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This list of literary awards from around the world is an index to articles about notable literary awards.


International awards


All nationalities & multiple languages eligible (in chronological order)

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Nobel Prize in Literature ) , image = Nobel Prize.png , caption = , awarded_for = Outstanding contributions in literature , presenter = Swedish Academy , holder = Annie Ernaux (2022) , location = Stockholm, Sweden , year = 1901 ...
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Golden Wreath of Struga Poetry Evenings Struga Poetry Evenings (SPE) ( mk, Струшки вечери на поезијата, СВП; tr. ''Struški večeri na poezijata'', ''SVP'') is an international poetry festival held annually in Struga, North Macedonia. During the several deca ...
– since 1966 *
Neustadt International Prize for Literature The Neustadt International Prize for Literature is a biennial literary award, award for literature sponsored by the University of Oklahoma and its international literary publication, ''World Literature Today''. It is considered one of the more p ...
– since 1970 * International Botev Prize – since 1972 * The Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year – since 1978 * Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service – since 1979 * America Award – since 1994 * Balint Balassi Memorial Sword Award – since 1997 * Franz Kafka Prize – since 2001 *
Sense of Gender Awards The Sense of Gender Awards are annual awards given by the Japanese Association for Gender, Fantasy & Science Fiction since 2001 for the science fiction or fantasy fiction published in the Japanese language in the prior year which best "explore an ...
– since 2001 * Ovid Prize – since 2002 * Dayton Literary Peace Prize – since 2006 * European Union Prize for Literature – since 2009 * Jan Michalski Prize for Literature – since 2009 * Paris Literary Prize – since 2010 * KONS International Literary Award – since 2011 * Grand Prix of Literary Associations (English, French, and Spanish) – since 2013 * Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award – since 2013 * (European Literature Award) – since 2011


Awards by language


Arabic

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Etisalat Award for Arabic Children's Literature Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature is an Arabic literary award for children's literature. It was established in 2009 by the Arab Children's Book Publisher’s Forum. It is sponsored by Her Excellency Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Q ...
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International Prize for Arabic Fiction The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) ( ar, الجائزة العالمية للرواية العربية) is the most prestigious and important literary prize in the Arab world. Its aim is to reward excellence in contemporary Arabic ...
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Katara Prize for Arabic Novel The Katara Prize for Arabic Novel is an Arabic literary prize based in Qatar. It was established in 2014 by the Katara Cultural Village. The total prize pool is $650,000 and the main prize $200,000, making it one of the richest literary prizes ...
* King Faisal International Prize for Arabic language and literature * Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature * Sheikh Zayed Book Award


Bengali

* Rabindra Puraskar * Bankim Puraskar * Ananda Puraskar * Sahitya Akademi Award to Bengali Writers * Bangla Academy Award


Chinese

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Mao Dun Literature Prize Mao Dun Literature Prize () is a prize for novels, established in the will of prominent Chinese writer Mao Dun (for which he personally donated 250,000 RMB) and sponsored by the China Writers Association. Awarded every four years, it is one of t ...
* Lu Xun Literary Prize *
Lao She Literary Award The Lao She Literary Award (''Lao She wenxue jiang'' 老舍文学奖) is named after the Chinese patriot and novelist Lao She, whose work and activism made him one of the most influential figures in 20th-century Chinese literature. The award is awa ...
* Dream of the Red Chamber Award * Shi Nai'an Literary Prize * Newman Prize for Chinese Literature * Bing Xin Children's Literature Award


English

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International Dublin Literary Award The International Dublin Literary Award ( ga, Duais Liteartha Idirnáisiúnta Bhaile Átha Chliath), established as the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1996, is presented each year for a novel written or translated into English. ...
* Goldsmiths Prize * Next Generation Indie Book Awards *
Booker Prize The Booker Prize, formerly known as the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is a literary prize awarded each year for the best novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland. ...
* The Warwick Prize for Writing * International Rubery Book Award * Montreal International Poetry Prize * Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes * Caine Prize * Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize


German

* Georg Büchner Prize – for the overall literary oeuvre * Sigmund Freud Prize – for scientific prose *
German Book Prize The German Book Prize (''Deutscher Buchpreis'') is awarded annually, in October, by the German Publishers and Booksellers Association (''Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels'') to the best new German language novel of the year. The books, publi ...
– for the best German language novel of the year * Leipzig Book Fair Prize – in three categories: fiction, non-fiction, and translation * Ingeborg Bachmann Prize * Aspekte-Literaturpreis (Aspekte Literature Prize) – for the best
debut novel A debut novel is the first novel a novelist publishes. Debut novels are often the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publishing industry, and thus the success or failure of a debut novel can affect the ability of the author to ...
written in German * Kleist Prize – (first awarded in 1912)


Gujarati

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Kumar Suvarna Chandrak Kumar Suvarana Chandrak or the Kumar Gold Medal is a literary award given by Kumar Trust, Ahmedabad, India since 1944. The medal is annually conferred to a Gujarati author for his contribution in ''Kumar'' magazine published by Kumar Trust. In 1950 ...
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Narmad Suvarna Chandrak Narmad Suvarna Chandrak (Gujarati: નર્મદ સુવર્ણ ચંદ્રક), also known as the Narmad Gold Medal or Narmad Chandrak, is a literary honour in Gujarat, India. It is bestowed by the organisation known as Narmad Sahitya Sa ...
* Premanand Suvarna Chandrak * Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak * Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar *
Yuva Gaurav Puraskar Yuva Gaurav Award is a literary honour conferred by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi, Government of Gujarat The Government of Gujarat, also known as Gujarat Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Gujarat and its 33 distric ...
(conferred to young authors)


Hebrew

* Bialik Prize * Sapir Prize * Tchernichovsky Prize (for translation)


Kannada

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Rashtrakavi Rashtrakavi is an Indian title meaning "National Poet" and may refer to: *Dursa Arha (1535–1655) *Subramania Bharati (1882–1921) *M. Govinda Pai (1883–1963) * Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886–1965) *Kuvempu (1904–1994) *Harivansh Rai Bachchan ...
* Nrupatunga Award * Kanaka Shree * Pampa Award


Malayalam

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Edasseri Award Edasseri Govindan Nair ( ml, ഇടശ്ശേരി ഗോവിന്ദൻ നായർ; 23 December 1906 – 16 October 1974) was an Indian poet and playwright of Malayalam literature. Known as one of the major poets of Malayalam, Edasseri ...
* Ezhuthachan Puraskaram * Kerala Sahitya Academy Award * Muttathu Varkey Award * Odakkuzhal Award * Padmarajan Award * Vallathol Award *
Vayalar Award The Vayalar Award is given for the best literary work in Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry ( Mahé district) by the Malay ...


Marathi

* Vinda Karandikar Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar


Meitei (Manipuri)

* Sahitya Akademi Award for Meitei *
Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize for Meitei Sahitya Akademi Translation Prizes are given each year to writers for their outstanding translations work in the 24 languages, including Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language), since 1989. Recipients Following is the list of r ...
* Yuva Puraskar for Meitei


Odia

* Odisha Sahitya Academy Award


Portuguese

* Camões Prize *
Prémio Leya The Prémio Leya is a Portuguese literary award established in 2008 and awarded annually by the Portuguese book publishing company Leya to an unpublished Portuguese-language novel. The winner receives €100,000, making it one of the richest l ...
* Portugal Telecom Prize for Literature (from 2007 onwards) * São Paulo Prize for Literature


Spanish

* Miguel de Cervantes Prize * Rómulo Gallegos Prize *
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize The Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize (''Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz'') is a literary prize awarded to a book written in Spanish by a female author. It is organized by the Guadalajara International Book Fair, based in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Me ...
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Premio Planeta The Premio Planeta de Novela is a Spanish literary prize, awarded since 1952 by the Spanish publisher Grupo Planeta to an original unpublished novel written in Spanish. It is one of about 16 literary prizes given by Planeta. Financially, it is t ...
* Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja *
Premio Iberoamericano Planeta-Casa de América de Narrativa Premio Iberoamericano Planeta-Casa de América de Narrativa was a Latin American Spanish language literary award.
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Joaquín Gallegos Lara National Fiction Prize The Joaquín Gallegos Lara National Fiction Prize (Spanish: ''Premio Nacional de Narrativa Joaquín Gallegos Lara'') is awarded yearly by the Municipality of Quito, Ecuador to the best national works in three categories: the short story, the novel ...


