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This is a list of literary awards from around the world:

Worldwide in scope

  • Nobel Prize in Literature
    Nobel Prize in Literature

    The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction" ....
  • Premio Príncipe de Asturias
  • Neustadt International Prize for Literature
    Neustadt International Prize for Literature

    The Neustadt International Prize for Literature is a biennial literary award sponsored by the University of Oklahoma and its international literary publication, World Literature Today....
  • Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
    Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

    The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is a Sweden children's literature award, established by the Government of Sweden in 2002 in honour of the Sweden children's books writer Astrid Lindgren....
     for children's and youth literature.
  • Franz Kafka Prize
    Franz Kafka Prize

    The Franz Kafka Prize is an international literary award presented in honour of Franz Kafka, the German language novelist. The prize was first awarded in 2001 and is co-sponsored by the Franz Kafka Society and the city of Prague, Czech Republic....
  • The Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year
    Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year

    The Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year, also known as the Diagram Prize, is a humorous literary award that is given to the book with the oddest title....
  • Jerusalem Prize
    Jerusalem Prize

    The Jerusalem Prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society is a biennial literary award given to writers whose work has dealt with themes of human freedom, society, politics, and government....
  • Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service
    Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service

    The Commonwealth Awards of Distinguished Service were created under the will of the late Ralph Hayes, an influential American business executive and philanthropist....
  • International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
    International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award

    The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is the largest and most international prize of its kind for a single work of fiction published in English....


International awards of limited scope


British Commonwealth and Ireland

  • Man Booker Prize
    Man Booker Prize

    The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also known in short as the Booker Prize, is a literary award awarded each year for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of either the Commonwealth of Nations or Republic of Ireland....
    : winners and shortlisted authors
    List of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction

    The following is a list of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction. In the following lists, the first titles listed are winners, these are also in bold and in blue background; those not in bold are shortlisted....
  • Commonwealth Writers' Prize
    Commonwealth Writers' Prize

    The Commonwealth Writers? Prize, organised and funded by the Commonwealth Foundation, is a leading award for fiction that was first awarded in 1987....
  • John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
    John Llewellyn Rhys Prize

    The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize is a United Kingdom based literary prize. It is presented for the best work of literature by an author aged 35 or under, and from Britain or from the British Commonwealth....
  • Irish Book Awards
    Irish Book Awards

    The Irish Book Awards are annual awards made to books in various categories, the only literary awards supported by all Irish bookstores. First awarded in 2006, they grew out of the Hughes & Hughes bookstore's Irish Novel of the Year Prize which was inaugurated in 2000....


English language

  • Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for English-language women playwrights
  • awarded bienially for the best new published English translation of a high quality Russian literary work
  • Warwick Prize for Writing
    Warwick Prize for Writing

    Launched by the University of Warwick in July 2008, the Warwick Prize for Writing is an international cross-disciplinary prize, worth ?50,000, that will be given biennially for an excellent and substantial piece of writing in the English language, in any genre or form, on a theme that will change with every award....
     international cross-disciplinary prize awarded biennially for an excellent and substantial piece of writing in the English language, in any genre or form, on a theme that will change with every award


Portuguese language

  • Camőes Prize
    Camőes Prize

    The Cam?es Prize , named after Lu?s de Cam?es , is the most important literary prize for the Portuguese language. It is awarded annually by the Portugal Funda??o Biblioteca Nacional and the Brazilian Departamento Nacional do Livro to the author of an outstanding work written in Portuguese language....
  • Prémio Leya
    Prémio Leya

    The Pr?mio Leya is a Portugal literary award established in 2008 and awarded annually by Leya to a Portuguese-language novel. The winner receives ?100,000....
  • Pręmio Portugal Telecom de Literatura
    Pręmio Portugal Telecom de Literatura

    The Pr?mio Portugal Telecom de Literatura is a Brazil literary award established in 2003 by Portugal Telecom and awarded annually to Brazilian literature....
     (from 2007 onwards)


Spanish language

  • Miguel de Cervantes Prize
    Miguel de Cervantes Prize

    Premio Miguel de Cervantes is awarded annually to honor the lifetime achievement of an outstanding writer in the Spanish language. The prize is similar to the Man Booker Prize in that it rewards authors from multiple nations....
  • Rómulo Gallegos Prize
    Rómulo Gallegos Prize

    The R?mulo Gallegos International Novel Prize was created on 6 August 1964 by a presidential decree enacted by Venezuelan List of presidents of Venezuela Ra?l Leoni, in honor of the Venezuelan politician and President R?mulo Gallegos, the author of Do?a B?rbara....
  • Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize
    Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize

    The Sor Juana In?s de la Cruz Prize] is a prize awarded to women writers in Spanish language. It is organised by the Guadalajara International Book Fair, based in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico....
     - female authors
  • Premio Planeta
    Premio Planeta

    The Premio Planeta is a Spanish literary award, awarded since 1952 by the publisher Planeta to an original novel written in Spanish. It was created by Jos? Manuel Lara Hern?ndez....
  • Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja
    Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja

    The Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja is a Spanish literary award, awarded since 2001 by the publisher Plaza & Jan?s to an original novel written in Spanish....


Dutch language

  • Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord
    Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord

    The Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord is a symbolic award which was created in 1951 by Herman Teirlinck and the editorial team of the Nieuw Vlaams Tijdschrift to counteract ideologically driven restrictions on the freedom of expression....
  • Constantijn Huygens Prize
  • Gouden Griffel
    Gouden Griffel

    The Gouden Griffel is an important award given to authors of children's or teenager's literature in the Netherlands.Since 1971, it is awarded each year during the Dutch Children's Books Week, by the Stichting Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek for the best children's books written in the past year....
     for children's literature (translated works can win a Zilveren Griffel)
  • Multatuliprijs
  • P. C. Hooft Award
    P. C. Hooft Award

    The P.C. Hooft Award is a Dutch language literary oeuvre award, given annually.The award was established in 1947 as a Dutch state award. It is named for the Dutch poet and playwright Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft....
  • Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren
    Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren

    The Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren is awarded every three years to an author from the Netherlands, Belgium or, since 2005, Suriname writing in Dutch ....


Scandinavian authors

  • Nordic Council's Literature Prize


Asian Authors

  • Man Asian Literary Prize
    Man Asian Literary Prize

    The Man Asian Literary Prize is an annual literary award for an "Asian novel unpublished in English", with the inaugural award first presented in 2007....


Southeast Asian authors

  • S.E.A.Write Award


American literature
American literature

American literature refers to written or literature produced in the area of the United States and Colonial America. For more specific discussions of poetry and theater, see Poetry of the United States and Theater in the United States....


  • Aga Khan Prize for Fiction
    Aga Khan Prize for Fiction

    The Aga Khan Prize for Fiction is awarded by the editors of The Paris Review for what they deem to be the best short story published in the magazine in a given year....
  • Ambassador Book Award
    Ambassador Book Award

    The Ambassador Book Award is awarded annually by the English Speaking Union. It recognizes important literary works that contribute to the understanding and interpretation of American life and culture....
  • American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals in Belles Lettres, Criticism and Essays
    American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals

    Two American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals are awarded each year by the academy for distinguished achievement. The two awards are taken in rotation from these categories:...
  • American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Drama
    American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals

    Two American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals are awarded each year by the academy for distinguished achievement. The two awards are taken in rotation from these categories:...
  • American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Fiction, Novels, Short Stories
    American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals

    Two American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals are awarded each year by the academy for distinguished achievement. The two awards are taken in rotation from these categories:...
  • American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry
    American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals

    Two American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals are awarded each year by the academy for distinguished achievement. The two awards are taken in rotation from these categories:...
  • American Book Award
    American Book Award

    The American Book Award was established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation. It seeks to recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American literature, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre....
  • Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
  • Arthur Rense Prize
    Arthur Rense Prize

    The Arthur Rense Prize was established in 1998 when Paige Rense started the award of $20,000 in memory of her husband, the poet Arthur Rense. The prize is given triennially to an exceptional poet by the American Academy of Arts and Letters....
  • Bancroft Prize
    Bancroft Prize

    The Bancroft Prize is awarded each year by the trustees of Columbia University for books about diplomacy or the history of the Americas. It was established in 1948 by a bequest from Frederic Bancroft....
  • The Best American Poetry series
  • Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry
    Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry

    The Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry is awarded biennially by the Library of Congress on behalf of the nation in recognition for the most distinguished book of poetry written by an American and published during the preceding two years....
  • Bollingen Prize
    Bollingen Prize

