List of literary awards

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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)[]

  • Nobel Prize in Literature – since 1901
  • Golden Wreath of Struga Poetry Evenings – since 1966
  • Neustadt International Prize for Literature – 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 – 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

Awards by language[]

Arabic[]

  • Etisalat Award for Arabic Children's Literature
  • International Prize for Arabic Fiction
  • Katara Prize for Arabic Novel
  • 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[]

English[]

  • International Dublin Literary Award
  • Goldsmiths Prize
  • Next Generation Indie Book Awards
  • Booker Prize
  • The Warwick Prize for Writing
  • International Rubery Book Award
  • Montreal International Poetry Prize
  • Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes
  • Caine Prize


German[]

  • Georg Büchner Prize – for the overall literary oeuvre
  • Sigmund Freud Prize – for scientific prose
  • German Book Prize – 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 written in German
  • Kleist Prize �� (first awarded in 1912)

Gujarati[]

  • Kumar Suvarna Chandrak
  • Narmad Suvarna Chandrak
  • Premanand Suvarna Chandrak
  • Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak
  • Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar
  • Yuva Gaurav Puraskar (conferred to young authors)

Hebrew[]

Kannada[]

Malayalam[]

  • Edasseri Award
  • Ezhuthachan Puraskaram
  • Kerala Sahitya Academy Award
  • Muttathu Varkey Award
  • Odakkuzhal Award
  • Padmarajan Award
  • Vallathol Award
  • Vayalar Award

Malta[]

  • National Book Prize[1]

Marathi[]

Odia[]

Portuguese[]

Spanish[]

Tamil[]

  • Vishnupuram Award

Awards by region[]

African[]

Asian[]

Caribbean literature[]

Commonwealth[]

European Union[]

  • European Union Prize for Literature
  • European Book Prize

Nordic[]

Awards by country[]

American literature[]

Australian literature[]

Austrian literature[]

  • 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[]

  • Bessie Head Literature Awards

Brazilian literature[]

British literature[]

Bulgarian literature[]

Canadian literature[]

Chilean literature[]

  • Chilean National Prize for Literature

Chinese literature[]

  • Lu Xun Literary Prize
  • Mao Dun Literature Prize
  • Newman Prize for Chinese Literature

Costa Rican literature[]

Croatian language[]

Czech literature[]

  • Magnesia Litera Prize

Ecuadorian literature[]

Estonian literature[]

Finnish literature[]

  • Finlandia Prize for literature
  • Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize
  • Runeberg Prize for literature
  • Thanks for the Book Award for literature

French literature[]

Georgian literature[]

  • Shota Rustaveli State Prize

German literature[]

  • Bertelsmann-Preisausschreiben
  • Bertolt-Brecht-Literaturpreis
  • Candide Preis – German-French literary award in memory of Voltaire's novella Candide – since 1995
  • Carl Zuckmayer Medal, an annual literary prize awarded by the state of Rhineland Palatinate in memory of Carl Zuckmayer
  • Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
  • Fontane Prize of the City of Neuruppin
  • German Book Prize – 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 in memory of Georg Büchner
  • Goethe Prize – awarded triennially by the city of Frankfurt in memory of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; since 1927
  • Hanseatic Goethe Prize
  • Heinrich Heine Prize
  • Hermann-Hesse-Preis
  • Hans Fallada Prize – biennial literary prize in memory of Hans Fallada
  • Heinrich Mann Prize
  • Hermann Kesten Medal
  • 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[]

Icelandic literature[]

  • Icelandic Literary Prize

Indian literature[]

Indonesian literature[]

  • Jakarta Arts Council Novel Competition

Iranian literature[]

Irish literature[]

Israeli literature[]

Italian literature[]

Japanese literature[]

Luxembourgian literature[]

  • Batty Weber Prize
  • Servais Prize

Malaysian literature[]

Mexican literature[]

Nepalese Literature[]

  • Madan Puraskar

New Zealand literature[]

Nigerian literature[]

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[]

Portuguese literature[]

Russian literature[]

Serbian literature[]

Singaporean literature[]

  • Epigram Books Fiction Prize
  • Singapore Literature Prize

Slovene literature[]

South African literature[]

South Korean literature[]

Spanish literature[]

Sri Lanka[]

Swedish literature[]

Swiss literature[]

Thai literature[]

Turkish literature[]

Ukrainian literature[]

  • Shevchenko National Prize since 1961

Venezuelan literature[]

Zimbabwean literature[]

  • National Arts Merit Awards

Awards by genres[]

Children's literature[]

See also the Database of Children's Literature Awards

Food and drink[]

  • Langhe Ceretto Prize (international) – since 1991

History[]

Horror fiction[]

  • Bram Stoker Award – for superior achievement in horror writing, since 1987
  • Shirley Jackson Award - for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror and the dark fantastic, since 2007.
  • Lord Ruthven Award – 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[]

Mystery: crime fiction and detective fiction[]

Romance Fiction[]

  • RITA Award

Speculative fiction (science fiction and fantasy)[]

  • Hugo Award – since 1955
  • Nebula Award – since 1965
  • Ditmar Award (Australia) – since 1969
  • BSFA award – since 1970
  • Seiun Award – since 1970
  • Locus Award – 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 (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 – 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 (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 – 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 (UK) – since 2009
  • Le PLIB (France) – promotion of Science Fiction and Fantasy by Literary Influencers, since 2018

Sports[]

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  • CASEY Award (US)
  • Jerry Malloy Book Prize (US)
  • Seymour Medal (US)
  • Dave Moore Award (US)

Biography[]

  • Marsh Biography Award – 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

Awards for literary translation[]

  • Gregory Kolovakos AwardPEN 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 – awarded biennially by Academia Rossica[1] 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
  • National Translation Award – an annual prize awarded by the American Literary Translators Association[2]
  • Popescu Prize – awarded biennially for a translation of poetry from a European language into English. Awarded by the Poetry Society.
  • Willis Barnstone Translation Prize – 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 – 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 – open to submissions from translators aged under 25, awarded annually for the translation of a passage of contemporary fiction from Russian into English.[3]
  • Harvill Secker Young Translators Prize – open to submissions from translators aged between 18 and 34, awarded annually, focusing on a different language every year.[4]
  • International Dublin Literary Award – since 1996

Awards for literary criticism[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Rossica Translation prize". Archived from the original on 2013-10-24. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
  2. ^ ALTA.
  3. ^ "Rossica Young Translators Award". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
  4. ^ Harvill Secker Young Translators’ Prize.
  5. ^ "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award" Archived 2013-04-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Malayalam). Kerala Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Literary Awards" Archived 2012-06-18 at the Wayback Machine. Government of Kerala. Retrieved 28 April 2014.

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