Tamil

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Vishnupuram Award Vishnupuram Award is a literary award instituted by '' Vishnupuram Ilakkiya Vattam'', the literary organization created by writer Jeyamohan and his readers. The award was named after the writer's famous novel in Tamil, ''Vishnupuram''. This awa ...


Awards by region


African

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Babishai Niwe Poetry Foundation Babishai Niwe (BN) Poetry Foundation, formerly "The Beverley Nambozo Poetry Award", is a poetry foundation that coordinates annual poetry competitions for African poets. It was started by Beverley Nambozo Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva is a Ugan ...
* Brunel University African Poetry Prize * Caine Prize *
Etisalat Prize for Literature The 9mobile Prize for Literature (formerly the Etisalat Prize for Literature 2013–16) was created by Etisalat Nigeria in 2013, and is the first ever pan-African prize celebrating first-time African writers of published fiction books.
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Golden Baobab Prize The Golden Baobab Prize (formerly The Baobab Prize) is awarded annually to African writers of children's literature and young adult literature. The Golden Baobab Prize accepts entries of unpublished short stories written by African citizens irresp ...
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Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire The Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire (one of the major literary prizes of Black Africa for Francophone Literature) is a literary prize presented every year by the ADELF, the Association of French Language Writers for a French original tex ...
* Lotus Prize for Literature (discontinued) * Noma Award for Publishing in Africa (discontinued) *
Tchicaya U Tam'si Prize for African Poetry The Tchicaya U Tam'si Prize for African Poetry, established in 1989, rewards a writer who is distinguished by an innovative poetic work, of high artistic value. The prize is named after Congolese writer Tchicaya U Tam'si (1931–1988). It was cr ...
* Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa


Asian

* Man Asian Literary Prize *
DSC Prize for South Asian Literature The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature is an international literary prize awarded annually to writers of any ethnicity or nationality writing about South AsiaNote: South Asia for the purposes of the prize is defined as India, Pakistan, Sri Lan ...
* SAARC Literary Award * Kiriyama Prize – for books about the Pacific Rim and South Asia; 1996–2008


Caribbean literature

* Casa de las Américas Prize * OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature


Commonwealth

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Booker Prize The Booker Prize, formerly known as the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is a literary prize awarded each year for the best novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland. ...
– winners and shortlisted authors *
Commonwealth Short Story Prize The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded annually for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000 to 5,000 words). The prize is open to citizens of member states of the Commonwealth of Nations aged 18 and over. The Commonwealth Shor ...
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Commonwealth Writers' Prize Commonwealth Foundation presented a number of prizes between 1987 and 2011. The main award was called the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was composed of two prizes: the Best Book Prize (overall and regional) was awarded from 1987 to 2011; the Bes ...
(discontinued) * Encore Award – since 1990 * John Llewellyn Rhys Prize


European Union

* European Union Prize for Literature *
European Book Prize The European Book Prize (french: Le Prix du Livre Européen) is a European Union literary award established in 2007. It is organized by the association Esprit d'Europe in Paris. It seeks to promote European values, and to contribute to European c ...


Nordic

* Nordic Council's Literature Prize


Awards by country


American literature

* Aga Khan Prize for Fiction *
Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry The Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry is an annual prize, administered by the ''Sewanee Review'' and the University of the South, awarded to a writer who has had a substantial and distinguished career. It was established through a bequ ...
* 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 Awards *
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award is an American literary award dedicated to honoring written works that make important contributions to the understanding of racism and the appreciation of the rich diversity of human culture. Established in 1935 by Clev ...
* Arab American Book Award *
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 sportswriter and poet Arthur Rense. The prize is given triennially to an exceptional poet by the American Academy of Arts ...
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Asian American Literary Awards The Asian American Literary Awards are a set of annual awards that have been presented by The Asian American Writers' Workshop since 1998. The awards include a set of honors for excellence in fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by a panel of l ...
* Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature *
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, with a bequest from Frederic Bancroft, in his memory and that of his brother, ...
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Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation The Banipal Prize, whose full name is the Saif Ghobash–Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, is an annual prize awarded to a translator (or translators) for the published English translation of a full-length literary work in the Arab ...
* The Best American Poetry series * Best Translated Book Award * Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry * Bollingen Prize * Bram Stoker Award *
Center for Fiction First Novel Prize __NOTOC__ The Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize is an annual award presented by The Center for Fiction, a non-profit organization in New York City, for the best debut novel. From 2006 to 2011, it was called the John Sargent, Sr. First Novel Pri ...
* Christopher Hewitt Award * Colorado Book Award *
The Dana Award The Dana Award is a literary award presented in short fiction, poetry and novels. It was founded in 1996 by literature professor and poet Mary Elizabeth Parker with the financial backing of Michael Dana.''Poets & Writers'', September/October 2000 ...
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Donna J. Stone National Literary Awards Donna J. Stone (February 23, 1933 – December 12, 1994) was an American poet and philanthropist. Several of her poems were published individually, both before and after her death, as well as a book of poetry entitled ''Wielder of Words: A Colle ...
* Dos Passos Prize * Drue Heinz Literature Prize * Edgar Allan Poe Award * Edward Lewis Wallant Award * Fabri Literary Prize * Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction * Frost Medal * Goldsmith Book Prize *
Gotham Book Prize The Gotham Book Prize is awarded annually to a fiction or non-fiction work judged the best about or set in New York City. The award was founded by Bradley Tusk and Howard Wolfson Howard Wolfson (born 1967) is an American Democratic politica ...
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Gregory Kolovakos Award Awards presented by the PEN American Center (today PEN America) that are no longer active. The awards are among many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN in over 145 PEN centres around the world. The PEN American Center awards have been ch ...
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Harold Morton Landon Translation Award The Academy of American Poets is a national, member-supported organization that promotes poets and the art of poetry. The nonprofit organization was incorporated in the state of New York in 1934. It fosters the readership of poetry through outreach ...
* Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize * Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award * Hispanic Heritage Award for Literature * Hopwood Award * Hugo Award *
James Duval Phelan Award San Francisco Foundation is a San Francisco Bay Area philanthropy Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives, for the Public good (economics), public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with b ...
* James Jones First Novel Award * James Laughlin Award *
Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize The Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize is a literary award A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most liter ...
* Jackson Poetry Prize * The John Esten Cooke Fiction Award *
Joseph Henry Jackson Award San Francisco Foundation is a San Francisco Bay Area philanthropy organization. It is one of the largest community foundations in the United States. Its mission is to mobilize community leaders, nonprofits, government agencies, and donors to advance ...
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Kate Tufts Discovery Award The Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards are a pair of American prizes based at Claremont Graduate University. They are given to poets for their collections of poetry written in the English language, by a citizen or legal resident alien of the U ...
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Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award The Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards are a pair of American prizes based at Claremont Graduate University. They are given to poets for their collections of poetry written in the English language, by a citizen or legal resident alien of the U ...
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Lambda Literary Award Lambda Literary Awards, also known as the "Lammys", are awarded yearly by Lambda Literary to recognize the crucial role LGBTQ writers play in shaping the world. The Lammys celebrate the very best in LGBTQ literature.The awards were instituted ...
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Lannan Literary Awards The Lannan Literary Awards are a series of awards and literary fellowships given out in various fields by the Lannan Foundation. Established in 1989, the awards are meant "to honor both established and emerging writers whose work is of exceptional ...
* Los Angeles Times Book Prize *
Mary Tanenbaum Award for Nonfiction San Francisco Foundation is a San Francisco Bay Area philanthropy organization. It is one of the largest community foundations in the United States. Its mission is to mobilize community leaders, nonprofits, government agencies, and donors to advance ...
* Michael Braude Award for Light Verse * Minnesota Book Award *
National Book Award The National Book Awards are a set of annual U.S. literary awards. At the final National Book Awards Ceremony every November, the National Book Foundation presents the National Book Awards and two lifetime achievement awards to authors. The N ...
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National Book Critics Circle Award The National Book Critics Circle Awards are a set of annual American literary awards by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote "the finest books and reviews published in English".National Hispanic Cultural Center Literary Award *
National Jewish Book Award The Jewish Book Council (Hebrew: ), founded in 1944, is an organization encouraging and contributing to Jewish literature.National Outdoor Book Award The National Outdoor Book Award (NOBA) was formed in 1997 as an American-based non-profit program which each year presents awards honoring the best in outdoor writing and publishing. It is housed at Idaho State University and chaired by Ron Watte ...
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National Poetry Series The National Poetry Series is an American literary awards program. Every year since 1979, the National Poetry Series has sponsored the publication of five books of poetry. Manuscripts are solicited through an annual open competition, judged and ch ...
* National Translation Award * Native Writers' Circle of the Americas * Nebula Award for Science Fiction * Newbery Medal * The New Criterion Poetry Prize * O. Henry Awards (for short stories) * Oregon Book Award *
Outstanding Latino/a Cultural Award in Literary Arts or Publications The Outstanding Latino/a Cultural Award in Literary Arts or Publications is one of several awards presented by the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, Inc. (AAHHE); it also sponsored by AT&T. The award is presented to Latinas/os w ...
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Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award The Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award is an American literary prize awarded by the Tulsa Library Trust in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is awarded annually to an "internationally acclaimed" author who has "written a distinguished body of work an ...
* PEN Award for Poetry in Translation * PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize * PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction * PEN/Malamud Award (for short stories) * PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award (for diversity and multi-cultural work) *
PEN/Open Book PEN/Open Book (known as the Beyond Margins Award through 2009) is a program intended to foster racial and ethnic diversity within the literary and publishing communities, and works to establish access for diverse literary groups to the publishing i ...
Award (formerly PEN/Beyond Margins, for writers of color) * PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation * PEN Translation Fund Grants * Poets' Prize *
Premio Aztlán Literary Prize The Premio Aztlán Literary Prize is a national literary award for emerging Chicana and Chicano authors, founded in 1993 by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya.
– emerging Chicana/o writers *
Publishing Innovation Award Digital Book World Publishing Innovation Award is a literary award sponsored by the magazine '' Digital Book World'' for innovation in electronic books.Pulitzer Prize for **
History History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...
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Poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek '' poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings ...
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Drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...
** General Non-Fiction *
Pushcart Prize The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize published by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors ar ...
* Quill Awards * Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Awards * Robert Olen Butler Prize * Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize * Scott Moncrieff Prize * Sherwood Anderson Foundation Award *
Short Story Award {{Commonscat Literary awards by genre and type Awards An award, sometimes called a distinction, is something given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item desi ...
* Spur Award * St. Francis College Literary Prize * St. Louis Literary Award * Stone Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement * Stonewall Book Award * The Story Prize *
Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award Tomás may refer to: * Tomás (given name) * Tomás (surname) Tomás is a Spanish and Portuguese surname, equivalent of ''Thomas''. It may refer to: * Antonio Tomás (born 1985), professional Spanish footballer * Belarmino Tomás (1892–1950), ...
* Wallace Stevens Award * Walt Whitman Award * William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition * Whiting Awards *
Willis Barnstone Translation Prize The Willis Barnstone Translation Prize is an annual award given to an exceptional translation of a poem from any language into English. The prize was inaugurated in 2002 by the University of Evansville, and has been presented annually since 2003. T ...