    The Bollingen Prize, which is presently awarded every two years by Beinecke Library of Yale University, is a prestigious literary honor bestowed on an American poet in recognition of the best book of new verse within the last two years, or for lifetime achievement....
  • Edgar Allan Poe Award
    Edgar Award

    The Edgar Allan Poe Awards , named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. They honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film and theatre published or produced in the past year....
  • Edward Lewis Wallant Award
  • Fabri Literary Prize
    Fabri Literary Prize

    The Fabri Literary Prize was established in 2006 to honor the memory of Frances Fabri. A Holocaust survivor, Frances Fabri spearheaded efforts in the US to record survivor stories, helping to create the interviewing protocols that are used widely today....
  • FieldReport Prize for Experiential Writing
  • Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
    Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction

    The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction is an annual prize awarded by the University of Georgia Press named in honor of the American short story writer and novelist Flannery O'Connor....
  • Frost Medal
    Frost Medal

    The Robert Frost Medal is an award of the Poetry Society of America for "distinguished lifetime service to American poetry." Medalists receive a prize purse of 2,500....
  • Goldsmith Book Prize
    Goldsmith Book Prize

    The purpose of the Goldsmith Book Prize is to recognize works that "[improve] government through an examination of the intersection between press, politics, and public policy." The prize is awarded to the book published in the previous year that best exemplifies the fulfillment of this goal....
  • Harold Morton Landon Translation Award
    Harold Morton Landon Translation Award

    The Harold Morton Landon Translation Award is a United States List of prizes, medals, and awards#Literature given by the Academy of American Poets to recognize a published translation of poetry from any language into English language....
  • Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award
    Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award

    The Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award is awarded annually to a novel or book of short stories by an United States author who has not previously published a book of fiction....
  • Hopwood Award
    Hopwood Award

    The Hopwood Awards are a major scholarship program at the University of Michigan, founded by Avery Hopwood.Under the terms of the will of Avery Hopwood, a prominent United States dramatist and member of the Class of 1905 of The University of Michigan, one-fifth of Mr....
  • James Duval Phelan Award
    James Duval Phelan Award

    The James D. Phelan Award is a literary award offered annually to promising young California writers. The award is sponsored by and administered by Intersection for the Arts....
  • James Laughlin Award
    James Laughlin Award

    The James Laughlin Award is given annually by the Academy of American Poets to recognize a poet's second published book. It was named the Lamont Poetry Prize until 1995....
  • Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize
  • Joseph Henry Jackson Award
    Joseph Henry Jackson Award

    The Joseph Henry Jackson Award is a literary award offered annually to promising young California writers. The award is sponsored by and administered by Intersection for the Arts....
  • Kate Tufts Discovery Award
    Kate Tufts Discovery Award

    The Kate Tufts Discovery Award is a counterpart of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, that is awarded to first book poets. The prize for the award is US$10 000....
  • Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
    Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award

    The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award is an American prize that is one of the world's most lucrative poetry awards. It is presented to an emerging poet who has not yet received great fame or success, but who does have an established body of work....
  • Lambda Literary Award
    Lambda Literary Award

    Lambda Literary Awards are awarded yearly by the United States-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works which celebrate or explore LGBT themes....
  • Lannan Literary Awards
    Lannan Literary Awards

    The Lannan Literary Awards are a series of awards and literary fellowships given out in various fields by the . The foundation's awards are some of the most lucrative in the world....
  • Mary Tanenbaum Award for Nonfiction
    Mary Tanenbaum Award for Nonfiction

    The Mary Tanenbaum Award is a literary award offered annually to promising young California writers. The award is sponsored by and administered by Intersection for the Arts....
  • Michael Braude Award for Light Verse
    Michael Braude Award for Light Verse

    The Michael Braude Award for Light Verse is a biennial award given for light poetry in the English language, regardless of the author's nationality....
  • National Book Award
    National Book Award

    The National Book Awards are among the most eminent literary prizes in the United States. Started in 1950, the awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the prior year, as well as lifetime achievement awards including the "Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters" and the "Literarian Award"....
  • National Book Critics Circle Award
    National Book Critics Circle Award

    The National Book Critics Circle Award is an annual award given by the National Book Critics Circle to promote the finest books and reviews published in English language....
  • National Jewish Book Award, Jewish Book Council
  • National Poetry Series
    National Poetry Series

    The National Poetry Series is an United States literary awards program.Every year since 1979 it has sponsored the publication of five books of poetry....
  • New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts
  • The New Criterion Poetry Prize
    The New Criterion

    The New Criterion is a New York City-based monthly literary magazine and journal of artistic and cultural criticism, edited by Hilton Kramer and Roger Kimball....
  • O. Henry Awards (for short stories)
  • PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
    PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

    The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation to the author of the best American work of fiction that year....
  • PEN/Malamud Award
    PEN/Malamud Award

    The PEN/Malamud Award and Memorial Reading honors "excellence in the art of the short story", and is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation....
     (for short stories)
  • Poets' Prize
    Poets' Prize

    The Poets' Prize is awarded annually for the best book of verse published by an American in the previous calendar year. The $3000 annual prize is donated by a committee of about 20 American poets, who each nominate a book and who also serve as judges....
  • Pulitzer Prize
    Pulitzer Prize

    The Pulitzer Prize is an United States award regarded as the highest national honor in newspaper journalism, literary achievements and musical composition....
     for
    • History
      Pulitzer Prize for History

      The Pulitzer Prize for History has been awarded since 1917 for a distinguished book upon the history of the United States. Many history books have also been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography...
    • Fiction
      Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

      The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded since 1948 for distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life....
    • Poetry
      Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

      The Pulitzer Prize in Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. However, Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards were presented in 1918 in poetry and 1919 in poetry....
    • Drama
      Pulitzer Prize for Drama

      The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was first awarded in 1918.From 1918 to 2006, the Drama Prize was unlike the majority of the other Pulitzer Prizes: during these years, the eligibility period for the drama prize ran from March 2 to March 1, to reflect the Broadway 'season' rather than being the calendar year....
    • General Non-Fiction
      Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction

      The Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction has been awarded since 1962 for a distinguished book of non-fiction by an American author that is not eligible for consideration in any other category....
  • Pushcart Prize
    Pushcart Prize

    The Pushcart Prize is a prestigious American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year....
  • Quill Awards
    Quill Awards

    The Quill Award was "consumer-driven awards created to inspire reading while promoting literacy." The Quills Foundation, the organization behind the Quill Award, is supported by a number of notable Mass media corporations, including Reed Business Information, parent of Publishers Weekly, and NBC Universal Television#NBC Universal Television S...
  • Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Awards
    Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Awards

    The Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Awards, established in 1995, is given out by the American Academy of Poets for "outstanding translations into English of modern Italian poetry"....
  • Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
    Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize

    The Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize is awarded annually by The Poetry Foundation; the Foundation also publishes Poetry . The Prize was established in 1986 by Ruth Lilly; the $100,000 prize honors a living U.S....
  • Short Story Award
  • Spur Award
    Spur Award

    The Spur Award is an annual literary prize awarded by the Western Writers of America. Founded in 1953 with only four categories , the award today has expanded to include the following categories:...
  • St.Francis College Literary Prize
  • St. Louis Literary Award
    St. Louis Literary Award

    Every year the Saint Louis University Library Associates present the St. Louis Literary Award to a distinguished figure in literature.Sir Salmon Rushdie will receive the 2009 Literary Award....
  • Stonewall Book Award
    Stonewall Book Award

    Sponsored by the American Library Association's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table, The Stonewall Book Awards are the first and most enduring awards for LGBT books....
  • Wallace Stevens Award
    Wallace Stevens Award

    The Wallace Stevens Award is a major annual American literary award for mastery of poetry in the English language. It is awarded by the Academy of American Poets, and honors Wallace Stevens, who was one of the most distinguished American poets of the 20th century....
  • Walt Whitman Award
    Walt Whitman Award

    The Walt Whitman Award is given by the Academy of American Poets to an American poet who has never before published a book of poetry. The award, named in honour of American Poet Walt Whitman, was established in 1975 and includes publication of a first book, a cash prize of $5,000, and a one-month residency at the Vermont Studio Center....
  • Whiting Writers' Award
    Whiting Writers' Award

    The Whiting Writers? Award is an American award presented annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays. The award is sponsored by the Mrs....


