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This is a list of literary awards from around the world:

Worldwide in scope

• Nobel Prize in Literature
• Neustadt International Prize for Literature
• Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for children's and youth literature.
• Franz Kafka Prize
• The Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year
• Jerusalem Prize
• Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service

International awards of limited scope

British Commonwealth and Ireland

• Man Booker Prize: winners and shortlisted authors
• Commonwealth Writers' Prize
• John Llewellyn Rhys Prize

English language

• Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for English-language women playwrights
• The Rossica Translation Prize awarded bienially for the best new published English translation of a high quality Russian literary work

Portuguese language

• Camões Prize

Spanish language

• Miguel de Cervantes Prize
• Rómulo Gallegos Prize
• Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize - female authors

Dutch language

• Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord
• Constantijn Huygens Prize
• Gouden Griffel for children's literature (translated works can win a Zilveren Griffel)
• Multatuliprijs
• P. C. Hooft Award
• Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren

Scandanavian authors

• Nordic Council's Literature Prize

American literature

See also: Category:American literary awards

• Aga Khan Prize for Fiction
• Ambassador Book Award
• American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals in Belles Lettres, Criticism and Essays
• American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Drama
• American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Fiction, Novels, Short Stories
• American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry
• American Book Award
• Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
• Arthur Rense Prize
• Bancroft Prize
• The Best American Poetry series
• Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry
• Bollingen Prize
• Edgar Allan Poe Award
• Fabri Literary Prize
• FieldReport Prize for Experiential Writing
• Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
• Frost Medal
• Goldsmith Book Prize
• Harold Morton Landon Translation Award
• Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award
• Hopwood Award
• James Duval Phelan Award
• James Laughlin Award
• Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize
• Joseph Henry Jackson Award
• Kate Tufts Discovery Award
• Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
• Lambda Literary Award
• Lannan Literary Awards
• Mary Tanenbaum Award for Nonfiction
• Michael Braude Award for Light Verse
• National Book Award
• National Book Critics Circle Award
• National Jewish Book Award, Jewish Book Council
• National Poetry Series
• New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts
• The New Criterion Poetry Prize
• O. Henry Awards (for short stories)
• PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
• PEN/Malamud Award (for short stories)
• Poets' Prize
• Pulitzer Prize for
  • History
  • Fiction
  • Poetry
  • Drama
  • General Non-Fiction
• Pushcart Prize
• Quill Awards
• Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Awards
• Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
• Spur Award
• Stonewall Book Award
• Wallace Stevens Award
• Walt Whitman Award
• Whiting Writers' Award

Australian literature

Main article: List of Australian literary awards

• Aurealis Award
• The Australian/Vogel Literary Award
• Miles Franklin Award
• New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
• Patrick White Award
• Queensland Premier's Literary Awards
• Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
• Victorian Premier's Literary Award

Austrian literature

• Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
• Feldkircher Lyrikpreis
• Floriana Prize
• Förderungspreis für Literatur
• Erich Fried Prize
• Alfred Gesswein Prize
• Franz Kafka Prize
• Kolik Literary Prize
• Theodor Kramer Prize for literature in exile
• Christine Lavant Poetry Prize
• Manuskripte Prize
• Austrian State Prize for European Literature
• Austrian State Prize for Literary Translation
• City of Vienna Prize for Young Literary Translators
• Pannonia Literary Prize
• Reinhard Priessnitz Prize
• Peter Rosegger Prize
• Manès-Sperber-Preis für Literatur
• Alexander Sacher-Masoch Prize
• Literary Prize Steyr
• Adalbert Stifter Prize
• Otto Stoessl Prize
• Georg Trakl Prize for Poetry
• Wiener Werkstadtpreis
• Anton Wildgans Prize

Bangladeshi literature

• Bangla Academy Award
• Shwadhinota Dibosh Puroskar

British literature

Main article: List of British literary awards

• Author's Club First Novel Award
• Betty Trask Award
• Booker Prize
• British Book Awards -- the "Nibbies"
• Commonwealth Writers Prize
• Duff Cooper Prize
• Forward Prize
• Hawthornden Prize
• Hessell-Tiltman Prize
• James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography
• James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction
• John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
• Newdigate prize
• Orange Prize for Fiction
• The Orwell Prize
• Samuel Johnson Prize
• Somerset Maugham Award
• T. S. Eliot Prize
• Waverton Good Read Award
• Costa Book Awards