Australian literature

* Aurealis Award awarded annually for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction * The Australian/Vogel Literary Award for unpublished manuscripts by writers under the age of 35 * Miles Franklin Award for the best Australian published novel or play portraying Australian life in any of its phases *
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, also known as the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, were first awarded in 1979. They are among the richest literary awards in Australia. Notable prizes include the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, t ...
* Patrick White Award * Queensland Premier's Literary Awards * Tasmanian Premier's Literary Prizes * Western Australian Premier's Book Awards * Victorian Premier's Literary Award


Austrian literature Austrian literature () is mostly written in German, and is closely connected with German literature. Origin and background From the 19th century onward, Austria was the home of novelists and short-story writers, including Adalbert Stifter, ...

* Ingeborg Bachmann Prize * Feldkircher Lyrikpreis * Erich Fried Prize * Franz Kafka Prize * Austrian State Prize for European Literature * Anton Wildgans Prize


Bangladesh literature

* Bangla Academy Award


Botswana literature

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Bessie Head Literature Awards Bessie Head Short Story Awards (Bessie Head Literature Awards from 2007 to 2013) is a Culture of Botswana, Botswana literary award founded in 2007. It is administered by the Bessie Head Heritage Trust. The Trust was established in June 2007 to prom ...


Brazilian literature

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Prêmio Jabuti The Prêmio Jabuti (the "Tortoise Prize") is the most traditional literary award in Brazil, given by the Brazilian Book Chamber (CBL). It was conceived by Edgard Cavalheiro in 1959 when he presided over the CBL, with the interest of rewarding autho ...
* Prêmio Machado de Assis * São Paulo Prize for Literature


British literature

* Author's Club First Novel Award *
Betty Trask Award The Betty Trask Prize and Awards are for first novels written by authors under the age of 35, who reside in a current or former Commonwealth nation. Each year the awards total £20,000, with one author receiving a larger prize amount, called the ...
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Booker Prize The Booker Prize, formerly known as the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is a literary prize awarded each year for the best novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland. ...
* British Book Awards – the "Nibbies" * Chancellor's Gold Medal *
Commonwealth Short Story Prize The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded annually for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000 to 5,000 words). The prize is open to citizens of member states of the Commonwealth of Nations aged 18 and over. The Commonwealth Shor ...
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Commonwealth Writers' Prize Commonwealth Foundation presented a number of prizes between 1987 and 2011. The main award was called the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was composed of two prizes: the Best Book Prize (overall and regional) was awarded from 1987 to 2011; the Bes ...
* Dundee International Book Prize * Duff Cooper Prize * Forward Prize * Hawthornden Prize * Hessell-Tiltman Prize * International Rubery Book Award *
James Tait Black Memorial Prize The James Tait Black Memorial Prizes are literary prizes awarded for literature written in the English language. They, along with the Hawthornden Prize, are Britain's oldest literary awards. Based at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, U ...
– for biography *
James Tait Black Memorial Prize The James Tait Black Memorial Prizes are literary prizes awarded for literature written in the English language. They, along with the Hawthornden Prize, are Britain's oldest literary awards. Based at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, U ...
– for fiction * John Llewellyn Rhys Prize * Meyer-Whitworth Award * Newdigate Prize * Orange Prize for Fiction * Orwell Prize * Samuel Johnson Prize * SI Leeds Literary Prize * Somerset Maugham Award * T. S. Eliot Prize * Waverton Good Read Award * Costa Book Awards *
Marsh Biography Award {{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 The Marsh Biography Award was a British literary award, given to the author of the best biography written in the previous two years by a British author. It was established in 1987 and was presented biennially until ...
– awarded biennially for the best biography written by a British author first published in the UK during the two preceding years. * Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation – recognises the best translation of a children’s book from a foreign language into English and published in the UK.


