List of comics awards
This list of comics awards is an index to articles about notable awards for comics from around the world. The list includes awards given out for achievements in cartooning, comic books, comic strips and graphic novels. Some works in comics are also eligible for, and in some instances have won literary awards.
American awards
In chronological order from date of first award presentation:- Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning — first awarded 1922
- Reuben Award — first awarded in 1946
- Various National Cartoonists Society awards — first awarded in 1948
- Alley Award — first awarded in 1961; ceased in 1969
- Shazam Award — first awarded in 1970; ceased in 1974
- Goethe Award — first awarded in 1970; ceased in 1974.
- Ignatz Awards — first awarded in 1974; ceased in 1994
- Inkpot Awards — first awarded in 1974
- Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards — first awarded in 1982; ceased in 2008
- Russ Manning Award — first awarded in 1982
- Jack Kirby Comics Industry Award — first awarded in 1985, ceased in 1987
- Harvey Awards — first awarded in 1988
- Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards — first awarded in 1988
- Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum's Don Thompson Awards — first awarded in 1992; ceased in 1998
- Wizard Fan Awards — first awarded in 1993; ceased in 2006
- Lulu Awards — first awarded in 1997; ceased in 2011
- Ignatz Awards — first awarded 1997
- Howard E. Day Prize — first awarded in 2001; ceased in 2007
- Day Prize/SPACE Prize — first awarded in 2001
- Bill Finger Award — first awarded in 2005
- Glyph Comics Awards — first awarded in 2005
- Inkwell Awards — first awarded in 2008
- Ghastly Awards for Excellence in Horror Comics — first awarded 2011; ceased in 2017
- Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics – first awarded in 2015
- Dwayne McDuffie Award for Kids' Comics — first awarded in 2015
- Emerging Artist Prize — first awarded in 2015
- Ringo Awards — first awarded in 2017
Timeline of notable U.S. comics awards
Australian awards
- Ledger Awards - first awarded in 2004
Belgian awards
- Bronzen Adhemar - first awarded in 1977
- Prix Saint-Michel - first awarded in 1971
- Atomium comic strip prizes - first awarded in 2017
Brazilian awards
- Prêmio Angelo Agostini - first awarded in 1985
- Troféu HQ Mix - first awarded in 1989
- Prêmio DB Artes — first awarded 2003; ceased in 2010
- Troféu Bigorna — first awarded 2008; ceased in 2010
- Prêmio Claudio Seto — first awarded 2014
- Prêmio Al Rio — first awarded 2015
- Prêmio Grampo — first awarded 2016
- Prêmio Dente de Ouro — first awarded 2016
- Prêmio Jabuti, category "Comics" — first awarded 2016
- Prêmio Le Blanc — first awarded 2018
British awards
- Ally Sloper Award — 1976–c. 1982
- Eagle Awards — 1977–1990; 2000–2014
- UK Comic Art Awards — 1990–1997
- National Comics Awards — 1997–1999, 2001–2003
- SICBA — held in conjunction with the Glasgow Comic Con and first awarded 2011; still ongoing
- Excelsior Award — a single award for middle-grade comics/manga; first awarded in 2011 ; organized by Paul Register
- British Comic Awards — 2012–c. 2016
- The 9th Art Award — inaugural award announced 2013; sponsored by Graphic Scotland
- Comics Laureate — first awarded in 2014; sponsored by Comics Literacy Awareness
Timeline of British comics awards
Canadian awards
- :fr:Prix Bédéis causa|Prix Bédéis Causa - awarded to French language comics by the Festival de la BD francophone de Québec since 1988
- Bédélys Prize - awarded to French language comics since 2000
- The Doug Wright Awards - first awarded in 2005
- National Newspaper Awards of Canada include a category for Editorial Cartoonist
- Joe Shuster Awards - first awarded in 2005
Dutch awards
- Stripschapprijs - first awarded in 1974
- Willy Vandersteenprijs - first awarded in 2010
- VPRO Debuutprijs - first awarded in 1994
- Marten Toonderprijs - first awarded in 2009
French awards
- Angoulême International Comics Festival Prizes - first awarded in 1974
- Prix de la critique - first awarded in 1984
German awards
- Max & Moritz Prizes - first awarded in 1984
- :de:Rudolph-Dirks-Award|Rudolph-Dirks-Award - first awarded in 2016, the aim is to foster the appreciation of graphical literature as an art form; awarded in 18 categories for works and 12 categories for artists.
Greek awards
- - first awarded in 2005 and known as Comicdom Awards until 2015
Irish awards
- The Drunken Druid Awards
Indian awards
- Kalpana Lok Awards
- Indian Comics Fandom Awards
- Comic Con India Awards
- Narayan Debntah Comics Puroskar
Italian awards
- - awarded between 1970 and 2005
- / Pantera di Lucca Comics - first awarded in 1967
- - first awarded in 1998
Japanese awards
- Akatsuka Award - first awarded in 1974
- Dengeki Comic Grand Prix - first awarded in 2001
- International Manga Award - first awarded in 2007
- Japan Cartoonists Association Award - first awarded in 1972
- Kodansha Manga Award - first awarded in 1960
- Manga Taishō - first awarded in 2008
- Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize - first awarded in 1997
- Shogakukan Manga Award - first awarded in 1955
- Tezuka Award - first awarded in 1971
Norwegian awards
- Sproing Award - first awarded in 1987
Polish awards
- Grand Prix Międzynarodowego Festiwalu Komiksu - first awarded in 1991
Qatar awards
- Arab Cartoon Award - 1st in 2012.
Singaporean awards
- ComiIdol - Awarded in three categories via popular vote in 2007
Spanish awards
- Barcelona International Comics Convention Prizes - first awarded in 1988
- Haxtur Awards - first awarded in 1985
Swedish awards
- Adamson Awards - awarded annually between 1965 and 2002
- Urhunden Prizes - first awarded in 1987