Awards
The actual number of literary prizes currently awarded around the world is unknown to me, but it must certainly be in the thousands, if not tens of thousands. Understandably, it is then not possible for me to cover all of them on this website. While I believe that I have so far made a rather brave attempt in selecting the most prestigious of the various awards, I also continue to expand my selection all the time.
I have made a conscious decision not to include children’s fiction awards or any non-fiction literary awards. I also used to leave out fantasy and science fiction, but have now decided to widen my web to include them, as well. Yet, the focus admittedly still lies in English literature awards, even if an ever-growing number of non-English awards are listed and reported about. I am continually seeking to introduce more non-English literary awards to the list.
In case you have suggestions about awards that you think should be tracked, you are more than welcome to express your opinion. I would indeed be most happy to hear from you.
The following list is composed of the awards that I am currently actively tracking. By this I mean that I am subscribed to their newsletters (in case one exists), monitor their websites (if there is one), and do daily global news searches with their names.
As was already mentioned before, in case you feel that any major, or indeed minor yet important, literary awards are missing from this list, I would be glad to hear from you.
Akutagawa Prize
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Akutagawa Prize is Japan’s most prestigious literary award. Established in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan, the editor of Bungei Shunju magazine, in memory of novelist Akutagawa Ryunosuke, it is sponsored by the Association for the Promotion of Japanese Literature (Nihon Bungaku Shinko Kai), and is awarded semiannually in January and July to the best story of a purely literary nature published in a newspaper or magazine by a new or rising author. The winner receives a pocket watch and a cash award of 1 million yen. Short stories and novellas win the prize more frequently than do full-length novels. Because of its prestige and the considerable attention the winner receives from the media, it is Japan’s most sought after literary prize.
Wikipedia article on the Akutagawa Prize
Bollingen Prize
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The Bollingen Prize, awarded every two years by the Bollingen Foundation, is a prestigious literary honor bestowed on an American poet in recognition of the best book of new verse within the last two years, or for lifetime achievement. It rewards a cash prize, currently $25,000. The prize was first conceived and funded by a $10,000 grant from the Bollingen Foundation to the Library of Congress in 1948.
Homepage of the Bollingen Prize
Wikipedia article on the Bolligen Prize
Booker-Open Russia Prize
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The Booker-Open Russia Literary Prize, sometimes known as the Russian Booker Prize, is a Russian literary award modelled after the Booker Prize and inaugurated in 1992. Now established as the country’s premier literary prize, it is awarded to the best work of fiction written in the Russian language each year as decided by a panel of judges, irrespective of the writer’s citizenship. Since 2002 Open Russia has been the general sponsor of the Booker Literary Prize in Russia, leading to its name change into the “Booker–Open Russia Literary Prize”. The structure of the Booker-Open Russia is similar to the Commonwealth Booker Prize. Each year, the jury of the contest chooses from among all the participants (the so-called “long list”) six best novels which forms a “short list”. The eventual winner wins a cash prize of US$15,000 (originally US$12,500 until 2002), while each of the shortlisted finalist earns US$1,000.
Homepage of the Booker Open Russia Prize
Wikipedia article on the Booker Open Russia Prize
British Book Awards
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The British Book Awards are given annually and promoted by the UK publishing industry trade journal Publishing News. They are also know as the Nibbies. The awards are made in a number of headline categories, including Best Read of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Award, Author of the Year, Book of the Year, Writer of the Year, Newcomer of the Year Award, and many others.
Homepage of the British Book Awards
Wikipedia article on the British Book Awards
Caine Prize
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The Caine Prize for African Writing is an annual literary prize awarded to a work (a short story) by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere. It is named in memory of the late Sir Michael Caine, former Chairman of Booker plc. The first prize was awarded in 2000, at the Zimbabwe International Book Fair 2000 in Harare. In its first year the Prize attracted entries from 20 African countries.