Bulgarian literature

* Vick Prize


Canadian literature

* Arthur Ellis Award * Atlantic Book Awards & Festival *
Booker Prize The Booker Prize, formerly known as the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is a literary prize awarded each year for the best novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland. ...
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Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature Burt is a given name and also a shortened form of other names, such as Burton and Herbert, or a place name. Burt may refer to: People *Burt Alvord (1866–after 1910), American Old West lawman and outlaw *Burt Bacharach (born 1928), American com ...
* Canadian Jewish Book Awards * Carol Bolt Award *
Commonwealth Writers' Prize Commonwealth Foundation presented a number of prizes between 1987 and 2011. The main award was called the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was composed of two prizes: the Best Book Prize (overall and regional) was awarded from 1987 to 2011; the Bes ...
* Danuta Gleed Literary Award *
Dayne Ogilvie Prize The Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada to an emerging Canadian writer who is part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer community. Origin ...
* Doug Wright Award * Edna Staebler Award * Geoffrey Bilson Award * Gerald Lampert Award * Griffin Poetry Prize * Governor General's Award * Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition * Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction * Innis-Gérin Medal * John Glassco Translation Prize * Journey Prize * Kobzar Literary Award *
Lane Anderson Award The Lane Anderson Award is an annual award presented to Canadian non-fiction science in two categories; adult and young readers. It is funded by the Fitzhenry Family Foundation, and headed by Sharon Fitzhenry and Hollister Doll. Winners receive a ...
* Lorne Pierce Medal * McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year Award * McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award * Matt Cohen Award: In Celebration of a Writing Life * Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award * Norma Fleck Award * Pat Lowther Award * Percy Janes First Novel Award *
Prix Anne-Hébert The Prix Anne-Hébert is a Canadian literary award, presented annually to the best first work of fiction in French by a writer from Quebec. The award was created by Robert Desbiens in 2000 to honour writer Anne Hébert following her death. The awa ...
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Prix Athanase-David The Prix Athanase-David is a literary award presented annually by the government of Quebec as part of the Prix du Québec to a Quebec writer, to honour the body of his or her work. The prize, named in honour of longtime MNA Athanase David Lo ...
* Prix du Cercle du livre de France *
Prix Ringuet The Prix Ringuet is a Canadian literary award, presented each year by the Académie des lettres du Québec to an author from Quebec for a book of French-language fiction. First presented in 1983 as the Prix Molson, the award was later renamed for ...
* RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers * ReLit Awards * Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize * Ryerson Fiction Award (discontinued) * Scotiabank Giller Prize. In 2005, the Giller prize was renamed to the Scotiabank Giller Prize. *
Shaughnessy Cohen Award The Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing is a Canadian literary award, presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada to the best nonfiction book on Canadian political and social issues. It has been presented annually in Ottawa at the Writers ...
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Stephen Leacock Award The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, also known as the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour or just the Leacock Medal, is an annual literary award presented for the best book of humour written in English by a Canadians, Canadian writer, publis ...
* Sunburst Award * TD Canadian Children's Literature Award * Thomas Head Raddall Award *
Trillium Award The Trillium Book Award (french: Prix littéraire Trillium or ''Prix Trillium'') is an annual literary award presented to writers in Ontario, Canada. It is administered by Ontario Creates Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and ter ...
* Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature * Winterset Award * Wright Awards * Writers' Trust Distinguished Contribution Award * Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award


Chilean literature

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Chilean National Prize for Literature {{Use dmy dates, date=October 2020 In Chile, the National Prize for Literature ''(Premio Nacional de Literatura)'' was created by Law No. 7,368 during the presidency of Juan Antonio Ríos on 8 November 1942. It consists of a lump-sum monetary pri ...


Chinese literature

* Lu Xun Literary Prize *
Mao Dun Literature Prize Mao Dun Literature Prize () is a prize for novels, established in the will of prominent Chinese writer Mao Dun (for which he personally donated 250,000 RMB) and sponsored by the China Writers Association. Awarded every four years, it is one of t ...
* Newman Prize for Chinese Literature


Costa Rican literature

* Premio Editorial Costa Rica


Croatian language

* Croatia rediviva: Ča, Kaj, Što - baštinski dani * Nagrada Ksaver Šandor Gjalski * Nagrada Matice Hrvatske


Czech literature

* Magnesia Litera Prize


Dutch literature Dutch language literature () comprises all writings of literary merit written through the ages in the Dutch language, a language which currently has around 23 million native speakers. Dutch-language literature is the product of the Netherlands, ...

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Libris Literatuur Prijs The Libris Literature Award or Libris Prize (Dutch: Libris Literatuur Prijs) is a prize for novels originally written in Dutch. Established in 1993, it is awarded annually since 1994 by Libris, an association of independent Dutch booksellers, an ...


Ecuadorian literature

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Joaquín Gallegos Lara National Fiction Prize The Joaquín Gallegos Lara National Fiction Prize (Spanish: ''Premio Nacional de Narrativa Joaquín Gallegos Lara'') is awarded yearly by the Municipality of Quito, Ecuador to the best national works in three categories: the short story, the novel ...
* Premio Eugenio Espejo


Estonian literature

* Friedebert Tuglas short story award *
Juhan Smuul literary award Juhan Smuul literary award ( et, Juhan Smuuli kirjanduse aastapreemia) is an Estonian literary award. The award, from 1972 named after the Estonian writer Juhan Smuul Juhan Smuul (18 February 1922 – 13 April 1971) was an Estonian writer. ...


Finnish literature

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Finlandia Prize The Finlandia Prize ( fi, Finlandia-palkinto; sv, Finlandiaprisen) is a set of Finnish literary prizes awarded by the Finnish Book Foundation to "celebrate reading and highlight new Finnish first-rate literature." Considered the most prestigious ...
for literature * Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize *
Runeberg Prize The Runeberg prize (Finnish: ''Runeberg-palkinto'', Swedish: ''Runebergspriset'') is a Finnish literature prize founded in 1987. The prize is named in honour of Finnish national poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804–1877) and is awarded annually on ...
for literature *
Thanks for the Book Award The Thanks for the Book Award, (''Kiitos kirjasta -mitali'' in Finnish and ''Tack för boken-medaljen'' in Swedish), is a Finnish literary prize that has been presented since 1966 by the Organization of the Booksellers’ Association of Finland (Kir ...
for literature


French literature French literature () generally speaking, is 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 traditional languages of France other than Fr ...

* Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française * Grand Prix de Littérature Policière *
Prix Alain-Fournier The Prix Alain-Fournier is a French literary prize, awarded by the town of Saint-Amand-Montrond in honour of Alain-Fournier, author of '' Le Grand Meaulnes''. It is intended to give encouragement to a novelist at the beginning of their career, a ...
* Prix Décembre * Prix des Deux-Magots * Prix Femina * Prix Fénéon * Prix de Flore *
Prix du roman Fnac The prix du roman Fnac is a French literary award established in 2002 by the retail chain Fnac. List of winners {, width="80%" class="wikitable sortable" align="center" style="margin:1em auto;" ! Year , , , , Author , , Title , , Publisher ...
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Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward o ...
* Prix Interallié *
Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud The Prix Valery Larbaud is a French 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. The prize is ...
* Prix Médicis * Prix Mystère de la critique * Prix de la Page 112 * Prix du Quai des Orfèvres * Prix Renaudot * Candide Preis (the only German-French Literary award)


Georgian literature The culture of Georgia has evolved over the country's long history, providing it with a unique national identity and a strong literary tradition based on the Georgian language and alphabet. This strong sense of national identity has helped to p ...

* Shota Rustaveli State Prize


German literature German literature () comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German parts of Switzerland and Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, South Tyrol in Italy and to a l ...