Australian literature
Australian literature

Australian literature began soon after the settlement of the country by Europeans. Common themes include indigenous and settler identity, alienation, exile and relationship to place - but it is a varied and contested area....

  • Aurealis Award
    Aurealis Award

    Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction fiction....
  • The Australian/Vogel Literary Award
    The Australian/Vogel Literary Award

    The Australian/Vogel Literary Award is an Australian literary award for unpublished manuscripts by writers under the age of 35. The prize money, currently $20,000 , is the richest and most prestigious award for an unpublished manuscript in Australia....
  • Miles Franklin Award
    Miles Franklin Award

    The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize for the best Australian ?published novel or play portraying Australian life in any of its phases?....
  • New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
    New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards

    The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards were established in 1979 by the New South Wales Premier Neville Wran. Commenting on its purpose, Wran said: "We want the arts to take, and be seen to take, their proper place in our social priorities....
  • Patrick White Award
    Patrick White Award

    The Patrick White Award is an annual literary prize established by Patrick White. White used his 1973 Nobel Prize in Literature award to establish a trust for this prize....
  • Queensland Premier's Literary Awards
    Queensland Premier's Literary Awards

    The Queensland Premier of Queensland Literary Awards were inaugurated in 1999 and have grown to become a leading literary awards program within Australia, with $225,000 in prizemoney over 14 categories....
  • Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
    Western Australian Premier's Book Awards

    The Western Australian Premier's Book Awards is an award for books and scripts written by Western Australians or about Western Australia. Awards are provided by the Government of Western Australia, and the awards process is managed by the State Library of Western Australia....
  • Victorian Premier's Literary Award
    Victorian Premier's Literary Award

    The Victorian Premiers of the Australian states Literary Awards were created by the Victoria Governmentwith the aim of raising the profile of contemporary creative writing and Australia publishing industry....


Austrian literature
Austrian literature

Austrian literature is the literature written in Austria, which is mostly, but not exclusively, written in the German language. Some scholars speak about Austrian literature in a strict sense from the year 1803 on when Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor disbanded the Holy Roman Empire and established the Austrian Empire....

  • Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
    Ingeborg Bachmann Prize

    The Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, awarded yearly in Klagenfurt, Austria during a publicized event which lasts several days, is one of the most important awards for German literature....
  • Feldkircher Lyrikpreis
    Feldkircher Lyrikpreis

    The Feldkirch Poetry Award, in German Feldkircher Lyrikpreis, started by Erika Kronabitter, an austrian artist and writer, is granted annually by the theater Theater am Saumarkt in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg/Austria....
  • Floriana Prize
  • Förderungspreis für Literatur
  • Erich Fried Prize
    Erich Fried Prize

    The Erich Fried Prize is a literary prize in honour of the Austrian poet Erich Fried, and is awarded annually by the International Erich Fried Association for Literature and Language, based in Vienna....
  • Alfred Gesswein Prize
  • Franz Kafka Prize
    Franz Kafka Prize

    The Franz Kafka Prize is an international literary award presented in honour of Franz Kafka, the German language novelist. The prize was first awarded in 2001 and is co-sponsored by the Franz Kafka Society and the city of Prague, Czech Republic....
  • Kolik Literary Prize
  • Theodor Kramer Prize for literature in exile
  • Christine Lavant Poetry Prize
  • Manuskripte Prize
  • Austrian State Prize for European Literature
    Austrian State Prize for European Literature

    The Austrian State Prize for European Literature , also known as the European Literary Award , is a literary prize in Austria awarded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Art to European writers....
  • Austrian State Prize for Literary Translation
  • City of Vienna Prize for Young Literary Translators
  • Pannonia Literary Prize
  • Reinhard Priessnitz Prize
  • Peter Rosegger Prize
  • Mančs-Sperber-Preis für Literatur
  • Alexander Sacher-Masoch Prize
  • Literary Prize Steyr
  • Adalbert Stifter Prize
  • Otto Stoessl Prize
  • Georg Trakl Prize for Poetry
  • Wiener Werkstadtpreis
  • Anton Wildgans Prize
    Anton Wildgans Prize

    The Anton Wildgans Prize of Austrian Industry is a literary award that was endowed in 1962 by the Federation of Austrian Industry. The prize is worth 10,000 Euro and is granted by an independent jury to a young or middle-aged writer of Austrian citizenship....


Bangladeshi literature
Culture of Bangladesh

The culture of Bangladesh has a history. The land, the rivers and the lives of the common people formed a rich heritage with marked differences from neighboring regions....

  • Bangla Academy Award
    Bangla Academy Award

    Bangla Academy Award is a literary award given by the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh in recognition of creative genius in advancement and overall contribution in the field of Bangla language and Bengali literature....
  • Shwadhinota Dibosh Puroskar


British literature
British literature

British literature refers to literature associated with the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands as well as to literature from England, Wales and Scotland prior to the formation of the United Kingdom....

  • Author's Club First Novel Award
    Author's Club First Novel Award

    Author's Club First Novel Award is awarded to the most promising first novel of the year, written by a British author and published in the UK during the calendar year preceding the year in which the award is presented ....
  • Betty Trask Award
    Betty Trask Award

    The Betty Trask Award for a first novel given by the Society of Authors to citizens of the Commonwealth of Nations under the age of 35. The awards have been established since 1984 and total Pound sterling25,000 each year....
  • Booker Prize
  • British Book Awards
    British Book Awards

    The British Book Awards are given annually and promoted by the United Kingdom publishing industry trade journal Publishing News. They are also known as the Nibbies because of the golden nib -shaped trophy given to winners....
     -- the "Nibbies"
  • Commonwealth Writers Prize
  • Duff Cooper Prize
    Duff Cooper Prize

    The Duff Cooper Prize is a prize which goes to the best work of history, biography, or political science published in English language or French language....
  • Forward Prize
  • Hawthornden Prize
    Hawthornden Prize

    The Hawthornden Prize is a United Kingdom literary award. It was established in 1919 by Alice Warrender, a contemporary patron of the letters, and named after William Drummond of Hawthornden....
  • Hessell-Tiltman Prize
    Hessell-Tiltman Prize

    The Hessell-Tiltman History Prize is awarded to the best work of history covering a period before World War II published in that year. The prize is organized by the United Kingdom division of International PEN....
  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize
    James Tait Black Memorial Prize

    Founded in 1919, the James Tait Black Memorial Prizes are among the oldest and most prestigious book prizes awarded for literature written in the English language and are Britain's oldest literary awards....
     for biography
  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize
    James Tait Black Memorial Prize

    Founded in 1919, the James Tait Black Memorial Prizes are among the oldest and most prestigious book prizes awarded for literature written in the English language and are Britain's oldest literary awards....
     for fiction
  • John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
    John Llewellyn Rhys Prize

    The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize is a United Kingdom based literary prize. It is presented for the best work of literature by an author aged 35 or under, and from Britain or from the British Commonwealth....
  • Newdigate prize
    Newdigate prize

    Sir Roger Newdigate's Prize is awarded to students of the University of Oxford for Best Composition in English language verse by an undergraduate who has been admitted to Oxford within the previous four years....
  • Orange Prize for Fiction
    Orange Prize for Fiction

    The Orange United Kingdom Broadband Prize for Fiction is one of the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary prizes, awarded annually for the best original full-length novel by a female author of any nationality, written in English language and published in the UK in the preceding year....
  • The Orwell Prize
    Orwell Prize

    The Orwell Prize is regarded as the pre-eminent British prize for political writing. Every year, two prizes are awarded: one for a book, and the other for political journalism....
  • Samuel Johnson Prize
    Samuel Johnson Prize

    The Samuel Johnson Prize is one of the world's most prestigious awards for non-fiction writing. It was founded in 1999 following the demise of the NCR Book Award and based on an Anonymity donation and is managed by BBC Four....
  • Somerset Maugham Award
    Somerset Maugham Award

    The Somerset Maugham Award is a List of British literary awards given each May by the Society of Authors. It is awarded to who they judge to be the best writer or writers under the age of thirty-five of a book published in the past year....
  • T. S. Eliot Prize
    T. S. Eliot Prize

    The T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry is awarded by the Poetry Book Society to "the best collection of new verse in English first published in the UK or the Republic of Ireland" in any particular year....
  • Waverton Good Read Award
    Waverton Good Read Award

    The Waverton Good Read Award was founded in 2003 by villagers in Waverton, Cheshire based on Le Prix de la Cadi?re d'Azur, a literary prize awarded by a Proven?al village....
  • Costa Book Awards
    Costa Book Awards

    The Costa Book Awards are a series of literary awards given to books by authors based in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. They were known as the Whitbread Book Awards until 2006, when Costa Coffee, a subsidiary of Whitbread, took over sponsorship....