Homepage of the Caine Prize
Wikipedia article on Caine Prize
Camoens Prize
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The Camőes Prize (Portuguese, Prémio Camőes), named after Camőes (author of the Lusiadas), is the most important literary prize for the Portuguese language, are awarded annually by the Fundaçăo Biblioteca Nacional (National Library Foundation of Portugal) and by the Departamento Nacional do Livro (National Book Department of Brazil) to a writer that developed an outstanding work in Portuguese. It is often regarded as a type of Nobel Prize in Literature of the Portuguese language. The monetary award is of 100,000 euros.
Wikipedia article of the Camoens Prize
Commonwealth Writers Prize
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The Commonwealth Writers Prize was established in 1987. It awards Å10,000 to the best book submitted, Å3,000 to the best first book, and Å1,000 each to the best book and best first book of an author in each of the four Commonwealth regions, South East Asia and the South Pacific, Eurasia, Africa, the Caribbean and Canada. The prize is sponsored and organised by the Commonwealth Foundation
Homepage of the Commonwealth Writers Prize
Wikipedia article on the Commonwealth Writers Prize
Costa Book Awards
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The Costa Book Awards (formerly the Whitbread Book Awards) are among the United Kingdom’s most prestigious literary awards. The awards, launched in 1971, are given both for high literary merit but also for works that are enjoyable reading and whose aim is to convey the enjoyment of reading to the widest possible audience. As such they are a more populist literary prize than the Booker Prize. One of the main events in the British literary calendar, they are sometimes announced as if they are the first of the year’s literary prizes, whereas they are actually the last.
Homepage of the Costa Book Awards
Wikipedia article on the Costa Book Awards (formerly Whitbread Book Awards)
Drue Heinz Literature Prize
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The Drue Heinz Literature Prize is a major American literary award for short fiction in the English language. Since 1981 the prize, initiated by Mrs. Drue Heinz and developed by Frederick A. Hetzel, has recognized and supported writers of short fiction and made their work available to readers around the world. The award is open to writers who have published a book-length collection of fiction or at least three short stories or novellas in commercial magazines or literary journals. Manuscripts are judged anonymously by nationally known writers; past judges have included Robert Penn Warren, Joyce Carol Oates, Raymond Carver, Margaret Atwood, Russell Banks, Michael Chabon, Frank Conroy, Richard Ford, John Edgar Wideman, Nadine Gordimer, and Rick Moody. The prize carries a cash award of $15,000 and publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press. The winner is announced in February of each year.
Homepage of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize
Wikipedia article on the Drue Heinz Literature Prize
Finlandia Prize
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The Finlandia Prize is the most prestigious literary award in Finland. It is awarded annually to the best Finnish novel, children’s book and non-fiction book. The award sum (as of 2005) is 26,000 euros.
Wikipedia article on the Finlandia Prize
Forward Poetry Prize
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The Forward Poetry prizes were created in 1991. The aim of the prizes is to extend the audience for contemporary poetry. Currently it is the United Kingdom’s most valuable annual poetry competition.
Homepage of the Forward Poetry Prize
Wikipedia article on the Forward Poetry Prize
Governor General’s Award
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Since their creation in 1937, the Governor General’s Literary Awards have become one of Canada’s most prestigious prizes, awarded in both French and English in seven categories: Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Drama, Children’s Literature-Text, Children’s Literature-Illustration, and Translation. The awards were created by the Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir (John Buchan), himself the noted author of The Thirty-Nine Steps. The awards first honoured only two authors each year, and only those who wrote in English. In 1957 the awards were put under the administration of the Canada Council for the Arts and a cash prize began to be awarded to the winner.
Homepage of the Governor General’s Award
Wikipedia article on the Governor General’s Award
Griffin Poetry Prize
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The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada’s youngest and most lucrative poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by Scott Griffin, a wealthy automotive part manufacturer. The awards go to one Canadian and one international poet who write in the English language. Each winner receives CAD$50,000.