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Bertelsmann-Preisausschreiben Bertelsmann-Preisausschreiben was an irregularly given literary award in Germany, awarded by the C. Bertelsmann Verlag Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA () is a German privately held company, private multinational corporation, multinational conglome ...
* Bertolt-Brecht-Literaturpreis * Candide Preis – German-French literary award in memory of
Voltaire François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778) was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. Known by his '' nom de plume'' M. de Voltaire (; also ; ), he was famous for his wit, and his criticism of Christianity—es ...
's novella Candide – since 1995 * Carl Zuckmayer Medal, an annual literary prize awarded by the state of
Rhineland Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...
in memory of
Carl Zuckmayer Carl Zuckmayer (27 December 1896 – 18 January 1977) was a German writer and playwright. His older brother was the pedagogue, composer, conductor, and pianist Eduard Zuckmayer. Life and career Born in Nackenheim in Rhenish Hesse, he was ...
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Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis The (German Youth Literature Award) is an annual award established in 1956 by the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth to recognise outstanding works of children's and young adult literature. It is Germany's only ...
* Fontane Prize of the City of Neuruppin *
German Book Prize The German Book Prize (''Deutscher Buchpreis'') is awarded annually, in October, by the German Publishers and Booksellers Association (''Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels'') to the best new German language novel of the year. The books, publi ...
– awarded annually during the Frankfurt Book Fair for the best German language novel of the year * Georg Büchner Prize – awarded annually by the
Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung The Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (in English German Academy for Language and Literature) was founded on 28 August 1949, on the 200th birthday of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt. It is seated in Darmstad ...
in memory of
Georg Büchner Karl Georg Büchner (17 October 1813 – 19 February 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose, considered part of the Young Germany movement. He was also a revolutionary and the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büch ...
* Goethe Prize – awarded triennially by the city of
Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its ...
in memory of
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as tr ...
; since 1927 * Hanseatic Goethe Prize *
Heinrich Heine Prize Heinrich Heine Prize refers to three different awards named in honour of the 19th-century German poet Christian Johann Heinrich Heine: * ''Heinrich Heine prize of Düsseldorf'' * ''Heinrich Heine prize of the Ministry for Culture'' of the former G ...
* Hermann-Hesse-Preis * Hans Fallada Prize – biennial literary prize in memory of
Hans Fallada Hans Fallada (; born Rudolf Wilhelm Friedrich Ditzen; 21 July 18935 February 1947) was a German writer of the first half of the 20th century. Some of his better known novels include '' Little Man, What Now?'' (1932) and ''Every Man Dies Alone'' ...
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Heinrich Mann Prize The Heinrich Mann Prize () is an essay prize that has been awarded since 1953, first by the East German Academy of Arts, then by the Academy of Arts, Berlin. The prize, which comes with a €10,000 purse, is given annually on 27 March, Heinrich ...
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Hermann Kesten Medal The Hermann Kesten Prize (german: link=no, Hermann-Kesten-Preis), formally the Hermann Kesten Medal (german: link=no, Hermann-Kesten-Medaille), is a German literary award presented annually for outstanding efforts in support of persecuted write ...
* Ingeborg Bachmann Prize (Austrian) * Kassel Literary Prize * Kleist Prize * Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis – annual science fiction award in memory of Kurd Laßwitz, inspired by the American Nebula Award * Leipzig Book Fair Prize * Nelly Sachs Prize * Roswitha Prize * Schiller Memorial Prize * Toucan Prize


Hungarian literature

* Balint Balassi Memorial Sword Award – for poets and translators; since 1997 * Baumgarten Prize * Kossuth Prize


Icelandic literature

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Icelandic Literary Prize The Icelandic Literary Prize ( Icelandic: ''Íslensku bókmenntaverðlaunin''), or Icelandic Literary Award, is an award which is given to three books each year by the Icelandic Publishers Association. The prize was founded on the association's cent ...


Indian literature

* Jnanpith Award * Sahitya Akademi Award * Pampa Award * Saraswati Samman * Yuva Puraskar (conferred to young authors) * Vinda Karandikar Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar *
Jibanananda Das Award Jibanananda Das Award is a literary award for outstanding works of poetry in translation from Indian languages into English. The award has been instituted in the memory of the Bengali poet Jibanananda Das. It is conferred by Kolkata Poetry Confluen ...
* Tagore Award * Assam Valley Literary Award * All India Poetry Prize


Indonesian literature

* Jakarta Arts Council Novel Competition


Iranian literature

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Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards The Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Award is an Iranian literary award presented yearly since 2008. Every year, an award is given to the best Iranian authors on the birthday of the renowned Persian writer Jalal Al-e Ahmad. The top winner receives 110 B ...
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Persian Speculative Art and Literature Award Persian Speculative Art and Literature Award is an annual literary award for Persian media in the field of speculative fiction printed in Persian language. This award is governed by a board of trustees and considered a branch of SFG ( Speculative F ...


Irish literature

* Irish Book Awards * The
Francis MacManus Award Francis MacManus (8 March 1909 – 27 November 1965) was an Irish novelist and broadcaster. Life and writings Born in Kilkenny, MacManus was educated in the local Christian Brothers school and later at St. Patrick's College, Dublin and Universit ...


Israeli literature

* Bialik Prize * Geffen Award * Jerusalem Prize – since 1963 * Sapir Prize * Yitzhak Sadeh Prize


Italian literature

* Bagutta Prize * Premio Bancarella * Premio Campiello * Premio Strega * Premio Urania * Viareggio Prize * Flaiano Prize


Japanese literature Japanese literature throughout most of its history has been influenced by cultural contact with neighboring Asian literatures, most notably China and its literature. Early texts were often written in pure Classical Chinese or , a Chinese-Japan ...

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Akutagawa Prize The is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. Because of its prestige and the considerable attention the winner receives from the media, it is, along with the Naoki Prize, one of Japan's most sought after literary prizes. History ...
* Bungei Prize * Dazai Osamu Prize * Edogawa Rampo Prize * Honkaku Mystery Award *
Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature (, ''Izumi Kyōka Bungaku Shō'') is a prize for literature in Japan named for Kyōka Izumi. It was established and started in 1973 to commemorate the 100th year since the birth of Kyōka Izumi. Kanazawa city ...
(Izumi Kyōka Bungaku Shō) * Kikuchi Kan Prize (Kan Kikuchi Shō) *
Mishima Yukio Prize The is a Japanese literary award presented annually. It was established in 1988 in memory of author Yukio Mishima. The Mishima Yukio Prize is explicitly intended for work that "breaks new ground for the future of literature," and prize winners te ...
* Mystery Writers of Japan Award * Naoki Prize (Naoki Sanjūgo Shō) * Noma Prize for Literature * Ōe Kenzaburō Prize * Tanizaki Prize * Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize * Yomiuri Prize for Literature


Luxembourgian literature The literature of Luxembourg is little known beyond the country's borders, partly because Luxembourg authors write in one or more of the three official languages (French, German and Luxembourgish), partly because many works are specifically directed ...

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Batty Weber Prize The Batty Weber Prize or ''Prix Batty Weber'' is Luxembourg's national literary prize. It has been awarded every three years since 1987 to a Luxembourg writer for his entire literary work. It is named after the writer Batty Weber (1860–1940) who ...
* Servais Prize


Malaysian literature Malaysian literature is the collection of literary works produced in the Malay peninsula until 1963 and in Malaysia thereafter. Malaysian literature is typically written in any of the country's four main languages: Malay, English, Chinese ...

* Malaysia Premier's Literary Award *
Malaysian National Laureate Malaysian National Laureate (''Malay'': Sasterawan Negara) are individuals who were awarded the Laureate for their contributions to Malay literature. List of recipients for the Malaysian National Laureate # 1981 : Kamaludin Muhammad (Keris Mas) # ...


Mexican literature Mexican literature is one of the most prolific and influential of Spanish-language literatures along with those of Spain and Argentina. Found among the names of its most important and internationally recognized literary figures are authors Oct ...

* Premio Nacional de Lingüística y Literatura * Xavier Villaurrutia Award *
FIL Literary Award in Romance Languages The FIL Literary Award in Romance Languages (previously Juan Rulfo Prize for Latin American and Caribbean Literature), is awarded to writers of any genre of literature (poetry, novels, plays, short stories and literary essays), having as a means o ...


Nepalese Literature Nepalese literature ( ne, नेपाली साहित्य) is the literature of Nepal. This is distinct from Nepali literature, which is the literature in only Nepali language (Khas kura). The major literary languages of Nepal are: Eng ...

* Madan Puraskar


New Zealand literature

* Esther Glen Award – for children's literature *
Joy Cowley Award The Joy Cowley Award was established by Storylines Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand Notable Books List, Storylines Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand in 2002 to honour the outstanding contribution to children's literatur ...
– for children's literature * Sir Julius Vogel Award – for science fiction and fantasy * New Zealand Post Book Awards *
Ngaio Marsh Award The Ngaio Marsh Awards (formerly Ngaio Marsh Award), popularly called the Ngaios, are literary awards presented annually in New Zealand to recognise excellence in crime fiction, mystery, and thriller writing. The Awards were established by journ ...
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Margaret Mahy Award The Margaret Mahy Award, officially the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal and Lecture Award, is a New Zealand literary prize presented to a person who has made a significant contribution to children's literature, publishing or literacy. Presented ann ...
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Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement is a New Zealand literary award established in 2003 by the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa (Creative New Zealand), the national arts development agency of the New Zealand government. Each ...