Canadian literature

• Arthur Ellis Award
• Booker Prize
• Canadian Poets Award
• Commonwealth Writers Prize
• Edna Staebler Award
• Geoffrey Bilson Award
• Gerald Lampert Award
• Giller Prize
• Griffin Poetry Prize
• Governor General's Award
• Marian Engel Award
• Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award
• Norma Fleck Award
• Pat Lowther Award
• Stephen Leacock Award
• Trillium Award
• Wright Awards

Central and Eastern European literature

• The Austrian Grand Prize for East European Literature
• Vilenica prize
• Angelus prize
• Złote Pióro "Wolnomularza Polskiego" (Gold Pen of "Polish Freemason")

Chilean literature

• Chilean National Prize for Literature

Chinese literature

• Maodun Prize for Literature
• Caoyu Prize for Drama
• Laoshi Prize for Literature
• Fengmu Prize for Literature

Croatian language

• Croatia rediviva: Ča, Kaj, Što - baštinski dani
• Dobrojutro, more
• Nagrada Dimitrije Demetar
• Nagrada za dramsko djelo Marin Držić
• Nagrada Ksaver Šandor Gjalski
• Goran za mlade pjesnike
• Goranov vijenac
• Nagrada Ivan Goran Kovačić
• Nagrada Ranko Marinković
• Nagrada Vladimir Nazor
• Nagrada SFERA (until 1991, applied for whole Yugoslavia)
• Nagrada August Šenoa
• Nagrada Antun Branko Šimić
• Nagrada Tin Ujević
• Nagrada Grigor Vitez

Czech Literature

• Jaroslav Seifert Prize
• Magnesia Litera Prize
• Jiří Orten Prize

Finnish literature

• Finlandia Prize for literature
• Thanks for the Book Award for literature

French literature

• Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française
• Prix Décembre
• Prix de Flore
• Prix des Deux-Magots
• Prix Femina
• Prix Goncourt
• Prix Interallié
• Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud
• Prix Médicis
• Prix Renaudot

Georgian literature

• Shota Rustaveli State Prize
• Saba Prize

German literature

• German Book Prize
• Price of the Leipzig Book Fair
• Carl Zuckmayer Medal
• Ingeborg Bachmann Prize (Austrian)
• Georg Büchner Prize
• Goethe Prize
• Hanseatic Goethe Prize
• Heinrich Heine Prize
• Kassel Literary Prize
• Kleist Prize
• Heinrich Mann Prize
• Hermann Kesten Medal
• Nelly Sachs Prize
• Roswitha Prize
• Schiller Prize
• Solothurner Literaturpreis
• Toucan Prize
• Eule des Monats
• Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis

Hebrew literature

• Bialik Prize
• Sapir Prize
• Tchernichovsky Prize (for translation)
• Ze'ev Prize (for children's literature)

Hungarian literature

• Attila József Prize
• Baumgarten Prize
• Kossuth Prize

Icelandic literature

• Icelandic Literary Prize

Indian literature

• Hutch Crossword Book Award
• Jnanpith Award
• Kalidas samman
• Pampa Award
• Sahitya Akademi Award

Irish literature

• International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award

Italian literature

• Bagutta Prize
• Premio Bancarella
• Premio Campiello
• Premio Strega
• Premio Urania
• Viareggio Prize

Japanese literature

• Akutagawa Prize
• Dazai Osamu Prize
• Ito Sei Prize for Literature
• Kawabata Yasunari Prize
• Mishima Yukio Prize
• Naoki Prize
• Noma Prize for Literature
• Oda Sakunosuke Prize
• Subaru Prize for Literature
• Tanizaki Prize
• Women's Literature Prize
• Yokomitsu Prize
• Yomiuri Prize for Literature

Luxembourgian literature

• Batty Weber Prize
• Servais Prize

Mexican literature

• Premio Nacional de Lingüística y Literatura
• Xavier Villaurrutia Award

New Zealand literature

• Montana New Zealand Book Awards

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

Polish literature

• Janusz A. Zajdel Award for science fiction
• Nike Award
• Nagroda Literacka Gdynia

