Michael L. Printz Honor

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literary award young adult literature award

The Michael L. Printz Honor is a prestigious American Young Adult literary distinction recognizing outstanding books for teens that are runners-up to the annual Printz Award.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Michael L. Printz Honor canonical	2
Printz Honor	2
Michael L. Printz Award	1
Michael L. Printz Award Honor for Postcards from No Man's Land	1
Michael L. Printz Award program	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3066828 — 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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Michael L. Printz Honor
Context triple: [The Book Thief, awarded, Michael L. Printz Honor]

A. Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book
The Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book is a science fiction and fantasy literary award recognizing outstanding YA works, presented annually at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon).
B. Stonewall Book Award
The Stonewall Book Award is a prestigious literary honor recognizing exceptional works of LGBTQ+ literature.
C. Horatio Alger Award
The Horatio Alger Award is a prestigious American honor recognizing individuals who have overcome significant adversity to achieve notable success and who exemplify the values of perseverance and integrity.
D. Newbery Medal
The Newbery Medal is a prestigious American literary award given annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to children's literature.
E. American Book Award
The American Book Award is a U.S. literary prize that honors outstanding works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and other genres by writers from diverse backgrounds without categories or competition among nominees.
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: Michael L. Printz Honor
Target entity description: The Michael L. Printz Honor is a prestigious American Young Adult literary distinction recognizing outstanding books for teens that are runners-up to the annual Printz Award.

A. Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book
The Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book is a science fiction and fantasy literary award recognizing outstanding YA works, presented annually at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon).
B. Stonewall Book Award
The Stonewall Book Award is a prestigious literary honor recognizing exceptional works of LGBTQ+ literature.
C. Horatio Alger Award
The Horatio Alger Award is a prestigious American honor recognizing individuals who have overcome significant adversity to achieve notable success and who exemplify the values of perseverance and integrity.
D. Newbery Medal
The Newbery Medal is a prestigious American literary award given annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to children's literature.
E. American Book Award
The American Book Award is a U.S. literary prize that honors outstanding works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and other genres by writers from diverse backgrounds without categories or competition among nominees.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	literary award ⓘ young adult literature award ⓘ
administeredBy	Young Adult Library Services Association ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Michael L. Printz Honor ⓘ surface form: Printz Honor
appliesToForm	anthologies ⓘ fiction ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ poetry ⓘ
appliesToWorkType	books ⓘ
awardCategory	young adult book honor ⓘ
awardedFor	excellence in young adult literature ⓘ outstanding books for teens ⓘ
awardLevel	runner-up ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
eligibility	books first published in the United States ⓘ books published for young adults ⓘ
field	library and information science ⓘ literature ⓘ
follows	Michael L. Printz Honor self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Michael L. Printz Award
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	young adult literature ⓘ
hasAwardType	honor book designation ⓘ
hasNotableCriterion	appeal to young adults ⓘ literary merit ⓘ
hasParentAward	Printz Award ⓘ surface form: Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
inception	2000 ⓘ
isRunnerUpDistinctionFor	Printz Award ⓘ surface form: Michael L. Printz Award
language	English ⓘ
namedAfter	Michael L. Printz ⓘ
organizer	Young Adult Library Services Association ⓘ
partOf	Michael L. Printz Honor self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Michael L. Printz Award program
presentedBy	American Library Association ⓘ Young Adult Library Services ⓘ surface form: Young Adult Library Services Association
recognizes	originality in young adult literature ⓘ quality of writing ⓘ
scope	international authors published in the United States ⓘ
selectionProcess	chosen by a committee of librarians ⓘ
sponsor	American Library Association ⓘ Young Adult Library Services Association ⓘ
targetAudience	teens ⓘ
typicalAnnouncementTime	ALA Midwinter Meeting ⓘ
website	https://www.ala.org/yalsa/printz ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Book Thief → awarded → Michael L. Printz Honor ⓘ

Aidan Chambers → notableAward → Michael L. Printz Honor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Michael L. Printz Award Honor for Postcards from No Man's Land

Markus Zusak → notableAward → Michael L. Printz Honor ⓘ

Michael L. Printz Honor → follows → Michael L. Printz Honor self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Michael L. Printz Award

Michael L. Printz Honor → partOf → Michael L. Printz Honor self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Michael L. Printz Award program

Michael L. Printz Honor → alsoKnownAs → Michael L. Printz Honor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Printz Honor

Printz Award → hasComponent → Michael L. Printz Honor ⓘ