Nigerian literature

* Nigeria Prize for Literature * Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa *
9mobile Prize for Literature The 9mobile Prize for Literature (formerly the Etisalat Prize for Literature 2013–16) was created by Etisalat Nigeria in 2013, and is the first ever pan-African prize celebrating first-time African writers of published fiction books.
* Engineer Mohammed Bashir Karaye Prize for Hausa Writing – for works in the Hausa language


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


Philippine literature

* Palanca Award * Philippine National Book Awards


Polish literature

* Angelus Award * Found in Translation Award *
Gdynia Literary Prize Gdynia Literary Prize ( pl, Nagroda Literacka Gdynia) is a Polish literary prize, which is awarded annually to authors of the best books published in the previous year in the prose, poetry, essay and (since 2014) translation categories. It w ...
* Janusz A. Zajdel Award for
science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imagination, imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, Paral ...
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Kościelski Award The Kościelski Award is an independent Polish literary award, awarded since 1962 by the Geneva-based Kościelski Foundation. The jury issues annual awards to "promising writers" 40 years of age or younger. Past winners have included Sławomir ...
* Nautilus Award * Nike Award *
Paszport Polityki Paszport Polityki (Polityka's Passport) is an annual Polish cultural award presented by the weekly magazine '' Polityka'' since 1993. It is presented in six major categories: literature, film, theatre, classical music, popular music, visual ar ...
for Literature *
Ryszard Kapuściński Award for Literary Reportage Ryszard () is the Polish equivalent of " Richard", and may refer to: * Ryszard Andrzejewski (born 1976), Polish rap musician, songwriter and producer * Ryszard Bakst (1926–1999), Polish and British pianist and piano teacher of Jewish/Polish/Russi ...
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Silesius Poetry Award The Silesius Poetry Award (Polish: ''Wrocławska Nagroda Poetycka Silesius'') is an annual Polish literary prize presented by the city of Wrocław, Lower Silesia. History The award was established in 2008 and is presented during the Port Liter ...
* Śląkfa Award * Wisława Szymborska Award


Portuguese literature Portuguese literature is, generally speaking, literature written in the Portuguese language, particularly by citizens of Portugal; it may also refer to literature written by people living in Portugal, Brazil, Angola and Mozambique, and other P ...

* Prémio Camões


Russian literature Russian literature refers to the literature of Russia and its émigrés and to Russian-language literature. The roots of Russian literature can be traced to the Middle Ages, when epics and chronicles in Old East Slavic were composed. By the Ag ...

* Solzhenitsyn Prize * Russian Booker Prize * Pushkin Prize *
Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award The Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award is an annual all-Russian literary award that was founded in 2003 by the Leo Tolstoy Museum Estate and Samsung Electronics. The award is presented for the best traditional-style novel written in Russian or trans ...


Serbian literature

* Isidora Sekulić Award * NIN Award


Singaporean literature

* Epigram Books Fiction Prize * Singapore Literature Prize


Slovene literature

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Fabula Award Fabula is a literary award in Slovenia awarded each year for the best collection of short prose in Slovene published in the previous two years. It has been bestowed since 2006 by the national newspaper house Dnevnik at the Fabula World Literature ...
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Jenko Award The Jenko Award ( sl, Jenkova nagrada) is a literary award in Slovenia awarded each year for the best poetry collection in Slovene published in the previous two years. It has been bestowed since 1986 by the Slovene Writers' Association. It is name ...
* KONS International Literary Award * Kresnik Award *
Levstik Award The Levstik Award ( sl, Levstikova nagrada) is a literary award in Slovenia awarded for achievements in children's literature. It has been bestowed since 1949 by the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House, making it the first literary award established ...
* Prešeren Award * Prešeren Foundation Award *
Rožanc Award The Rožanc Award ( sl, Rožančeva nagrada) is a literary award in Slovenia awarded each year for the best collection of essays in Slovene. It has been bestowed since 1993. It is named after the author, playwright and journalist Marjan Rožanc ...
* Veronika Award * Vilenica Prize


South African literature South African literature is the literature of South Africa, which has 11 national languages: Afrikaans, English, Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, Pedi, Tswana, Venda, Swazi, Tsonga and Ndebele. Overview Elleke Boehmer (cf. Cullhed, 2006: 79) writes, "Nat ...

* Alan Paton Award * Alba Bouwer Prize *
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. It recognised South African playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is ...
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ATKV Prose Prize The ATKV-Prosaprys (AKTV Prose Prize) is a literary award awarded annually by the ATKV to an Afrikaans writer for a work of prose published during the previous calendar year. The prize was first awarded in 1984 to Dalene Matthee for her book Kringe ...
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Barry Ronge Fiction Prize The ''Sunday Times'' CNA Literary Awards are awarded annually to South African writers by the South African weekly newspaper the ''Sunday Times''. They comprise the ''Sunday Times'' CNA Literary Award for Non-fiction and the ''Sunday Times'' C ...
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C.P. Hoogenhout Award The C.P. Hoogenhout Award is awarded since 1960 to recognize the best original Afrikaans book for children between seven and twelve years of age. The South African Library Association instituted the prize for the best children's picture book. In e ...
* Central News Agency Literary Award *
David Higham Prize for Fiction The David Higham Prize for Fiction was inaugurated in 1975 to mark the 80th birthday of David Higham, literary agent, and was awarded annually to a citizen of the Commonwealth, Republic of Ireland, Pakistan, or South Africa for a first novel or book ...
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Dinaane Debut Fiction Award The Dinaane Debut Fiction Award – formerly the European Union Literary Award – is a South African literary award, open to South African and SADC writers who are residents of these countries. The manuscripts that are submitted must be a first, ...
* Exclusive Books Boeke Prize * Eugène Marais Prize * Hertzog Prize * Ingrid Jonker Prize * M-Net Literary Awards *
Maskew Miller Longman Literature Awards The Maskew Miller Longman Literature Awards were established in c.1980 by Maskew Miller Longman, an educational publishing company in South Africa. The competition was created to encourage writing in all of South Africa's 11 official languages ...
* Media24 Books Literary Awards * Olive Schreiner Prize *
Percy FitzPatrick Award The Percy FitzPatrick Award, in recognition of author Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, was initiated in 1970 for the best South African children's book in English. Initiated in 1970 by the South African Library Association (SALA), initially only books writte ...
* Sol Plaatje Prize for Translation * South African Literary Awards * Sunday Times CNA Literary Awards * The Cape Tercentenary Foundation * Thomas Pringle Award * University of Johannesburg Prize * W.A Hofmeyr Prize


South Korean literature

* Dong-in Literary Award * Hyundae Munhak Award * Manhae Prize * Yi Sang Literary Award * So-Wol Poetry Prize * Park Kyung-ni Prize * Ho-Am Prize in the Arts


Spanish literature Spanish literature generally refers to literature ( Spanish poetry, prose, and drama) written in the Spanish language within the territory that presently constitutes the Kingdom of Spain. Its development coincides and frequently intersects wit ...

* Miguel de Cervantes Prize * Premio Nadal *
Premio Planeta The Premio Planeta de Novela is a Spanish literary prize, awarded since 1952 by the Spanish publisher Grupo Planeta to an original unpublished novel written in Spanish. It is one of about 16 literary prizes given by Planeta. Financially, it is t ...
* Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja * Rómulo Gallegos Prize * Premio Nacional de Literatura * Premio Azorín * Premio de la Crítica *
Premi Prudenci Bertrana The Prudenci Bertrana Prize ( ca, Premi Prudenci Bertrana, ) is a literary award for novels written in Catalan. It has been awarded annually since 1968 in honour of the Catalan author Prudenci Bertrana (1867–1941). The winner receives €42,000, ...
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Prince of Asturias Awards The Princess of Asturias Awards ( es, Premios Princesa de Asturias, links=no, ast, Premios Princesa d'Asturies, links=no), formerly the Prince of Asturias Awards from 1981 to 2014 ( es, Premios Príncipe de Asturias, links=no), are a series of a ...
– since 1981


Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

* Gratiaen Prize * State Literary Award


Swedish literature

* Augustpriset * De Nios Stora Pris * Best Swedish Crime Novel Award – awarded by Swedish Crime Writers' Academy


Swiss literature As there is no dominant national language, the four main languages of French, Italian, German and Romansch form the four branches which make up a literature of Switzerland. The original Swiss Confederation, from its foundation in 1291 up to 1 ...

