List of literary awards

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

International awards

[Children's literature]

Newbery Medal and Newbery Honor – since 1922
Carnegie Medal – since 1936
Caldecott Medal and Caldecott Honor for illustration – since 1938
Children's Book Council of Australia Awards – since 1946
Governor General's Award for English language children's literature – since 1949
Jane Addams Children's Book Award – since 1953
Children's Literature Legacy Award – since 1954, formerly the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal
Hans Christian Andersen Award – since 1956
Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration – since 1956
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award – since 1957
Nienke van Hichtum-prijs – since 1964
Guardian Award – since 1967
Sydney Taylor Book Award for Jewish children's and teen literature – since 1968
Coretta Scott King Award for African-American Literature – since 1970
Tir na n-Og Awards – since 1976
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize – 1985–2007
Prix Sorcières – since 1986
Governor General's Award for French language children's literature – since 1987
CBI Book of the Year Awards – since 1990
Gelett burgess children's book award – since 2010
Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature – since 1991
The Eilis Dillon Award – since 1995
Angus Book Award – since 1996
Pura Belpré Award for Latino literature – since 1996
Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation – since 1996
Children's Laureate – since 1999
Michael L. Printz Award for young adult literature – since 2000
Sibert Medal for informational books – since 2001
Mildred L. Batchelder Award
Super Dash Novel Rookie of the Year Award – since 2001
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award – since 2003
NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature – since 2003
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Langhe Ceretto Prize – since 1991
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Cundill Prize for historical non-fiction – since 2008
Duff Cooper Prize — since 1956
Wolfson History Prize – since 1972
[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]
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
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Agatha Award
Agatha Christie Award
Anthony Award
Arthur Ellis Awards by the Crime Writers of Canada
Ayukawa Tetsuya Award
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
* Gold Dagger
* Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
* Short Story Award
Glass Key award
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
* The Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery
Macavity Award
Martin Beck Award
Mephisto Prize
Mystery Writers of America awards:
* Edgar Award
Mystery Writers of Japan awards:
* Mystery Writers of Japan Award
* Edogawa Rampo Prize
Shamus Award
Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award
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RITA Award
[Speculative fiction] ([science fiction] and [fantasy])
Hugo Award – since 1955
Nebula Award – since 1965
Ditmar Award – 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 – since 1976
Prometheus Award – best Libertarian SF – since 1979
Nihon SF Taisho Award – since 1980
Prix Aurora Award – since 1980
Prix Rosny-Aîné – since 1980
Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis – 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 – since 1984
Writers of the Future – contest for new authors, since 1985
Tähtivaeltaja Award – since 1986
Arthur C. Clarke Award – since 1987
Japan Fantasy Novel Award – since 1989
Sir Julius Vogel Award – since 1989
Urania Award – since 1989
SFRA Pioneer Award – best critical essay-length work, since 1990
Tiptree award – since 1991
Chandler Award – since 1992
Sidewise Award for Alternate History – since 1995
Aurealis Award – since 1995
Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service – promotion of SF teaching and study, etc., since 1996
Endeavour Award – since 1999
Nautilus Award – since 2003
WSFA Small Press Award – since 2007
Tähtifantasia Award – since 2007
Kitschies – since 2009
Le PLIB – promotion of Science Fiction and Fantasy by Literary Influencers, since 2018
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CASEY Award
Jerry Malloy Book Prize
Seymour Medal
Dave Moore Award
[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.
Awards for literary translation
Gregory Kolovakos Award – 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 – awarded biennially by Academia Rossica 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
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.
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 – since 1996

List of literary awards

International awards

All nationalities & multiple languages eligible (in chronological order)

Awards by language

Arabic

Bengali

Chinese

English

German

Gujarati

Hebrew

Kannada

Malayalam

Marathi

Odia

Portuguese

Spanish

Tamil

Awards by region

African

Asian

Caribbean literature

Commonwealth

European Union

Nordic

Awards by country

[American literature]

[Australian literature]

[Austrian literature]

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[Brazilian literature]

[British literature]

[Bulgarian literature]

[Canadian literature]

[Chilean literature]

[Chinese literature]

[Costa Rican literature]

[Croatian language]

[Czech literature]

[Ecuadorian literature]

[Finnish literature]

[French literature]

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[German literature]

[Hungarian literature]

[Icelandic literature]

[Indian literature]

[Indonesian literature]

[Iranian literature]

[Irish literature]

[Israeli literature]

[Italian literature]

[Japanese literature]

[Luxembourgian literature]

[Malaysian literature]

[Mexican literature]

[Nepalese Literature]

[New Zealand literature]

[Nigerian literature]

[Norwegian literature]

[Philippine literature]

[Polish literature]

[Portuguese literature]

[Russian literature]

[Serbian literature]

[Slovene literature]

[South African literature]

[South Korean literature]

[Spanish literature]

[Sri Lanka]

[Swedish literature]

[Swiss literature]

[Thai literature]

[Turkish literature]

Ukrainian literature

Venezuelan literature

Awards by genres

[Children's literature]

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