Portuguese literature

• Prémio Camões

Slovene literature

• Prešeren Award
• Prešeren Foundation Award
• Kresnik
• Rožanec Award
• Stritar Award
• Desetnica
• Večernica
• Vilenica
• Jenko Award
• Župančič Award
• Vstajenje
• Levstik Award
• Pretnar Award
• Sovre Award
• Original Slovenian Picture Book Award
• Golden Bird Award
• Veronika Award
• Grum Award

South African Literature

• Alba Bouwer Prize
• Alan Paton Award
• Amstel Playwright of the Year Award
• Exclusive Books Boeke Prize
• Hertzog Prize
• M-Net Literary Awards
• The Sunday Times Fiction Prize

Spanish literature

• Miguel de Cervantes Prize
• Premio Nadal
• Premio Planeta
• Rómulo Gallegos Prize
• Premio Nacional de Literatura
• Premio Alfaguara
• Premi Sant Jordi
• Premio Azorín
• Premio Primavera de Novela
• Premio Nacional de Narrativa
• Premio Fernando Lara de Novela
• Premio de la Crítica
• Premio Fastenrath

Swedish literature

• Aniarapriset -- awarded by the Swedish Library Association.
• Augustpriset
• C S Lewis-priset
• De Nios Stora Pris
• Lilla Augustpriset for children's literature
• Piratenpriset
• Svenska Akademins nordiska pris

Venezuelan literature

• Adriano González León Biennial Novel Prize

Genres

Children's literature

• Newbery Medal (USA)
• Newbery Honor (USA)
• Caldecott Medal (USA)
• Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (USA)
• Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (USA)
• Governor General's Award (Canada)
• Carnegie Medal (UK)
• Children's Laureate (UK)
• Guardian Award (UK)
• Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration (UK)
• Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation (UK)
• Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (UK)
• Angus Book Award (UK)
• Tir na n-Og Awards (UK - Wales)
• Bisto Book of the Year Awards (Ireland)
• The Eilis Dillon Award (Ireland)
• Hans Christian Andersen Award (International)
• Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (International)
• Coretta Scott King Award for African-American Literature (USA)
• Pura Belpré Award for Latino literature (USA)
• Michael L. Printz Award for young adult literature (USA)
• Robert F. Sibert Award for informational books (USA)
• Jane Addams Children's Book Award (USA)
• Prix Sorcières (France)

Mystery: Crime fiction and Detective fiction

• Agatha Award
• Anthony Award
• Arthur Ellis Awards by the Crime Writers of Canada
• Barry Award
• Crime Writers' Association awards:
  • Cartier Diamond Dagger
  • Dagger in the Library
  • Dagger of Daggers
  • Debut Dagger
  • Duncan Lawrie International Dagger
  • Gold Dagger
  • Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
  • John Creasey Memorial New Blood Dagger
  • Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award
  • Short Story Award
• Glass Key award
• Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
• Hammett Prize
• Macavity Award
• Martin Beck Award
• Mystery Writers of America awards:
  • Edgar Award
  • Grand Master Award
• Shamus Award
• Sherlock Award
• Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award

Science fiction and fantasy

Main article: List of science fiction awards

• Hugo Award
• Nebula Award
• Sidewise Award for Alternate History
• Tiptree award
• BSFA award
• Prix Apollo
• Arthur C. Clarke Award
• Writers of the Future -- contest for new authors
• Illustrators of the Future -- contest for new illustrators
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
• John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction
• Philip K. Dick Award
• Compton Crook Award--Best first time novel in Genera in a year.
• Prometheus Award -- best Libertarian SF
• Janusz A. Zajdel Award -- award given by Polish fandom
• World Fantasy Award
• SFRA Pioneer Award -- best critical essay length work
• Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service -- promotion of SF teaching and study, etc.

See also

• List of poetry awards
• List of comics awards

External links

• Award Annals: ranked lists of books that received literary award honors
• Complete listings of main literary award winners for all years
• Author Ranking by Literary Awards: ranked lists of authors that received prominent literary award honors
• Book Prize Information: A source of information on book prizes and prizewinning books.