* Max Frisch Prize * Solothurner Literaturpreis * Swiss Book Prize


Thai literature 300px, ''Samut Thai'', a traditional medium for recordation and transmission of Thai and other literature in mainland Southeast Asia Thai literature is the literature of the Thai people, almost exclusively written in the Thai language (althou ...

* S.E.A.Write Award * Sriburapha Award


Turkish literature

* Erdal Oz Literature Award * Sedat Simavi Literature Award


Ukrainian literature

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Shevchenko National Prize Shevchenko National Prize ( uk, Націона́льна пре́мія Украї́ни і́мені Тараса́ Шевче́нка; also ''Shevchenko Award'') is the highest state prize of Ukraine for works of culture and arts awarded since ...
since 1961


Venezuelan literature

* Adriano González León Biennial Novel Prize


Zimbabwean literature

* National Arts Merit Awards


Awards by genres


Children's literature Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's ...

See also th
Database of Children's Literature Awards
* Newbery Medal and Newbery Honor (USA) – since 1922 * Carnegie Medal (UK) – since 1936 * Caldecott Medal and Caldecott Honor (USA) for illustration – since 1938 * Children's Book Council of Australia Awards (Australia) – since 1946 * Governor General's Award for English language children's literature (Canada) – since 1949 * Jane Addams Children's Book Award (USA) – since 1953 * Children's Literature Legacy Award (USA) – since 1954, formerly the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal * Hans Christian Andersen Award (international) – since 1956 * Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration (UK) – since 1956 * Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (USA) – since 1957 *
Nienke van Hichtum-prijs The Nienke van Hichtum-prijs ( Dutch for Nienke van Hichtum Prize) is a biennial Dutch literary award for children's literature awarded by the Jan Campert-Stichting. The award is named after children's author Nienke van Hichtum and was first aw ...
(Netherlands) – since 1964 *
Guardian Award The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize or Guardian Award was a literary award that annual recognised one fiction book written for children or young adults (at least age eight) and published in the United Kingdom. It was conferred upon the author ...
(UK) – since 1967 *
Sydney Taylor Book Award The Sydney Taylor Book Award recognizes the best in Jewish children's literature. Medals are awarded annually for outstanding books that authentically portray the Jewish experience. The award was established in 1968 by the Association of Jewish L ...
for Jewish children's and teen literature – since 1968 * Coretta Scott King Award for African-American Literature (USA) – since 1970 *
Tir na n-Og Awards The Tir na n-Og Awards (abbreviated TnaO) are a set of annual children's literary awards in Wales from 1976. They are presented by the Books Council of Wales to the best books published during the preceding calendar year in each of three awards cat ...
(Wales, UK) – since 1976 * Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (UK) – 1985–2007 *
Prix Sorcières The Prix Sorcières is an annual literary prize awarded in France since 1986 to works of children's literature in a number of categories. The categories were renamed in 2018. The prizewinners are decided jointly by the ALSJ (''Association des Li ...
(France) – since 1986 * Governor General's Award for French language children's literature (Canada) – since 1987 *
CBI Book of the Year Awards The CBI Book of the Year Awards ( ga, Duaiseanna Leabhair na Bliana CBI), previously known as the Bisto Book of the Year Awards, are literary awards presented annually in the Republic of Ireland to writers and illustrators of books for children ...
(Ireland) – since 1990 * Gelett burgess children's book award (USA) – since 2010 *
Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature The Tulsa City-County Library (TCCL) is the major public library system in Tulsa County, Oklahoma. Overview The library system serves those who live, work, go to school in, own land in, or pay property taxes on land in Tulsa County. There are 24 b ...
(USA) – since 1991 * The Eilis Dillon Award (Ireland) – since 1995 * Angus Book Award (UK) – since 1996 * Pura Belpré Award for Latino literature (USA) – since 1996 * Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation (UK) – since 1996 * Children's Laureate (UK) – since 1999 * Michael L. Printz Award for young adult literature (USA) – since 2000 * Sibert Medal for informational books (USA) – since 2001 * Mildred L. Batchelder Award (USA) *
Super Dash Novel Rookie of the Year Award The is an annual award given by Shueisha's Super Dash Bunko imprint for the best new light novel of the year. The award was first presented in 2001. Submissions are accepted until October 25 each year, and announced on April 25 of the following ...
(Japan) – since 2001 * Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (international) – since 2003 * NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature – since 2003


Food and drink

* Langhe Ceretto Prize (international) – since 1991


History History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

* Cundill Prize for historical non-fiction – since 2008 * Duff Cooper Prize — since 1956 * Wolfson History Prize – since 1972


Horror fiction Horror is a genre of fiction which is intended to frighten, scare, or disgust. Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror, which is in the realm of speculative fiction. Literary historian J. ...

* Bram Stoker Award – for superior achievement in horror writing, since 1987 *
Shirley Jackson Award The Shirley Jackson Awards are literary awards named after Shirley Jackson in recognition of her legacy in writing. These awards for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror and the dark fantastic are presented ...
– for outstanding achievement in the literature of
psychological Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betw ...
suspense,
horror Horror may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Genres *Horror fiction, a genre of fiction ** Japanese horror, Japanese horror fiction **Korean horror, Korean horror fiction * Horror film, a film genre *Horror comics, comic books focusing o ...
and the dark fantastic, since 2007. *
Lord Ruthven Award The Lord Ruthven Award is an annual award presented by the Lord Ruthven Assembly, a group of academic scholars specialising in vampire literature and affiliated with the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA). The award i ...
– for the best fiction on vampires and the best academic work on the study of the vampire figure in culture and literature – since 1989


Military fiction and

military history Military history is the study of armed conflict in the history of humanity, and its impact on the societies, cultures and economies thereof, as well as the resulting changes to local and international relationships. Professional historians no ...

* Colby Award for a first work of fiction or non-fiction – since 1999 * Pritzker Military Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing – since 2007 * W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction – since 1997


Mystery:

crime fiction Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, ...
and
detective fiction Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—whether professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder. The detective genre began around the same time as spec ...

* Agatha Award * Agatha Christie Award (Japan) * Anthony Award *
Arthur Ellis Awards The Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence, formerly known as the Arthur Ellis Awards, are a group of Canadian literary awards, presented annually by the Crime Writers of Canada for the best Canadian crime and mystery writing published in ...
by the Crime Writers of Canada *
Ayukawa Tetsuya Award The is an annual Japanese literary award for unpublished mystery novels. It was established in 1990 by Tokyo Sogensha, a Japanese publisher mainly publishing genre fiction books. The winning novel is published by the publisher and the winner rec ...
* Barry Award * Best Swedish Crime Novel Award – awarded by Swedish Crime Writers' Academy * Crime Writers' Association awards: ** Cartier Diamond Dagger ** Dagger in the Library ** Dagger of Daggers **
Duncan Lawrie International Dagger The CWA International Dagger (formerly known as 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 and translator receives an ornamental Dagger ...
** Gold Dagger ** Ian Fleming Steel Dagger **
Short Story Award {{Commonscat Literary awards by genre and type Awards An award, sometimes called a distinction, is something given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item desi ...
* Davitt Award *
Glass Key award The Glass Key award ( sv, Glasnyckeln, da, Glasnøglen, no, Glassnøkkelen, fi, Lasiavain-palkinto, is, Glerlykillinn) is a literature award given annually to a crime novel by an author from the Nordic countries. The award, named after the nov ...
* Grand Prix de Littérature Policière * Hammett Prize * Honkaku Mystery Award – awarded by Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan * Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize * Left Coast Crime awards **
Lefty award Lefty is a nickname for a person who is left-handed. Lefty may refer to: * Lefty Bates (1920–2007), American Chicago blues guitarist * Lefty Bertrand (1909–2002), Major League Baseball pitcher for one game *Steve Carlton (born 1944), Ameri ...
** The Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery * Macavity Award * Martin Beck Award * Mephisto Prize *
Mystery Writers of America Mystery Writers of America (MWA) is an organization of mystery and crime writers, based in New York City. The organization was founded in 1945 by Clayton Rawson, Anthony Boucher, Lawrence Treat, and Brett Halliday. It presents the Edgar Award, ...
awards: ** Edgar Award * Mystery Writers of Japan awards: ** Mystery Writers of Japan Award ** Edogawa Rampo Prize * Ned Kelly Awards *
Shamus Award The Shamus Award is awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) for the best detective fiction ( P. I. = Private investigator) genre novels and short stories of the year. The Prize is given annually to recognize outstanding achievement i ...
* Staunch Book Prize * Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award


