April 17, 2025, 4:29pm
Today, the New York Public Library announced their Young Lions Fiction Award finalists. The annual award, now in its 25th year, honors a writer under 35 for an exceptional novel or short story collection. Here are this year’s finalists:
‘Pemi Aguda for Ghostroots
Eliza Barry Callahan for The Hearing Test
Alexander Sammartino for Last Acts
Santiago Jose Sanchez for Hombrecito
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio for Catalina
The winner will be announced during an award ceremony on June 12 and will receive a $10,000 prize.