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This is a list of literary awards from around the world:
[edit] Worldwide in scope
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- Premio Príncipe de Asturias
- Neustadt International Prize for Literature
- Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for children's and youth literature.
- Franz Kafka Prize
- The Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year
- Jerusalem Prize
- Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service
- International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
[edit] International awards of limited scope
[edit] British Commonwealth and Ireland
- Man Booker Prize: winners and shortlisted authors
- Commonwealth Writers' Prize
- John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
- Irish Book Awards
[edit] English language
- Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for English-language women playwrights
- The Rossica Translation Prize awarded bienially for the best new published English translation of a high quality Russian literary work
- Warwick Prize for Writing 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
[edit] Portuguese language
- Camões Prize
- Prémio Leya
- Prêmio Portugal Telecom de Literatura (from 2007 onwards)
[edit] Spanish language
- Miguel de Cervantes Prize
- Rómulo Gallegos Prize
- Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize - female authors
- Premio Planeta
- Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja
[edit] Dutch language
- Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord
- Constantijn Huygens Prize
- Gouden Griffel for children's literature (translated works can win a Zilveren Griffel)
- Multatuliprijs
- P. C. Hooft Award
- Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren
[edit] Scandinavian authors
[edit] Asian Authors
[edit] Southeast Asian authors
[edit] American literature
See also: Category:American literary awards
- Aga Khan Prize for Fiction
- Ambassador Book Award
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals in Belles Lettres, Criticism and Essays
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Drama
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Fiction, Novels, Short Stories
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry
- American Book Award
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
- Arthur Rense Prize
- Bancroft Prize
- The Best American Poetry series
- Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry
- Bollingen Prize
- Edgar Allan Poe Award
- Edward Lewis Wallant Award
- Fabri Literary Prize
- FieldReport Prize for Experiential Writing
- Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
- Frost Medal
- Goldsmith Book Prize
- Harold Morton Landon Translation Award
- Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award
- Hopwood Award
- James Duval Phelan Award
- James Laughlin Award
- Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize
- Joseph Henry Jackson Award
- Kate Tufts Discovery Award
- Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
- Lambda Literary Award
- Lannan Literary Awards
- Mary Tanenbaum Award for Nonfiction
- Michael Braude Award for Light Verse
- National Book Award
- National Book Critics Circle Award
- National Jewish Book Award, Jewish Book Council
- National Poetry Series
- New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts
- The New Criterion Poetry Prize
- O. Henry Awards (for short stories)
- PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
- PEN/Malamud Award (for short stories)
- Poets' Prize
- Pulitzer Prize for
- Pushcart Prize
- Quill Awards
- Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Awards
- Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
- Short Story Award
- Spur Award
- St.Francis College Literary Prize
- St. Louis Literary Award
- Stonewall Book Award
- The Story Prize
- Wallace Stevens Award
- Walt Whitman Award
- William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition
- Whiting Writers' Award
[edit] Australian literature
- Aurealis Award
- The Australian/Vogel Literary Award
- Miles Franklin Award
- New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
- Patrick White Award
- Queensland Premier's Literary Awards
- Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
- Victorian Premier's Literary Award
[edit] Austrian literature
- Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
- Feldkircher Lyrikpreis
- Floriana Prize
- Förderungspreis für Literatur
- Erich Fried Prize
- Alfred Gesswein Prize
- Franz Kafka Prize
- 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 Literary Translation
- City of Vienna Prize for Young Literary Translators
- Pannonia Literary Prize
- Reinhard Priessnitz Prize
- Peter Rosegger Prize
- Manès-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
[edit] Bangladeshi literature
[edit] British literature
- Author's Club First Novel Award