Romance Fiction

* RITA Award


Speculative fiction (

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imagination, imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, Paral ...
and
fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and drama ...
)

* Hugo Award – since 1955 * Nebula Award – since 1965 * Ditmar Award (Australia) – since 1969 * BSFA award – since 1970 * Seiun Award – since 1970 *
Locus Award The Locus Awards are an annual set of literary awards voted on by readers of the science fiction and fantasy magazine ''Locus'', a monthly magazine based in Oakland, California. The awards are presented at an annual banquet. In addition to the pl ...
– since 1971 * Mythopoeic Awards – awards for the best of mythic fantasy, following in the tradition of J. R. R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis – since 1971 * Prix Tour-Apollo Award – since 1972 * John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel – since 1973 * John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction – since 1973 * World Fantasy Award – since 1975 *
Paul Harland Prize The Paul Harland Prize is the oldest annual award for original Dutch short science fiction, fantasy or horror stories. It is named after Dutch science fiction author Paul Harland, who died in 2003. This award is for short stories and novelettes ...
(Netherlands) – since 1976 * Prometheus Award – best Libertarian SF – since 1979 * Nihon SF Taisho Award – since 1980 * Prix Aurora Award (Canada) – since 1980 * Prix Rosny-Aîné (France) – since 1980 * Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis (Germany) – since 1981 * Philip K. Dick Award – since 1982 *
Compton Crook Award The Compton Crook Award is presented to the best English language first novel of the year in the field of science fiction, fantasy, or horror by the members of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society at their annual science fiction convention, Baltic ...
– best first time novel in genre in a year, since 1983 * Janusz A. Zajdel Award (Poland) – since 1984 * Writers of the Future – contest for new authors, since 1985 * Tähtivaeltaja Award (Finland) – since 1986 * Arthur C. Clarke Award – since 1987 * Japan Fantasy Novel Award – since 1989 * Sir Julius Vogel Award (New Zealand) – since 1989 *
Urania Award The Urania Award (known in Italian as the Premio Urania) is an annual literary competition run by the Italian magazine ''Urania'' for contemporary Italian science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of s ...
(Italy) – since 1989 * SFRA Pioneer Award – best critical essay-length work, since 1990 * Tiptree award – since 1991 * Chandler Award (Australia) – since 1992 * Sidewise Award for Alternate History – since 1995 * Aurealis Award (Australia) – since 1995 *
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. Particularly recognized are: promotion of SF teaching and study, editing, reviewing, editorial writ ...
– promotion of SF teaching and study, etc., since 1996 * Endeavour Award (Pacific Northwest) – since 1999 * Nautilus Award (Poland) – since 2003 * WSFA Small Press Award – since 2007 * Tähtifantasia Award (Finland) – since 2007 *
Kitschies The Kitschies are British literary prizes presented annually for "the year's most progressive, intelligent and entertaining works that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic" published in the United Kingdom. Awards and criteria The Kit ...
(UK) – since 2009 * Le PLIB (France) – promotion of Science Fiction and Fantasy by Literary Influencers, since 2018


Sports Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, ...

;General * William Hill Sports Book of the Year (UK) *
British Sports Book Awards The Sports Book Awards (previously National Sporting Club Book Awards then Telegraph Sports Book Awards) is a British literary award for sports writing. It was first awarded in 2003 as part of the National Sporting Club. Awards are presented in m ...
(UK) * PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing (US) ;Baseball * CASEY Award (US) * Jerry Malloy Book Prize (US) * Seymour Medal (US) * Dave Moore Award (US)


Biography A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just the basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or c ...

*
Marsh Biography Award {{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 The Marsh Biography Award was a British literary award, given to the author of the best biography written in the previous two years by a British author. It was established in 1987 and was presented biennially until ...
– awarded biennially for the best biography written by a British author and first published in the UK during the two preceding years.


Miscellaneous

* Goodreads Choice Awards * Scribe Award – awarded by the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers for works of tie-in fiction. Numerous IPs have been nominated have been nominated for the Scribe Award, including movie novelizations and adaptations for Star Wars,
Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded into vario ...
,
Godzilla is a fictional monster, or '' kaiju'', originating from a series of Japanese films. The character first appeared in the 1954 film '' Godzilla'' and became a worldwide pop culture icon, appearing in various media, including 32 films produ ...
, Warhammer, Marvel, BattleTech, Murder She Wrote, X-Files, and more.


Awards for literary translation

*
Gregory Kolovakos Award Awards presented by the PEN American Center (today PEN America) that are no longer active. The awards are among many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN in over 145 PEN centres around the world. The PEN American Center awards have been ch ...
– PEN America : U.S. literary translator, editor, or critic whose work ... extends Gregory Kolovakos's commitment to the richness of Hispanic literature and to expanding its English-language audience * PEN Translation Prize – awarded annually for a translation from any language into English. * Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize – awarded annually for a book-length translation from any language into English. *
Rossica Translation Prize The Rossica Translation Prize is a biennial award given to an exceptional published translation of a literary work from Russian into English. It is the only prize in the world for Russian to English literary translations. History of the prize ...
– awarded biennially by
Academia Rossica Academia Rossica (London/Moscow) is a cultural organisation set up in 2000 to promote and strengthen cultural and intellectual ties between Russia and the West, pioneering intercultural projects and bringing the best of contemporary Russian culture ...
to a translation from Russian into English. * National Book Award for Translated Literature – awarded annually for a fiction or non-fiction translation from any language into English by the
National Book Award The National Book Awards are a set of annual U.S. literary awards. At the final National Book Awards Ceremony every November, the National Book Foundation presents the National Book Awards and two lifetime achievement awards to authors. The N ...
* National Translation Award – an annual prize awarded by the American Literary Translators Association * Popescu Prize – awarded biennially for a translation of poetry from a European language into English. Awarded by the Poetry Society. *
Willis Barnstone Translation Prize The Willis Barnstone Translation Prize is an annual award given to an exceptional translation of a poem from any language into English. The prize was inaugurated in 2002 by the University of Evansville, and has been presented annually since 2003. T ...
– annually awarded to a translation of a poem from any language into English. * Scott Moncrieff Prize – awarded annually for French to English translation. *
Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation The Banipal Prize, whose full name is the Saif Ghobash–Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, is an annual prize awarded to a translator (or translators) for the published English translation of a full-length literary work in the Arab ...
– awarded annually for Arabic to English literary translation. * Sol Plaatje Prize for Translation – awarded for a translation of prose or poetry into English from any other of the South African official languages. *
Rossica Young Translators Prize The Rossica Young Translators Prize is an annual award given to an exceptional translation of a passage of contemporary Russian literature from Russian into English. It was inaugurated in 2009 by Academia Rossica. The distinction comes with a ca ...
– open to submissions from translators aged under 25, awarded annually for the translation of a passage of contemporary fiction from Russian into English. * Harvill Secker Young Translators Prize – open to submissions from translators aged between 18 and 34, awarded annually, focusing on a different language every year. *
International Dublin Literary Award The International Dublin Literary Award ( ga, Duais Liteartha Idirnáisiúnta Bhaile Átha Chliath), established as the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1996, is presented each year for a novel written or translated into English. ...
– since 1996 * Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize – since 1996


Awards for literary criticism

* Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing – awarded annually for literary criticism as one of the
National Book Critics Circle Award The National Book Critics Circle Awards are a set of annual American literary awards by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote "the finest books and reviews published in English".Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism – awarded annually for literary criticism by the
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on behalf of the Truman Capote Literary Trust. * Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism – awarded to
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language literary criticism, as a category of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award"Literary Awards"
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. Retrieved 28 April 2014.


See also

* List of poetry awards * List of comics awards * List of Australian literary awards * List of literary awards honoring women * List of the world's richest literary prizes


References


External links


Graphical Author and Novel Ranking by Literary Awards
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African Literary Awards Database
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