Canadian literature
Canadian literature

Criticism of Canadian literature has focused on nationalistic and regional themes. Critics against such thematic criticism in Canadian literature, such as Frank Davey, have argued that a focus on theme diminishes the appreciation of complexity of the literature produced in the country, and creates the impression that Canadian literature is so...

  • Arthur Ellis Award
  • Booker Prize
  • Canadian Poets Award
  • Commonwealth Writers Prize
  • Edna Staebler Award
    Edna Staebler Award

    The Edna Staebler Award is an annual Canada literary award, presented to the year's best work of creative nonfiction. The award was established in 1991 by writer Edna Staebler, and is administered by Wilfrid Laurier University....
  • Geoffrey Bilson Award
    Geoffrey Bilson Award

    The Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young Readers is a Canada literary award that goes to the best work of historical fiction written for youth each year....
  • Gerald Lampert Award
    Gerald Lampert Award

    The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is made annually by the League of Canadian Poets to the best volume of poetry published by a first-time poet. It is presented in honour of poetry promoter Gerald Lampert....
  • Giller Prize
  • Griffin Poetry Prize
    Griffin Poetry Prize

    The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous List of poetry awards. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin....
  • Governor General's Award
    Governor General's Award

    The Governor General's Awards are named in honour of the Governor General of Canada, and are presented in a number of fields....
  • Lorne Pierce Medal
    Lorne Pierce Medal

    The Lorne Pierce Medal is awarded every two years by the Royal Society of Canada to recognize achievement of special significance and conspicuous merit in imaginative or critical literature written in either English language or French language....
  • Marian Engel Award
    Marian Engel Award

    The Marian Engel Award was a Canada literary award, presented each year from 1986 to 2007 by the Writers' Trust of Canada in memory of the writer Marian Engel....
  • Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award
    Milton Acorn

    Milton James Rhode Acorn , nicknamed The People's Poet by his peers, was a Canada poet, writer, and playwright. He was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Prince Edward Island....
  • Norma Fleck Award
    Norma Fleck Award

    The Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children?s Non-Fiction is a lucrative literary award founded in May 1999 by the Fleck Family Foundation and the Canadian Children's Book Centre....
  • Writers' Trust Notable Author Award
    Writers' Trust Notable Author Award

    The Writers' Trust Notable Author Award is a Canada literary award, presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada to an established Canadian author to honour their body of work....
  • Pat Lowther Award
    Pat Lowther Award

    The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the year's best book of poetry by a Canadian woman....
  • Stephen Leacock Award
  • Scotiabank Giller Prize
    Scotiabank Giller Prize

    The Scotiabank Giller Prize is an award that goes to the author of a Canada novel or short story fiction collection published in English language deemed by a jury to be the best published in the previous year....
  • Trillium Award
  • Wright Awards


Central and Eastern European literature

  • The Austrian Grand Prize for East European Literature
  • Vilenica prize
  • Angelus
    Angelus

    The Angelus is a Christian devotion in memory of the Incarnation . The name Angelus is derived from the opening words: Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mari? and is practiced by reciting as versicle and response three Biblical verses describing the mystery; alternating with the salutation "Hail Mary!" The devotion was traditionally recite...
     prize
  • Zlote Pióro "Wolnomularza Polskiego" (Gold Pen of "Polish Freemason")


Chilean literature

  • Chilean National Prize for Literature
    Chilean National Prize for Literature

    Chile's National Prize for Literature was created by Law No. 7,368 during the President of Chile of Juan Antonio R?os on 8 November 1942. It consists of a lump-sum monetary prize and a life-time stipend....


Chinese literature
Chinese literature

Chinese literature extends back thousands of years, from the earliest recorded dynastic court archives to the mature fictional novel that arose during the Ming Dynasty to entertain the masses of literate Chinese....

  • Maodun Prize for Literature
  • Caoyu Prize for Drama
  • Laoshi Prize for Literature
  • Fengmu Prize for Literature


Croatian language
Croatian language

Croatian language is a South Slavic languages which is used primarily in Croatia, by Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in neighbouring countries where Croats are Indigenous peoples, in Italian region of Molise, and parts of the Croats diaspora....
 

  • Croatia rediviva: Ca, Kaj, Što - baštinski dani
    Croatia rediviva: Ca, Kaj, Što - baštinski dani

    Croatia rediviva: Ca, Kaj, ?to - ba?tinski dani is a Croatian language poetry manifestation gathering poets of all Croatian dialects functioning as literary languages....
  • Dobrojutro, more
  • Nagrada Dimitrije Demetar
  • Nagrada za dramsko djelo Marin Držic
  • Nagrada Ksaver Šandor Gjalski
  • Goran za mlade pjesnike
  • Goranov vijenac
  • Nagrada Ivan Goran Kovacic
  • Nagrada Ranko Marinkovic
  • Nagrada Vladimir Nazor
  • Nagrada SFERA (until 1991, applied for whole Yugoslavia)
  • Nagrada August Šenoa
  • Nagrada Antun Branko Šimic
  • Nagrada Tin Ujevic
  • Nagrada Grigor Vitez


Czech Literature
Czech literature

Czech literature is the literature of the historical regions of Bohemia, Moravia, and the Czech-speaking part of Silesia, . This most often means literature written by Czechs, in the Czech language, although Old Church Slavonic, Latin, and German language were also used, mostly in the early periods....
 


  • Jaroslav Seifert Prize
  • Magnesia Litera Prize
  • Jirí Orten Prize


Finnish literature
Finnish literature

Finnish literature bears evidence of the strong influence of the country's tumultuous history of Finland. For a long time the language of the government and of those in control wasn't the majority language, Finnish....

  • Finlandia Prize
    Finlandia Prize

    The Finlandia Prize is the most prestigious literary award in Finland. It is awarded annually to the author of the best Finnish novel, children's literature, and non-fiction book....
     for literature
  • Thanks for the Book Award
    Thanks for the Book Award

    The Thanks for the Book Award, , is a Finnish literary prize that has been presented since 1966 by the Organization of the Booksellers? Association of Finland , Libro ry and the Finnish Library Association ....
     for literature


French literature
French literature

French literature is, generally speaking, literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak other traditional languages of France....

  • Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française
    Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française

    Le Grand Prix du Roman is a France Literary award, created in 1918, and given each year by the Acad?mie fran?aise...
  • Prix Décembre
    Prix Décembre

    The Prix D?cembre, originally known as the Prix Novembre, is one of France's premier literary awards. Its winners are generally far more radical choices than the more staid and conservative Prix Goncourt....
  • Prix de Flore
    Prix de Flore

    The Prix de Flore is a France literary prize founded in 1994 by Fr?d?ric Beigbeder. The aim of the prize is to reward youthful authors and is judged by a panel of journalists....
  • Prix des Deux-Magots
  • Prix Femina
    Prix Femina

    The Prix Femina is a French literature List of prizes, medals, and awards created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine La Vie heureuse . The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury, although the authors of the winning works do not have to be women....
  • Prix Goncourt
    Prix Goncourt

    The prix Goncourt is a prize in French literature, given to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year".Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt, a successful author, critic, and publisher, bequeathed his entire estate for the foundation and maintenance of the acad?mie Goncourt....
  • Prix Interallié
    Prix Interallié

    The prix Interalli? , also known simply as l?Interalli?, is an annual France list of literary awards, awarded for a novel written by a journalist....
  • Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud
    Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud

    The prix litt?raire Valery-Larbaud is a France literary prize created in 1967, ten years after writer Valery Larbaud's death, by L'Association Internationale des Amis de Valery Larbaud, an organization dedicated to the promotion of his works....
  • Prix Médicis
    Prix Médicis

    The Prix M?dicis is a France literary award given each year in November. It was founded in 1958 by Gala Barbisan and Jean-Pierre Giraudoux. It is awarded to an author whose "fame does not yet match their talent." In 1970 the Prix M?dicis ?tranger, a foreign prize, was added to award a writer each year from around the world....
  • Prix Renaudot
    Prix Renaudot

    The prix Th?ophraste-Renaudot or prix Renaudot is a France literary award which was created in 1926 by ten art critics awaiting the results of the deliberation of the jury of the prix Goncourt....


