Alex Award

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American Library Association award literary award

The Alex Award is an American Library Association honor given annually to books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Alex Awards	3
ALA Best Books for Young Adults	1
Alex Award canonical	1
Alex Award (Ready Player One)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Library Association award ⓘ literary award ⓘ
administeredBy	Young Adult Library Services Association ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Alex Award ⓘ surface form: Alex Awards
awardedIn	fiction ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ
awardFor	books written for adults with special appeal to young adults ⓘ
awardingBodyType	professional association ⓘ
awardType	reader advisory award ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
eligibility	books published for the adult market ⓘ books with significant appeal to readers aged 12–18 ⓘ
field	literature ⓘ
firstAwarded	1998 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	adult literature ⓘ young adult literature ⓘ
givenIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasAgeFocus	adults ⓘ young adults ⓘ
hasAwardCategory	adult books with teen appeal ⓘ
hasPurpose	to assist librarians in readers’ advisory for teens ⓘ to encourage reading among young adults ⓘ
inception	1998 ⓘ
isPartOfProgram	Young Adult Library Services Association ⓘ surface form: YALSA awards and selection lists
languageOfEligibleWorks	English ⓘ
namedAfter	Margaret Alexander Edwards ⓘ
notableFor	highlighting crossover titles for teens and adults ⓘ
numberOfAnnualRecipients	10 ⓘ
organizer	Young Adult Library Services Association ⓘ
partOf	American Library Association Youth Media Awards ⓘ surface form: ALA Youth Media Awards
presentedBy	American Library Association ⓘ Young Adult Library Services Association ⓘ
secondaryAudienceOfRecognizedWorks	readers aged 12–18 ⓘ
selectionCriteria	appeal to young adult readers ⓘ clarity of presentation ⓘ literary merit ⓘ originality ⓘ quality of writing ⓘ
selectionProcess	chosen by a committee of librarians ⓘ
sponsor	American Library Association ⓘ
targetAudienceOfRecognizedWorks	general adult readership ⓘ
typicalAnnouncementTime	ALA Midwinter Meeting ⓘ surface form: ALA Midwinter Meeting or LibLearnX
typicalFormatOfWorks	nonfiction books ⓘ novels ⓘ short story collections ⓘ
website	https://www.ala.org/yalsa/alex-awards ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Jesmyn Ward → awardReceived → Alex Award ⓘ

American Library Association → awards → Alex Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alex Awards

Markus Zusak → notableAward → Alex Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: ALA Best Books for Young Adults

Alex Award → alsoKnownAs → Alex Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alex Awards

ALA → awards → Alex Award ⓘ

subject surface form: American Library Association

this entity surface form: Alex Awards

Ernest Cline → awardReceived → Alex Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alex Award (Ready Player One)