List of literary awards
This list of literary awards from around the world is an index to articles about notable literary awards. == International awards == === All nationalities and multiple languages eligible === Nobel Prize in Literature – since 1901 Hugo Award – since 1953 NIN Award − since 1954 Golden Wreath of Struga Poetry Evenings – since 1966 Neustadt International Prize for Literature – since 1970 International Botev Prize – since 1972 Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year – since 1978 America Award – since 1994 Balint Balassi Memorial Sword Award – since 1997 Franz Kafka Prize – since 2001 Ovid Prize – since 2002 Dayton Literary Peace Prize – since 2006 European Union Prize for Literature – since 2009 Jan Michalski Prize – since 2009 The 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 Europese Literatuurprijs (European Literature Award) – since 2011 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award – since 2003 AATSEEL Book Awards – since 2000 == 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 === Mao Dun Literature Prize Lu Xun Literary Prize Lao She Literary Award Dream of the Red Chamber Award Shi Nai'an Literary Prize Newman Prize for Chinese Literature Bing Xin Children's Literature Award Blancpain-Imaginist Literary Prize === 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 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize International Booker Prize Warwick Prize for Women in Translation ARA Historical Novel 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 Merano Poetry Prize – established in 1993 for poetry International Literature Award – established in 2009 for international prose translated into German === Gujarati === Kumar Suvarna Chandrak Narmad Suvarna Chandrak Premanand Suvarna Chandrak Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar Yuva Gaurav Puraskar (conferred to young authors) === Hebrew === Bialik Prize Sapir Prize Tchernichovsky Prize (for translation) === Irish === Gradam Uí Shúilleabháin Gradam Réics Carló Gradam de Bhaldraithe Irish Book Awards – since 2018 === Italian === Crotone Prize Strega Prize Premio Campiello Premio Bancarella Bagutta Prize Urania award (Science Fiction) === Kannada === Rashtrakavi Nrupatunga Award Kanaka Shree Pampa Award === Malayalam === Edasseri Award Ezhuthachan Puraskaram Kerala Sahitya Academy Award Muttathu Varkey Award Odakkuzhal Award Padmarajan Award Vallathol Award Vayalar Award === Marathi === Vinda Karandikar Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar === Meitei (Manipuri) === Sahitya Akademi Award for Meitei Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize for Meitei Yuva Puraskar for Meitei === Odia === Odisha Sahitya Academy Award === Polish === Angelus Award Gdynia Literary Prize Janusz A. Zajdel Award for science fiction Kościelski Award Nike Award Paszport Polityki for Literature Ryszard Kapuściński Award for Literary Reportage Silesius Poetry Award Śląkfa Award Wisława Szymborska Award === Portuguese === Camões Prize Prémio Leya 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 – female authors Premio Planeta Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja Premio Iberoamericano Planeta-Casa de América de Narrativa – since 2007 Joaquín Gallegos Lara National Fiction Prize === Tamil === Vishnupuram Award == Awards by region == === African === Babishai Niwe Poetry Foundation Brunel University African Poetry Prize Caine Prize Etisalat Prize for Literature Golden Baobab Prize Grand prix Afrique Lotus Prize for Literature (discontinued) Noma Award for Publishing in Africa (discontinued) Nommo Awards Tchicaya U Tam'si Prize for African Poetry Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa === Asian === Man Asian Literary Prize (discontinued) DSC Prize for South Asian Literature (discontinued) SAARC Literary Award Kiriyama Prize – for books about the Pacific Rim and South Asia; 1996–2008 Pandit Sunderlal Sharma Literature Award === Caribbean literature === Casa de las Américas Prize OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature === Commonwealth === Booker Prize – winners and shortlisted authors Commonwealth Short Story Prize Commonwealth Writers' Prize (discontinued) Encore Award – since 1990 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize === European Union === European Union Prize for Literature European Book Prize === Nordic === Nordic Council's Literature Prize Prisma == Awards by country == === American literature === Aga Khan Prize for Fiction Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry 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 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Arab American Book Award Arthur Rense Prize Asian American Literary Awards Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature Bancroft Prize Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation The Best American Poetry Best Translated Book Award Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry Bollingen Prize Bram Stoker Award Carter G. Woodson Book Award Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Christopher Hewitt Award Colorado Book Award Dana Award Donna J. Stone National Literary Awards Dos Passos Prize Drue Heinz Literature Prize Edgar Allan Poe Awards Edward Lewis Wallant Award Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence Fabri Literary Prize Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction Frost Medal Goldsmith Book Prize Gotham Book Prize Gregory Kolovakos Award Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize Hispanic Heritage Award for Literature Hopwood Award Hugo Award James Duval Phelan Award James Jones First Novel Award James Laughlin Award Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize Jackson Poetry Prize The John Esten Cooke Fiction Award Joseph Henry Jackson Award Kate Tufts Discovery Award Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award Lambda Literary Award – for LGBTQ literature Lannan Literary Awards Los Angeles Times Book Prize Mary Tanenbaum Award for Nonfiction Michael Braude Award for Light Verse Minnesota Book Award National Book Award National Book Critics Circle Award National Hispanic Cultural Center Literary Award National Jewish Book Award, Jewish Book Council National Outdoor Book Award National Poetry Series 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 Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award PEN Award for Poetry in Translation PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel PEN/Malamud Award (for short stories) PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award (for diversity and multi-cultural work) PEN Open Book Award (formerly PEN/Beyond Margins; for writers of color) PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation Poets' Prize Premio Aztlán Literary Prize – emerging Chicana/o writers Publishing Innovation Award – ebooks and related technology Publishing Triangle's awards – for LGBTQ literature Pulitzer Prize for History Fiction Poetry Drama General Nonfiction Pushcart Prize Quill Awards Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Awards RUSA awards Robert Olen Butler Prize Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize Scott Moncrieff Prize Sherwood Anderson Foundation Award Short Story Award Sophie Brody Award Spur Award St.