Brian O'Byrne and Young Lions Co-Chair Ethan Hawke

Young Lions member Jake Bright and guest 

 Young Lions members enjoy the evening

Finalists Peter Nathaniel Malae and Ellen Litman 

Young Lions Committee member Carrie Cloud with guests Ashley Wick and Aaron Eckhart

2008 Finalist Dinaw Mengestu and guests 

2008 Fiction Award Judges Han Ong and Helen Schulman 

Young Lions Committee members Jennifer Rudolph Walsh and Hannah McFarland 

Young Lions Committee member and 2006 Fiction Award winner Uzodinma Iweala chats with Young Lions

2008 Young Lions Fiction Award Finalists with Paul LeClerc  

Amanda Peet getting ready to read excerpts from Ellen Litman's The Last Chicken in America and Emily Mitchell's The Last Summer of the World

Michael Shannon with finalist Peter Nathaniel Malae

2008 Fiction Award Readers Brian O'Byrne, Michael Shannon, Amanda Peet, and Ethan Hawke

Finalist Emily Mitchell signing her novel The Last Summer of the World

Young Lions Fiction Award Ceremony 2008

 Young Lions Co-Chair Ethan Hawke

Brian O'Byrne reads from finalist Ron Currie, Jr.'s book God is Dead 

 Michael Shannon reading Teach the Free Man by Peter Nathaniel Malae

Ron Currie, Jr. wins the 2008 Young Lions Fiction Award!