Homepage of the Griffin Poetry Prize
Wikipedia article on Griffin Poetry Prize
Guardian First Book Award
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Guardian First Book Award issued before 1999 as Guardian Fiction Prize or Guardian Fiction Award is awarded to new writing in fiction and non-fiction. Awarded since 1965 by the Guardian newspaper, the prize is worth Å10,000 to the winner. The shortlist is announced in November each year and the winner in December. The selection is made by a panel of critics and writers, chaired by the literary editor of the Guardian. In 1999 the prize was altered to Guardian First Book Award, being no longer restricted to fiction. It is rewarded to the best new literary talent, whether working in the field of fiction or non-fiction and across all genres.
Wikipedia article on the Guardian First Book Award
Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
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The Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, awarded yearly in Klagenfurt, Austria during a publicized event which lasts several days, is one of the most important awards for German literature. The prize winner is determined during a three-day reading marathon in which 18 previously-selected candidates vie to impress both the audience and the nine-headed professional jury. A monetary award of €22,500 accompanies the prize.
Homepage of the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
Wikipedia article on the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
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The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is the largest and most international prize of its kind for a single work published in English. It involves libraries from all corners of the globe, and is open to books written in any language. The Award is a joint initiative of the Dublin, Ireland City Council, the Municipal Government of Dublin City, and the productivity improvement company IMPAC. The award is administered by Dublin City public libraries.
Homepage of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
Wikipedia article on the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
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Founded in 1919, the James Tait Black Memorial Prizes are among the oldest and most prestigious book awards in Britain. They were founded by Mrs. Janet Coats Black in memory of her late husband, who was a partner in the publishing house of A. & C. Black Ltd. The original endowment is now supplemented by the Scottish Arts Council, and the winner is chosen by the Professor of English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. Two prizes are awarded annually, one for fiction and the other for biography; the amount for each prize is Å3,000. Only those works of fiction and biographies that were written in English, originated with a British publisher, and first published in Britain in the 12 month period prior to the submission date (30 September) are eligible for the award.
Homepage of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize
Wikipedia article on the James Tait Black Memorial Prize
Jnanpith Award
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The Jnanpith Award, first given in 1961, is the highest literary honour conferred in the Republic of India. It is presented by the Jnanpith Trust, which is largely owned by the Jain family, publishers of The Times of India. The award carries a cheque for Rs. 500,000, a citation plaque and a bronze replica of Vagdevi. An Indian citizen who writes in any of the official languages of India is eligible for the honour. Before 1982, the awards were given for a single work by a writer. From 1982, the award has been given for a lifetime contribution to Indian literature.
Wikipedia article on the Jnanpith Award
Man Booker International Prize
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The Man Booker International Prize is a biennial international literary award given to a living author of any nationality for fiction published in English or generally available in English translation. The award, sponsored by the Man Group plc and established in 2005 to complement the Man Booker Prize, rewards one writer’s overall achievement in literature and their significant influence on writers and readers worldwide. The award is therefore a recognition of the writer’s body of work, rather than any one title.
Homepage of the Man Booker International Prize
Wikipedia article on the Man Booker International Prize
Man Booker Prize
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The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also often known as the Booker Prize, is one of the world’s most prestigious literary prizes, and awarded each year for the best original full-length novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland in the English language. The prize was originally known as the Booker-McConnell Prize, after the company Booker-McConnell plc began sponsoring the event in 1968, and became commonly known as the “Booker Prize” or simply “the Booker”. When administration of the prize was transferred to the Booker Prize Foundation in 2002, the title sponsor became the investment company Man Group plc, which opted to retain “Booker” as part of the official title of the prize. The prize money awarded with the Booker Prize was originally Å21,000, and was subsequently raised to Å50,000 in 2002 under the sponsorship of Man Group.
Homepage of the Man Booker Prize
Wikipedia article on the Man Booker Prize
Miguel de Cervantes Prize
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Premio Miguel de Cervantes (the Miguel de Cervantes Prize) is awarded annually to honour the lifetime achievement of an outstanding writer in the Spanish language. It is regarded as a type of Nobel Prize in Literature in the Spanish language. It is named after Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote. The candidates are proposed by the Language Academies of the Spanish-speaking countries, and the prize is awarded by the Ministry of Culture of Spain. The winner receives a monetary award of 90,000 euros.
