
Wallace Stevens Award
The Wallace Stevens Award is a prestigious American poetry prize presented by the Academy of American Poets to honor a poet’s outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry.
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E.
James Laughlin Award
The James Laughlin Award is a prestigious American poetry prize given by the Academy of American Poets to recognize an outstanding second book of poems by a U.S. poet.
- 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: Whiting Award for Poetry Target entity description: The Whiting Award for Poetry is a prestigious American literary prize that recognizes emerging poets for exceptional promise and achievement early in their careers.
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A.
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
The Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize is a prestigious American literary award honoring a poet's lifetime achievement and outstanding contribution to poetry.
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B.
PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry
The PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry is a major American literary prize presented by PEN America that honors a poet whose distinguished body of work represents a notable and enduring contribution to the art of poetry.
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C.
Ingram Merrill Foundation Award
The Ingram Merrill Foundation Award was a private arts grant given by the Ingram Merrill Foundation to support writers and other artists, often recognizing emerging or mid-career talent.
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D.
Wallace Stevens Award
The Wallace Stevens Award is a prestigious American poetry prize presented by the Academy of American Poets to honor a poet’s outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry.
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E.
James Laughlin Award
The James Laughlin Award is a prestigious American poetry prize given by the Academy of American Poets to recognize an outstanding second book of poems by a U.S. poet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary award
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poetry award ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Whiting Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aim |
to recognize literary excellence in poetry
ⓘ
to support emerging poets ⓘ |
| awardFor |
early-career achievement in poetry
ⓘ
emerging poets ⓘ exceptional promise in poetry ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currency | US dollars ⓘ |
| eligibility |
United States-based writers
ⓘ
emerging writers ⓘ |
| field |
creative writing
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.whiting.org ⓘ |
| inception | 1985 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Whiting Foundation benefactors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRecipient |
Jorie Graham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Louise Glück NERFINISHED ⓘ Ocean Vuong NERFINISHED ⓘ Terrance Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ Tracy K. Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Yusef Komunyakaa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Whiting Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Whiting Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sponsor | Whiting Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Whiting Award for Poetry Description of subject: The Whiting Award for Poetry is a prestigious American literary prize that recognizes emerging poets for exceptional promise and achievement early in their careers.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Whiting Award