Awards Programs

Given annually to an "unsung hero" of New York City.

An annual award to an outstanding NYPL Branch Librarian and his/her staff.

Honors each year's Valedictorians from New York City public high school graduates (1997-2003).

The New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award is a $10,000 prize awarded each spring to a writer age 35 or younger for a novel or a collection of short stories.

 2012 Finalists:

Pirates of Somalia by Jay Bahadur (Pantheon Books)

Killing the Cranes by Edward Girardet (Chelsea Green Publishing)

Moby Duck by Donovan Hohn (Viking)

Counterstrike by Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker (Times Books)

Retirement Heist by Ellen E. Schultz (Portfolio/Penguin USA)

Given jointly with Ezra Jack Keats Foundation to a promising new children's book author.

This award recognizes an NYPL staff member who during the past year has demonstrated an outstanding contribution to improving public reference service.