Georgian literature
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....

  • Shota Rustaveli State Prize
    Shota Rustaveli State Prize

    The Shota Rustaveli State Prize is the highest prize awarded by Georgia in the fields of art and literature. The first prize-winners of this prize were Konstantine Gamsakhurdia , Irakli Abashidze and Lado Gudiashvili in 1965....
  • Saba Prize


German literature
German literature

German literature comprises those literature texts written in the German language.This includes literature written in Germany itself as well as German-language Swiss literature and Austrian literature, and to a lesser extent works of the German diaspora....

  • German Book Prize
    German Book Prize

    The German Book Prize is awarded annually by the B?rsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, the German Publishers and Booksellers Association, to the best German-language novel of the year....
  • Price of the Leipzig Book Fair
  • Carl Zuckmayer Medal
  • Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
    Ingeborg Bachmann Prize

    The Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, awarded yearly in Klagenfurt, Austria during a publicized event which lasts several days, is one of the most important awards for German literature....
     (Austrian)
  • Georg Büchner Prize
    Georg Büchner Prize

    The Georg B?chner Prize is the most important literary prize of Germany. It was created in 1923 in memory of Georg B?chner and was only given to artists who came from or were closely tied to B?chner's home of Hesse....
  • Goethe Prize
    Goethe Prize

    The Goethe Prize of Frankfurt-am-Main is a German literary award of high prestige named after Johann Wolfgang Goethe. It was initially an annual award, but became triennial....
  • Hanseatic Goethe Prize
    Hanseatic Goethe Prize

    The Hansischer Goethe-Preis is a German literary and artistic award, given biennially since 1949 to a figure of European stature.Past winners include:...
  • Heinrich Heine Prize
    Heinrich Heine Prize

    Heinrich Heine Prize refers to two different awards named after the 19th century German poet Heinrich Heine:* Heinrich Heine prize of D?sseldorf...
  • Kassel Literary Prize
    Kassel Literary Prize

    The Kassel Literary Prize for Grotesque Humor , established 1985, is an annual prize awarded by the Christine Br?ckner foundation in recognition of "grotesque and comic work" at a high artistic level....
  • Kleist Prize
    Kleist Prize

    The Kleist Prize is an annual German literature prize. The prize was first awarded in 1912, on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the death of Heinrich von Kleist....
  • Heinrich Mann Prize
    Heinrich Mann Prize

    The Heinrich Mann Prize is a literary award given annually by the Berlin Academy of Art . The prize given for works with socially critical aspects in a character that would honor Heinrich Mann....
  • Hermann Kesten Medal
    Hermann Kesten Medal

    The Hermann Kesten Medal , named after Hermann Kesten , is a prize awarded annually for outstanding efforts in support of persecuted writers according to the principles of the Charter of International P.E.N....
  • Nelly Sachs Prize
    Nelly Sachs Prize

    The Nelly Sachs Prize is a literary prize given every two years by the Germany city of Dortmund. It is named after the author Nelly Sachs and includes a cash award of euro15,000....
  • Roswitha Prize
    Roswitha Prize

    The Roswitha Prize is the oldest German language prize for literature that is given solely to women.The Roswitha-Medal has been given almost yearly since 1973 by the city of Bad Gandersheim....
  • Schiller Prize
  • Solothurner Literaturpreis
    Solothurner Literaturpreis

    The Solothurner Literaturpreis is a literary award for an excellent performance by a German language writer.Awarded since 1994, the annual prize includes a grant of 20 000 Swiss francs....
  • Toucan Prize
    Toucan Prize

    The Toucan Prize is a literary prize given by the city of Munich to the best new publication by a Munich author. It has been awarded since 1965 and is endowed with 6,000 Euros....
  • Eule des Monats
  • Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
    Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis

    The Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis is an award donated since 1956 by the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth and presented annually ....

Hebrew literature
Hebrew literature

Hebrew literature consists of ancient, medieval, and modern writings in the Hebrew language. Beyond comparison, the most important such work is the Hebrew Bible ....

  • Bialik Prize
    Bialik Prize

    The Bialik Prize is awarded annually by the municipality of Tel Aviv, Israel for significant accomplishments in Hebrew literature. The prize is named in memory of Hayyim Nahman Bialik....
  • Sapir Prize
    Sapir Prize

    The Sapir Prize of Israel is an annual prize awarded for a work of fine literature. The prize is awarded by Mifal Hapayis , and is a part of the organization's cultural initiatives....
  • Tchernichovsky Prize (for translation)
  • Ze'ev Prize (for children's literature)


Hungarian literature
Hungarian literature

Hungarian literature is literature written in the Hungarian language, predominantly by Hungary. Hungarian literature may also include literature written in another language than Hungarian which is significant due to its Hungary-related topic or if it includes fragments in Hungarian....

  • Attila József Prize
  • Baumgarten Prize
    Baumgarten Prize

    The Baumgarten Prize was founded by Ferenc Ferdin?nd Baumgarten on October 17 1923. It was awarded every year from 1929 to 1949 . It was one of the most prestigious literary prizes of 20th century Hungary, along with the Attila J?zsef Prize and the Kossuth Prize....
  • Kossuth Prize
    Kossuth Prize

    The Kossuth-Prize is a Hungary state award, named after the Hungarian freedom fighter Lajos Kossuth. The Prize was established in 1948 by the Hungarian Parliament, and is handed out by the President of Hungary....


Icelandic literature
Icelandic literature

Icelandic literature refers to literature written in Iceland or by Icelandic people. It is best known for the Norse saga written in medieval times....

  • Icelandic Literary Prize
    Icelandic Literary Prize

    List of winners of the Icelandic Literary Prize for fiction*Primary source: ...


Indian literature
Indian literature

Indian literature refers to the literature produced on the Indian subcontinent until 1947 and in the Republic of India thereafter. The Republic of India has 22 officially recognized Languages of India....

  • Ananda Purashkar
    Ananda Purashkar

    The Ananda Purashkar is a prestigious award for Bengali literature awarded annually by Ananda Publishers to writers using Bengali language, usually from West Bengal, India....
  • Hutch Crossword Book Award
  • Jnanpith Award
    Jnanpith Award

    The Jnanpith Award is a literary award in India. Along with the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, it is one of the two most prestigious literary honours in the country....
  • Kalidas Samman
    Kalidas samman

    The Kalidas Samman is a prestigious arts award presented annually in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India. The award is named after Kalidasa, an Indian poet and dramatist who wrote classical Sanskrit literature....
  • Pampa Award
  • Rabindra Puraskar
    Rabindra Puraskar

    Rabindra Puraskar or Rabindra Smriti Purashkar is the highest honorary literary award given in West Bengal. This award is given by the Government of West Bengal under the aegis of the Paschimbanga Bangla Academy , Kolkata.The award is given for creative literature, non-fiction and books about Bengal in other languages....
  • Sahitya Akademi Award
    Sahitya Akademi Award

    The 'Sahitya Akademi Award' is a literary honour in India. Established in 1954, and awarded yearly by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters , to outstanding literary works published in any of the twenty-four major languages of India....


Indonesian literature
Indonesian literature

Indonesian literature, is a term grouping various genres of South-East Asian literature. The term "Indonesian" has overlapping meanings reflecting the complex geographic and political history of the region....

  • Jakarta Art Council Novel Competition
  • Khatulistiwa Literary Award
  • Adhikarya Ikapi Award


Irish literature
Irish literature

For a comparatively small island, Ireland has made a disproportionate contribution to world literature in all its branches. Irish Literature encompasses the Irish Language and English Language languages....

  • Irish Book Awards
    Irish Book Awards

    The Irish Book Awards are annual awards made to books in various categories, the only literary awards supported by all Irish bookstores. First awarded in 2006, they grew out of the Hughes & Hughes bookstore's Irish Novel of the Year Prize which was inaugurated in 2000....


Italian literature
Italian literature

Italian literature is literature written in the Italian language, particularly within Italy. It may also refer to literature written by Italian people or in Italy in other languages spoken in Italy, often languages that are closely related to modern Italian....

