Member Awards and Achievements Brit Bennett & Nicole Dennis-Benn Named Young Lions finalists March 23, 2017 Share on Twitter (opens in a new tab) on Facebook (opens in a new tab) on Linkedin (opens in a new tab) via email Brit Bennett’s The Mothers and Nicole Dennis-Benn’s Here Comes the Sun were named 2017 New York Public Library Young Lions finalists. The award honors the work of an American writer age 35 or younger. The winner will be awarded on June 1, during a ceremony held in the Celeste Bartos Forum of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building.