Yale Series of Younger Poets Award

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literary award poetry award

The Yale Series of Younger Poets Award is a prestigious American literary prize that annually recognizes and publishes an outstanding debut poetry manuscript by an emerging poet.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition	2
Yale Series of Younger Poets Award canonical	1
Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6837137 — 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: Yale Series of Younger Poets Award
Context triple: [Margaret Walker, awardReceived, Yale Series of Younger Poets Award]

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.
B. 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.
C. National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry
The National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry is a prestigious American literary prize honoring outstanding collections of poetry published each year.
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.
E. 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.
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: Yale Series of Younger Poets Award
Target entity description: The Yale Series of Younger Poets Award is a prestigious American literary prize that annually recognizes and publishes an outstanding debut poetry manuscript by an emerging poet.

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.
B. 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.
C. National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry
The National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry is a prestigious American literary prize honoring outstanding collections of poetry published each year.
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.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	literary award ⓘ poetry award ⓘ
awardFor	debut poetry manuscript ⓘ emerging poet ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
eligibility	emerging poets ⓘ poets who have not previously published a full-length book of poetry ⓘ
field	literature ⓘ poetry ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	poetry ⓘ
hasFormat	book series ⓘ
hasNotableWinner	Adrienne Rich NERFINISHED ⓘ Brenda Hillman NERFINISHED ⓘ Brigit Pegeen Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ C. K. Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Catherine Barnett NERFINISHED ⓘ Donald Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Fady Joudah NERFINISHED ⓘ Floyd Skloot NERFINISHED ⓘ George Starbuck NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Gilbert NERFINISHED ⓘ James Tate NERFINISHED ⓘ James Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Valentine NERFINISHED ⓘ John Ashbery NERFINISHED ⓘ John Hollander NERFINISHED ⓘ Lorenzo Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Lynn Emanuel NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ Monica Youn NERFINISHED ⓘ Muriel Rukeyser NERFINISHED ⓘ Randall Jarrell NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Siken NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Hass NERFINISHED ⓘ W. S. Di Piero NERFINISHED ⓘ W. S. Merwin NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1919 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
notableFor	oldest annual literary award in the United States for a first collection of poetry ⓘ
organizer	Yale University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ
prize	publication of the winning manuscript ⓘ royalties from book sales ⓘ
publisher	Yale University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ
publisherImprint	Yale University Press poetry series NERFINISHED ⓘ
selectionProcess	judged by a single distinguished poet ⓘ manuscript competition ⓘ
sponsor	Yale University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Margaret Walker → awardReceived → Yale Series of Younger Poets Award ⓘ

Amos Niven Wilder → awardReceived → Yale Series of Younger Poets Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize

Joy Davidman → awardReceived → Yale Series of Younger Poets Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition

Joy Davidman as an American poet → awardReceived → Yale Series of Younger Poets Award ⓘ

subject surface form: Joy Davidman