  • Bagutta Prize
    Bagutta Prize

    The Bagutta Prize is an Italy literature prize.It originated in Milan's Bagutta Ristorante. The writer Riccardo Bacchelli discovered the restaurant and soon he had numerous friends who would dine together and discuss books....
  • Premio Bancarella
    Premio Bancarella

    The Premio Bancarella is an Italy literary prize established in 1953; it is given in Pontremoli every year, the last Saturday or the last Sunday in July....
  • Premio Campiello
    Premio Campiello

    The Premio Campiello is a prestigious Italian language literary prize awarded every year.A Jury of Literary Experts identifies books published during the year and, in a public hearing, selects five of those as finalists....
  • Premio Strega
  • Premio Urania
    Urania Award

    The Urania Award is an annual literary competition run by the Italian magazine Urania for contemporary Italian science fiction novels. It was held for the first time in 1989....
  • Viareggio Prize
    Viareggio Prize

    The Viareggio Literary Prize is a prestigious Italy literature award, started in 1930, and is named after the Tuscany city of Viareggio. It was conceived by three friends, Alberto Colantuoni, Carlo Salsa, and Leonida Repaci, to rival the Bagutta Prize, given in the city of Milan....


Japanese literature
Japanese literature

Japanese literature spans a period of almost two millennia. Early works were heavily influenced by cultural contact with China and Chinese literature, often written in Classical Chinese....

  • Akutagawa Prize
    Akutagawa Prize

    The is a Japanese literature literary award presented semi-annually. It was established in 1935 by Kan Kikuchi, then-editor of Bungeishunju magazine, in memory of author Ryunosuke Akutagawa....
  • Dazai Osamu Prize
  • Ito Sei Prize for Literature
  • Kawabata Yasunari Prize
  • Mishima Yukio Prize
  • Naoki Prize
    Naoki Prize

    The Naoki Prize is a Japanese literature literary award presented semiannually. It was created in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan, then editor of the Bungeishunju magazine, and named in memory of novelist Naoki Sanjugo....
  • Noma Prize
    Noma Prize

    The Noma Prize was established by Shoichi Noma or in his honor. More than one award is conventionally identified as the Noma Prize.Noma was the former head of Kodansha, the Japanese publishing and bookselling company....
     for Literature
  • Oda Sakunosuke Prize
  • Subaru Prize for Literature
  • Tanizaki Prize
    Tanizaki Prize

    The Tanizaki Prize , named in honor of the Japanese novelist Jun'ichiro Tanizaki, is one of Japan's most sought-after literary awards. It was established in 1965 by the publishing company Chuo Koronsha Inc. to commemorate its 80th anniversary as a publisher....
  • Women's Literature Prize
  • Yokomitsu Prize
  • Yomiuri Prize
    Yomiuri Prize

    The is a prestigious literary award in Japan. The prize was founded in 1948 by the Yomiuri Shinbun Company to help form a "cultural nation". The winner is awarded one million Japanese yen and an ink stone....
     for Literature


Luxembourgian literature

  • Batty Weber Prize
  • Servais Prize
    Servais Prize

    The Servais Prize for Literature is a Luxembourgian literary award, awarded since 1992 by the Servais Foundation. It is judged by a jury, and can be bestowed upon any writer from Luxembourg, regardless of format or language....


Mexican literature

  • Premio Nacional de Lingüística y Literatura
  • Xavier Villaurrutia Award
    Xavier Villaurrutia Award

    The Xavier Villaurrutia Award is a prestigious literary prize given in Mexico, to a Latin American writer published in Mexico. Founded in 1955, it was named in memory of Xavier Villaurrutia....


New Zealand literature
New Zealand literature

New Zealand claims as its own many writers, even those immigrants born overseas, like South African-born Robin Hyde, or those emigrants who went into exile but wrote about New Zealand, like Dan Davin and Katherine Mansfield....

  • Montana New Zealand Book Awards
    Montana New Zealand Book Awards

    The Montana New Zealand Book Awards are a series of literary awards to works of New Zealand citizens. They were created in 1996, as a merge of the two previously most relevant awards in New Zealand: the Montana Book Awards and the New Zealand Book Awards....


Norwegian literature
Norwegian literature

Norwegian literature is literature composed in Norway or by Norwegian people. The history of Norwegian literature starts with the Norse paganism Eddaic poems and skaldic verse of the 9th and 10th centuries with poets such as Bragi Boddason and Eyvindr Sk?ldaspillir....

  • Halldis Moren Vesaas Prize
    Halldis Moren Vesaas Prize

    The Halldis Moren Vesaas Prize is a Norway literary prize which is awarded annually to a Norwegian for Lyric poetry or other poetry which through the quality and magnitude of the work has established a significant voice in Norwegian poetry....
  • NBU-prisen
    NBU-prisen

    NBU-prisen is a prize which is awarded by the Norwegian Writers for Children to a person or institution who had produced award winning work in children or youth literature in Norway....
  • Norwegian Academy Prize in memory of Thorleif Dahl
  • Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression
  • Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature


Philippine literature

  • Palanca Award


Polish literature
Polish literature

Polish literature is the literary tradition of Poland. The majority of Polish literature was written in the Polish language, though other languages used in Poland over the centuries have also contributed to Polish literary traditions....

  • Janusz A. Zajdel Award
    Janusz A. Zajdel Award

    The Janusz A. Zajdel Award , often called just Zajdel,is the annual award given by the Polish science fiction and fantasy fandom for the best stories published in the previous year....
     for science fiction
    Science fiction

    Science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media....
  • Nike Award
    Nike Award

    The NIKE Literary Award is one of the most prestigious awards for Polish literature. Established in 1997 and funded by Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland's second largest daily paper, and the consulting company NICOM, it is conferred annually in October for the best book of a single living author writing in Polish language published the previous y...
  • Nagroda Literacka Gdynia


Portuguese literature
Portuguese literature

This is a survey of Portuguese literature.The Portuguese language was developed gradually from the Vulgar language spoken in the countries which formed part of the Roman Empire and, both in morphology and syntax, it represents an organic transformation of Latin without the direct intervention of any foreign tongue....

  • Prémio Camőes


Slovene literature

  • Prešeren Award
    Prešeren Award

    Pre?eren Award is the highest decoration in the field of artistic and in the past also scientific creation in Slovenia awarded each year to one or two eminent Slovenes artists....
  • Prešeren Foundation Award
  • Kresnik
  • Rožanec Award
  • Stritar Award
  • Desetnica
  • Vecernica
  • Vilenica
  • Jenko Award
  • Župancic Award
  • Vstajenje
  • Levstik Award
  • Pretnar Award
  • Sovre Award
  • Original Slovenian Picture Book Award
  • Golden Bird Award
  • Veronika Award
  • Grum Award


South African Literature

  • Alba Bouwer Prize
    Alba Bouwer Prize

    The Alba Bouwer Prize is a prize for outstanding children's literature in Afrikaans, awarded triennially by the South African Academy of Science and Arts....
  • Alan Paton Award
    Alan Paton Award

    The Alan Paton Award — named for Alan Paton Cry, The Beloved Country — has been conferred annually since 1989 for meritorious works of non-fiction....
  • Amstel Playwright of the Year Award
    Amstel Playwright of the Year Award

    The Amstel Playwright of the Year Award, an independent non-governmental prize, was launched in South Africa in 1978, and it recognised those South African playwrights whose work had been submitted for consideration....
  • Exclusive Books Boeke Prize
    Exclusive Books Boeke Prize

    The Exclusive Books Boeke Prize is a South African book prize, loosely modelled on the UK's Man Booker Prize. Although "boeke" is the plural of "book" in the Afrikaans language, the Boeke Prize has only been awarded to novels written in English....
  • Hertzog Prize
    Hertzog Prize

    The Hertzog Prize or is an annual award given to Afrikaans-language writers by the South African Academy for the Sciences and Arts , formerly the South African Academy for Language, Literature and Arts ....
  • M-Net Literary Awards
    M-Net Literary Awards

    The M-Net Literary Awards were established in 1991 by M-Net , a commercial television station based in South Africa.The prize was created to encourage the writing of quality novels by South African authors, in one of South Africa's 11 official languages, that could be adapted for the screen....
  • The Sunday Times Fiction Prize
    The Sunday Times Fiction Prize

    The The Sunday Times Fiction Prize has been awarded by the South African newspaper The Sunday Times since 2001 to accompany their Alan Paton Award for works of non-fiction....


Spanish literature
Spanish literature

This article refers to the literature of Spain. It includes Spanish poetry, prose and novels. For Spanish American literature specifically, see Latin American literature....

