Co-Chaired by:
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Aziz Ansari
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Nick Brown
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Sloane Crosley
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Maggie Gyllenhaal
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Leandra Medine
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Indre Rockefeller
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Jenny Slate
Honoring the Best of Today's Young Writers
with Fiction Award Co-Founder Ethan Hawke
and readings of the finalists' works by Jennifer Morrison, Vincent Piazza, and Jenny Slate
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Molly Antopol
The UnAmericans
Jesse Ball
Silence Once Begun
Catherine Lacey
Nobody is Ever Missing
Andrew Ladd
What Ends
Ben Lerner
10:04
Corporate Circle
Bookspan
ICM Partners
Signature  Bank
TUDOR Watch
Media Associate: New York Magazine
Host Committee: Manuscript
Dan Allard
Lydia Bell
Liz Cebron and Michael Williams
Katherine Czech
Martin Dawson
Richard Dovere
Bailey Eisen
Jennifer Fredholm
Emily Graff
Annie Harleman
Andrew Klaber
Jennifer 8. Lee
Jeremy Licht
Laureen Lipsky
Chloe Malle
Sonia Ponnusamy
Lacary Sharpe
Shelfie by Bitlit
Sam Shikiar
Julie Shin
Graham Stephens
Demian Von Poelnitz
Brandon Willitts
Nelson Yip
For the past fifteen years, The New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award has championed emerging writers and encouraged innovation and excellence in contemporary fiction. To commemorate this year's milestone anniversary, the Library will host the Young Lions Fiction Award Benefit on April 27, 2015. Following the announcement of the winner at the Fiction Award ceremony,  the Benefit will feature dancing, cocktails, and light fare in historic Astor Hall. All proceeds will support the work and services of The New York Public Library.
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Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Ceremony begins promptly at 8pm.
Cocktails and Dancing from 9pm until midnight, featuring music by DJ Neil Armstrong.
 For additional information, please contact 212.930.0019 or ylfab@nypl.org.