- Betty Trask Award
- Booker Prize
- British Book Awards -- the "Nibbies"
- Commonwealth Writers Prize
- Duff Cooper Prize
- Forward Prize
- Hawthornden Prize
- Hessell-Tiltman Prize
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction
- John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
- Newdigate prize
- Orange Prize for Fiction
- The Orwell Prize
- Samuel Johnson Prize
- Somerset Maugham Award
- T. S. Eliot Prize
- Waverton Good Read Award
- Costa Book Awards
[edit] Canadian literature
- Arthur Ellis Award
- Booker Prize
- Canadian Poets Award
- Commonwealth Writers Prize
- Edna Staebler Award
- Geoffrey Bilson Award
- Gerald Lampert Award
- Giller Prize
- Griffin Poetry Prize
- Governor General's Award
- Lorne Pierce Medal
- Marian Engel Award
- Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award
- Norma Fleck Award
- Writers' Trust Notable Author Award
- Pat Lowther Award
- Stephen Leacock Award
- Scotiabank Giller Prize
- Trillium Award
- Wright Awards
[edit] Central and Eastern European literature
- The Austrian Grand Prize for East European Literature
- Vilenica prize
- Angelus prize
- Złote Pióro "Wolnomularza Polskiego" (Gold Pen of "Polish Freemason")
[edit] Chilean literature
[edit] Chinese literature
- Maodun Prize for Literature
- Caoyu Prize for Drama
- Laoshi Prize for Literature
- Fengmu Prize for Literature
[edit] Croatian language
- Croatia rediviva: Ča, Kaj, Što - baštinski dani
- Dobrojutro, more
- Nagrada Dimitrije Demetar
- Nagrada za dramsko djelo Marin Držić
- Nagrada Ksaver Šandor Gjalski
- Goran za mlade pjesnike
- Goranov vijenac
- Nagrada Ivan Goran Kovačić
- Nagrada Ranko Marinković
- Nagrada Vladimir Nazor
- Nagrada SFERA (until 1991, applied for whole Yugoslavia)
- Nagrada August Šenoa
- Nagrada Antun Branko Šimić
- Nagrada Tin Ujević
- Nagrada Grigor Vitez
[edit] Czech Literature
[edit] Finnish literature
- Finlandia Prize for literature
- Thanks for the Book Award for literature
[edit] French literature
- Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française
- Prix Décembre
- Prix de Flore
- Prix des Deux-Magots
- Prix Femina
- Prix Goncourt
- Prix Interallié
- Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud
- Prix Médicis
- Prix Renaudot
[edit] Georgian literature
[edit] German literature
- German Book Prize
- Leipzig Book Fair Prize
- Carl Zuckmayer Medal
- Ingeborg Bachmann Prize (Austrian)
- Georg Büchner Prize
- Goethe Prize
- Hanseatic Goethe Prize
- Heinrich Heine Prize
- Kassel Literary Prize
- Kleist Prize
- Heinrich Mann Prize
- Hermann Kesten Medal
- Nelly Sachs Prize
- Roswitha Prize
- Schiller Prize
- Solothurner Literaturpreis
- Toucan Prize
- Eule des Monats
- Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
[edit] Hebrew literature
- Bialik Prize
- Sapir Prize
- Tchernichovsky Prize (for translation)
- Ze'ev Prize (for children's literature)
[edit] Hungarian literature
[edit] Icelandic literature
[edit] Indian literature
- Ananda Purashkar
- Hutch Crossword Book Award
- Jnanpith Award
- Kalidas Samman
- Pampa Award
- Rabindra Puraskar
- Sahitya Akademi Award
[edit] Indonesian literature
[edit] Irish literature
[edit] Italian literature
[edit] Japanese literature
- Akutagawa Prize
- Dazai Osamu Prize
- Ito Sei Prize for Literature
- Kawabata Yasunari Prize
- Yukio Mishima Prize
- Naoki Prize
- Noma Prize for Literature
- Oda Sakunosuke Prize
- Subaru Prize for Literature
- Tanizaki Prize
- Women's Literature Prize
- Yokomitsu Prize
- Yomiuri Prize for Literature
[edit] Luxembourgian literature
[edit] Mexican literature
[edit] New Zealand literature
[edit] Norwegian literature
- Halldis Moren Vesaas Prize
- NBU-prisen
- Norwegian Academy Prize in memory of Thorleif Dahl
- Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression
- Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature
[edit] Philippine literature
[edit] Polish literature
[edit] Portuguese literature
[edit] Slovene literature
- Prešeren Award
- Prešeren Foundation Award
- Kresnik
- Rožanec Award
- Stritar Award
- Desetnica
- Večernica
- Vilenica
- Jenko Award
- Župančič Award
- Vstajenje
- Levstik Award
- Pretnar Award
- Sovre Award
- Original Slovenian Picture Book Award
- Golden Bird Award
- Veronika Award
- Grum Award
[edit] South African Literature
- Alba Bouwer Prize
- Alan Paton Award
- Amstel Playwright of the Year Award
- Exclusive Books Boeke Prize
- Hertzog Prize
- M-Net Literary Awards
- The Sunday Times Fiction Prize
[edit] Spanish literature
- Miguel de Cervantes Prize
- Premio Nadal
- Premio Planeta
- Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja
- Rómulo Gallegos Prize
- Premio Nacional de Literatura
- Premio Alfaguara
- Premi Sant Jordi
- Premio Azorín
- Premio Primavera de Novela
- Premio Nacional de Narrativa
- Premio Fernando Lara de Novela
- Premio de la Crítica
- Premio Fastenrath
[edit] Swedish literature
- Aniarapriset -- awarded by the Swedish Library Association.