  • Miguel de Cervantes Prize
    Miguel de Cervantes Prize

    Premio Miguel de Cervantes is awarded annually to honor the lifetime achievement of an outstanding writer in the Spanish language. The prize is similar to the Man Booker Prize in that it rewards authors from multiple nations....
  • Premio Nadal
    Premio Nadal

    Premio Nadal is a Spain literary prize awarded annually by the publishing house Ediciones Destino. It has been awarded every year on January 6 since 1944....
  • Premio Planeta
    Premio Planeta

    The Premio Planeta is a Spanish literary award, awarded since 1952 by the publisher Planeta to an original novel written in Spanish. It was created by Jos? Manuel Lara Hern?ndez....
  • Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja
    Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja

    The Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja is a Spanish literary award, awarded since 2001 by the publisher Plaza & Jan?s to an original novel written in Spanish....
  • Rómulo Gallegos Prize
    Rómulo Gallegos Prize

    The R?mulo Gallegos International Novel Prize was created on 6 August 1964 by a presidential decree enacted by Venezuelan List of presidents of Venezuela Ra?l Leoni, in honor of the Venezuelan politician and President R?mulo Gallegos, the author of Do?a B?rbara....
  • Premio Nacional de Literatura
    Premio Nacional de Literatura

    The Premio Nacional de Literatura is a Spanish language title that in the English language translates as National Prize of Literature or National Literary Prize....
  • Premio Alfaguara
  • Premi Sant Jordi
  • Premio Azorín
    Premio Azorín

    The Premio Azor?n de Novela is one of the most important literary awards for works written in the Spanish language. It was created in 1994, by the Spanish provincial government of Alicante together with Editorial Planeta ....
  • Premio Primavera de Novela
  • Premio Nacional de Narrativa
  • Premio Fernando Lara de Novela
  • Premio de la Crítica
  • Premio Fastenrath


Swedish literature
Swedish literature

Swedish literature refers to literature written in the Swedish language or by writers from Sweden.The first literary text from Sweden is the R?k Runestone, carved during the Viking Age circa 800 AD....

  • Aniarapriset -- awarded by the Swedish Library Association.
  • Augustpriset
  • C S Lewis-priset
  • De Nios Stora Pris
  • Lilla Augustpriset for children's literature
    Children's literature

    Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve and is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes exclude young-adult fiction, comic books, or other genres....
  • Piratenpriset
  • Svenska Akademins nordiska pris
  • Best Swedish Crime Novel Award
    Best Swedish Crime Novel Award

    The Best Swedish Crime Novel Award is a literary prize awarded annually since 1982 by the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy.The winners of the award are:...
     -- awarded by Swedish Crime Writers' Academy
    Swedish Crime Writers' Academy

    The Swedish Crime Writers' Academy or...


Swiss literature
Swiss literature

There is no such thing as a Swiss national vernacular literature, properly speaking. But there are four branches which make up a literature of Switzerland, according to the language in which the works are composed....

  • Swiss Book Prize
    Swiss Book Prize

    The Swiss Book Prize is a literary award awarded annually by a jury on behalf of the Swiss Booksellers' Association. The prize amount is CHF 50,000....


Thai literature

  • S.E.A.Write Award
  • Sriburapha Award
    Sriburapha Award

    The Sriburapha Award is a Thailand award, established in 1988 in honor of Kulap Saipradit, whose pen name was Sriburapha . The award recognizes excellence in journalism, writing, and/or the arts....
  • Thailand National Book Award


Venezuelan literature

  • Adriano González León Biennial Novel Prize
    Adriano González León Biennial Novel Prize

    The Adriano Gonz?lez Le?n Biennial Novel Prize was established in Venezuela 2004 to recognize living novelists who are either Venezuelan nationals residing in any country or foreign nationals residing in Venezuela....


Genres


Children's literature
Children's literature

Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve and is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes exclude young-adult fiction, comic books, or other genres....

  • Newbery Medal
    Newbery Medal

    The John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association ....
     (USA)
  • Newbery Honor (USA)
  • Caldecott Medal
    Caldecott Medal

    The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year....
     (USA)
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal
    Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal

    The Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal is a prize awarded by the American Library Association to writers or illustrators of children's books published in the United States who have over a period of years made substantial and lasting contributions to children's literature....
     (USA)
  • Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
    Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award

    The Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award is an annual award for new United States children's books, given in Vermont and named after Vermont author Dorothy Canfield Fisher....
     (USA)
  • Governor General's Award
    Governor General's Award

    The Governor General's Awards are named in honour of the Governor General of Canada, and are presented in a number of fields....
     (Canada)
  • Carnegie Medal
    Carnegie Medal

    The Carnegie Medal in Literature was established in the United Kingdom in 1936 in honour of Scotland philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It is awarded to an outstanding children's literature and young adult readers....
     (UK)
  • Children's Laureate
    Children's Laureate

    Children's Laureate is a position awarded in the United Kingdom once every two years to a distinguished writer or illustrator of children's literature....
     (UK)
  • Guardian Award
    Guardian Award

    The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize or Guardian Award is a prominent award for works of children's literature by British or Commonwealth authors, published in the United Kingdom during the preceding year....
     (UK)
  • Kate Greenaway Medal
    Kate Greenaway Medal

    The Kate Greenaway Medal was established in the United Kingdom in 1955 in honour of the children's illustrator, Kate Greenaway. The medal is given annually to an outstanding work of illustration in children's literature....
     for illustration (UK)
  • Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation (UK)
  • Nestlé Smarties Book Prize
    Nestlé Smarties Book Prize

    The Nestl? Children's Book Prize, also known as the Nestl? Smarties Book Prize, was an annual award given to Children's literature written in the previous year by a United Kingdom citizen or resident....
     (UK)
  • Angus Book Award
    Angus Book Award

    The Angus Book Award is a literary award for UK authors of teenage fiction. It is awarded by Angus Council in Scotland....
     (UK)
  • Tir na n-Og Awards
    Tir na n-Og Awards

    The Tir na n-Og Awards, established in Wales in 1976, are annual children's literature. There are currently three awards, presented to the best English-language book of the year with a Welsh background, and the best Welsh-language books for the primary and secondary sectors....
     (UK - Wales)
  • Bisto Book of the Year Awards
    Bisto Book of the Year Awards

    The Bisto Book of the Year Awards are literary awards presented annually in the Republic of Ireland to writers of Children's literature. The Awards are run by Children's Books Ireland and are open to authors and illustrators born or resident in Ireland; books may be written in English or Irish....
     (Ireland)
  • The Eilis Dillon Award (Ireland)
  • Hans Christian Andersen Award
    Hans Christian Andersen Award

    The Hans Christian Andersen Award, sometimes known as the "Little Nobel Prize in Literature", is an international award given biennially by the International Board on Books for Young People in recognition of a "lasting contribution to children's literature"....
     (International)
  • Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
    Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

    The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is a Sweden children's literature award, established by the Government of Sweden in 2002 in honour of the Sweden children's books writer Astrid Lindgren....
     (International)
  • Coretta Scott King Award
    Coretta Scott King Award

    The Coretta Scott King Award is an annual award presented by the Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table, part of the American Library Association ....
     for African-American Literature (USA)
  • Pura Belpré Award for Latino literature (USA)
  • Michael L. Printz Award
    Michael L. Printz Award

    The Michael L. Printz Award is an annual award in the United States for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature....
     for young adult literature (USA)
  • Robert F. Sibert Award for informational books (USA)
  • Jane Addams Children's Book Award (USA)
  • Prix Sorcičres
    Prix Sorcičres

    The Prix Sorci?res is an annual literary prize awarded in France since 1986 to works of children's literature in a number of categories.The prizewinners are decided jointly by the ALSJ and the ABF ....
     (France)


Mystery
Mystery

A mystery or mysteries are something secret, unexplainable, obscure or puzzling.It can refer to:...
: Crime fiction
Crime fiction

Crime fiction is the genre of fiction that deals with crimes, their detection, criminals and their Motive s. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as science fiction or historical fiction, but boundaries can be, and indeed are, blurred....
 and Detective fiction
Detective fiction

Detective fiction is a branch of crime fiction in which a detective , either professional or amateur, investigate a crime, usually murder. Detective fiction is the most popular form of both mystery fiction and hardboiled crime fiction....

  • Agatha Award
    Agatha Award

    The Agatha Awards are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write mystery novels in the traditional method exemplified by Agatha Christie....
  • Anthony Award
    Anthony Award

    The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon since 1986. The awards are named for Anthony Boucher , one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America....
  • Arthur Ellis Awards
    Arthur Ellis Awards

    The Arthur Ellis Awards are a group of Canada literary awards, presented annually by the Crime Writers of Canada for the best Canadian crime and Mystery fiction writing....
     by the Crime Writers of Canada
  • Barry Award
    Barry Award

    The Barry Award is an annual prize presented to the most outstanding comedy act at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. It has been awarded since 1998, when it was introduced as the Stella Award, and was renamed in 2000 in honour of Barry Humphries, one of the festival's founding patrons....
  • Best Swedish Crime Novel Award
    Best Swedish Crime Novel Award

    The Best Swedish Crime Novel Award is a literary prize awarded annually since 1982 by the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy.The winners of the award are:...
     -- awarded by Swedish Crime Writers' Academy
    Swedish Crime Writers' Academy

    The Swedish Crime Writers' Academy or...
  • Crime Writers' Association
    Crime Writers' Association

    The Crime Writers Association is a writers' association in the United Kingdom. Founded by John Creasey in 1953, it is currently chaired by Robert Richardson and claims 450 members....
     awards:
    • Cartier Diamond Dagger
      Cartier Diamond Dagger

      The Cartier Diamond Dagger is an award given by the Crime Writers' Association of Great Britain to authors who have made an outstanding lifetime's contribution to the genre....
    • Dagger in the Library
      Dagger in the Library

      The CWA] Dagger in the Library is an annual award given by the British Crime Writers' Association to a particular author. The award is given to a "living author who has given the most pleasure to readers" ....
    • Dagger of Daggers
      Dagger of Daggers

      The Dagger of Daggers was a special award given in 2005 by the Crime Writers' Association to celebrate its 50th anniversary. All books that had previously won the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year were eligible, and the purpose was to select "the best of the best"....
    • Debut Dagger
    • Duncan Lawrie International Dagger
      Duncan Lawrie International Dagger

      The Duncan Lawrie International Dagger is an award given by the Crime Writers' Association for best translated crime novel of the year. The winning author receives an ornamental dagger and ?5,000....
    • Gold Dagger
      Gold Dagger

      The Gold Dagger Award was an award given annually by the Crime Writers' Association for best crime novel of the year.For its first five years, it was known as the Crossed Red Herring Award....
    • Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
      CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger

      The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger is an annual award given by the British Crime Writers' Association for best thriller of the year. The award is sponsored by the estate of Ian Fleming and is given to "best adventure/thriller novel in the vein of James Bond"....
    • John Creasey Memorial New Blood Dagger
    • Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award
    • Short Story Award
  • Glass Key award
    Glass key award

    The Glass Key award is a literature award given annually to a crime novel by an author from the Nordic countries.The award, named after the novel The Glass Key by crime writer Dashiell Hammett, is a real glass key given every year by the members of the Crime Writers of Scandinavia to a crime novel written by a Danish people, Finnish p...
  • Grand Prix de Littérature Policičre
    Grand Prix de Littérature Policičre

    The Grand Prix de Litt?rature Polici?re is a French literary award founded in 1948 by author and literary critic Maurice-Bernard Endr?be. It is the most prestigious award for crime fiction in France....
  • Hammett Prize
  • Macavity Award
  • Martin Beck Award
    Martin Beck Award

    The Martin Beck Award is an award given by the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy for the best crime novel in translation. It is one of the most prestigious international crime-writing awards....
  • Mystery Writers of America
    Mystery Writers of America

    Mystery Writers of America is an organization for mystery writers, based in New York.The organization was founded in 1945 by Clayton Rawson, Anthony Boucher, Lawrence Treat, and Brett Halliday....
     awards:
    • Edgar Award
      Edgar Award

      The Edgar Allan Poe Awards , named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. They honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film and theatre published or produced in the past year....
    • Grand Master Award
  • Shamus Award
    Shamus Award

    The Shamus Award is awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America for the best detective fiction genre novels and short story of the year.The Shamus Award is given annually to recognize outstanding achievement in private eye fiction....
  • Sherlock Award
  • Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award
    Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award

    The Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award is a crime-fiction award, sponsored by Theakston's Old Peculier. It is awarded annually at Harrogate Crime Writing Festival in the UK, held every July....


Science fiction
Science fiction

Science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media....
 and fantasy
Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of Plot , Theme , and/or Setting . Fantasy is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of technological and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three ....

  • Hugo Award
    Hugo Award

    The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories....
  • Nebula Award
    Nebula Award

    The Nebula Award is an award given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the two previous years ....
  • Locus Award
    Locus Award

    The Locus Awards were established in 1971 and are presented to winners of Locus 's annual readers' poll. Currently, the Locus Awards are presented at an annual banquet....
  • Sidewise Award for Alternate History
    Sidewise Award for Alternate History

    The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were established in 1995 to recognize the best alternate history stories and novels of the year.The awards take their name from the 1934 short story "Sidewise in Time" by Murray Leinster, in which a strange storm causes portions of Earth to swap places with their analogs from other timelines....
  • Tiptree award
    James Tiptree, Jr. Award

    The James Tiptree, Jr. Award is an annual literary prize for works of science fiction or fantasy that expand or explore one's understanding of gender....
  • BSFA award
    BSFA award

    The British Science Fiction Association annually presents four awards based on a vote of BSFA members and recently also members of the Eastercon.2008:Novel: Brasyl by Ian McDonald 2007:Novel: End of the World Blues by Jon Courtenay Grimwood2006:Novel: Air by Geoff Ryman:Short Fiction: Magic for Beginners by K...
  • Prix Apollo
  • Arthur C. Clarke Award
    Arthur C. Clarke Award

    The Arthur C. Clarke Award is a British award given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year....
  • Writers of the Future
    Writers of the Future

    Writers of the Future is a science fiction and fantasy story contest that was originated by L. Ron Hubbard in the early 1980s. Hubbardcharacterized the contest as a way of "giving back" to the field that had defined his professional writing life....
     -- contest for new authors
  • Illustrators of the Future -- contest for new illustrators
  • John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
    Campbell award (best novel)

    This page describes the award for best science fiction novel; for other awards, see Campbell Award .The John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel has been awarded every year since 1973, except in 1994....
  • John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction
  • Philip K. Dick Award
  • Compton Crook Award
    Compton Crook Award

    The Compton Crook Award is presented to the best first novel of the year in the field of Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror fiction by the members of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society, Inc, at their annual Baltimore-area science fiction convention, Balticon, held on Memorial Day weekend in the Baltimore, Maryland area each year....
    --Best first time novel in Genera in a year.
  • Prometheus Award
    Prometheus Award

    The Prometheus Award is an award for libertarian science fiction novels given out annually by the Libertarian Futurist Society, which also publishes a quarterly journal, Prometheus....
     -- best Libertarian SF
  • Janusz A. Zajdel Award
    Janusz A. Zajdel Award

    The Janusz A. Zajdel Award , often called just Zajdel,is the annual award given by the Polish science fiction and fantasy fandom for the best stories published in the previous year....
     -- award given by Polish fandom
  • World Fantasy Award
    World Fantasy Award

    The World Fantasy Awards are annual, international awards given to authors and artists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of fantasy....
  • WSFA Small Press Award
    WSFA Small Press Award

    The WSFA Small Press Award was inaugurated by the Washington Science Fiction Association in 2007. The award is open to works of imaginative literature published in English_language for the first time in the previous calendar year....
  • SFRA Pioneer Award
    SFRA Pioneer Award

    The Pioneer Award is given by the Science Fiction Research Association to the writer or writers of the best critical essay-length work of the year....
     -- best critical essay length work
  • Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service
    Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service

    The Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service is presented by the Science Fiction Research Association for outstanding service activities....
     -- promotion of SF teaching and study, etc.


See also

  • List of poetry awards
    List of poetry awards

    This is a list of awards that are, or have been, given out to writers of poetry, either for a specific poem, collection of poems, or body of work.Thousands of poetry awards and prizes are given throughout the world, ranging from the very well-respected to those that are little more than cons scamming would-be poets of their money , so called Vani...
  • List of comics awards
    List of comics awards

    This is a list of comics awards from around the world. This list includes awards given out for achievements in cartooning, comic books, comic strips and graphic novels....


External links

  • : ranked lists of books that received literary award honors
  • : ranked lists of authors that received prominent literary award honors
  • : A source of information on book prizes and prizewinning books.
  • , by Tom Chatfield in Prospect Magazine, January 2009. Essay on the history and merit of modern literary prizes.