- Augustpriset
- C S Lewis-priset
- De Nios Stora Pris
- Lilla Augustpriset for children's literature
- Piratenpriset
- Svenska Akademins nordiska pris
- Best Swedish Crime Novel Award -- awarded by Swedish Crime Writers' Academy
[edit] Swiss literature
[edit] Thai literature
[edit] Venezuelan literature
[edit] Genres
[edit] Children's literature
- Newbery Medal (USA)
- Newbery Honor (USA)
- Caldecott Medal (USA)
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (USA)
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (USA)
- Governor General's Award (Canada)
- Carnegie Medal (UK)
- Children's Laureate (UK)
- Guardian Award (UK)
- Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration (UK)
- Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation (UK)
- Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (UK)
- Angus Book Award (UK)
- Tir na n-Og Awards (UK - Wales)
- Bisto Book of the Year Awards (Ireland)
- The Eilis Dillon Award (Ireland)
- Hans Christian Andersen Award (International)
- Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (International)
- Coretta Scott King Award for African-American Literature (USA)
- Pura Belpré Award for Latino literature (USA)
- Michael L. Printz Award for young adult literature (USA)
- Robert F. Sibert Award for informational books (USA)
- Jane Addams Children's Book Award (USA)
- Prix Sorcières (France)
- NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature
[edit] Mystery: Crime fiction and Detective fiction
- Agatha Award
- Anthony Award
- Arthur Ellis Awards by the Crime Writers of Canada
- Barry Award
- Best Swedish Crime Novel Award -- awarded by Swedish Crime Writers' Academy
- Crime Writers' Association awards:
- Glass Key award
- Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
- Hammett Prize
- Macavity Award
- Martin Beck Award
- Mystery Writers of America awards:
- Edgar Award
- Grand Master Award
- Shamus Award
- Sherlock Award
- Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award
[edit] Science fiction and fantasy
- Hugo Award
- Nebula Award
- Locus Award
- Sidewise Award for Alternate History
- Tiptree award
- BSFA award
- Prix Apollo
- Arthur C. Clarke Award
- Writers of the Future -- contest for new authors
- Illustrators of the Future -- contest for new illustrators
- John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
- John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction
- Philip K. Dick Award
- Compton Crook Award --Best first time novel in Genera in a year.
- Prometheus Award -- best Libertarian SF
- Janusz A. Zajdel Award -- award given by Polish fandom
- World Fantasy Award
- WSFA Small Press Award
- SFRA Pioneer Award -- best critical essay length work
- Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service -- promotion of SF teaching and study, etc.
- Mythopoeic Awards -- Awards for the best of mythic fantasy, following in the tradition of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Award Annals: ranked lists of books that received literary award honors
- Complete listings of main literary award winners for all years
- Author Ranking by Literary Awards: ranked lists of authors that received prominent literary award honors
- Book Prize Information: A source of information on book prizes and prizewinning books.
- "The Art of Prize-Fighting", by Tom Chatfield in Prospect Magazine, January 2009. Essay on the history and merit of modern literary prizes.