Wikipedia article on the Miguel de Cervantes Prize
Miles Franklin Award
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The annual Miles Franklin Literary Award is one of the most illustrious events on the Australian literary calendar. The award, now worth $42,000(AUD), was bequeathed by the will of the Australian novelist Miles Franklin, for a ‘published novel or play portraying Australian life in any of its phases’. All entries for the Award must have been published in the previous calendar year.
Homepage of the Miles Franklin Award
Wikipedia article on the Miles Franklin Award
Montana New Zealand Book Awards
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The Montana New Zealand Book Awards are a series of literary awards to works of New Zealand citizens. They were created in 1996, as a merge of the two previously most relevant awards in New Zealand: the Montana Book Awards and the New Zealand Book Awards. The two main prizes in this event are the Deutz Medal for fiction and poetry works, and the Montana Medal for non-fiction works. The Reader’s Choice prize is awarded through a readership-wide vote. The First Book prizes are awarded to first time authors.
Homepage of the Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Wikipedia article on the Montana New Zealand Book Awards
National Book Award
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The National Book Award is one of the most important literary prizes in the United States, presented annually for the best books by living U.S. citizens published in the U.S. The awards have been presented since 1950 in at least one category, and are presently awarded in each of four categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young people’s literature. Over the years, awards in several categories have been retired or subsumed into other categories. The winners, selected in each category by five-member, independent judging panels, each receive a US$ 10,000 cash prize and a crystal sculpture. The National Book Foundation administers the awards.
Homepage of the National Book Award
Wikipedia article on the National Book Award
Neustadt International Prize for Literature
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The Neustadt International Prize for Literature is a biennial award for literature sponsored by the University of Oklahoma and World Literature Today. Authors, including poets, novelists, and playwrights are eligible for the US$50,000 prize. The prize is funded by an endowment from the Neustadt family of Ardmore, Oklahoma, and Dallas, Texas, and was the first literary award of this scope to originate in the United States. The prize was established in 1969 as the Books Abroad International Prize for Literature, then renamed the Books Abroad / Neustadt Prize before assuming its present name in 1976.
Homepage of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature
Wikipedia article on the Neustadt International Prize for Literature
Nike Award
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The NIKE Literary Award (Nagroda Literacka NIKE) is the most prestigious award for Polish literature. Established in 1997 and funded by Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland’s largest daily paper, and the consulting company NICOM, it is conferred annually in October for the best book of a single living author writing in Polish published the previous year. It is open for nominees from all literary genres, including non-fiction essays and autobiographies. Each year, a nine-member jury selects the laureate in a three-stage process. Twenty official nominees are accepted in May, out of which seven finalists are declared in September. The final decision does not take place until the day of the award ceremony in October. The award consists of a statuette designed by the prominent Polish sculptor Gustaw ZemÅ‚a and a prize money of currently 100,000 PLN. In addition to the main jury award, there is an audience award based on the outcome of a vote on the seven official finalists conducted by Gazeta Wyborcza.
Homepage of the Nike Award
Wikipedia article on the Nike Award
Nobel Prize in Literature
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The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words of Alfred Nobel, produced “the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency”. The “work” in this case generally refers to an author’s work as a whole, not to any individual work, though individual works are sometimes cited in the awards. The Swedish Academy decides who, if anyone, will receive the prize in any given year. The original citation of Nobels has led to much controversy. In the original Swedish, the word idealisk can be translated as either “idealistic” or “ideal”. In earlier years the Nobel Committee stuck closely to the intent of the will, and left out certain world-renowned writers such as Leo Tolstoy and Henrik Ibsen for the Prize probably because their works were not “idealistic” enough. In later years the wording is interpreted much more liberally, and the Prize is awarded, as is often argued that it should be, for lasting literary merit. However, the award continues to generate some amount of controversy as more famous names in literature are sometimes neglected in favor of less widely received ones. Whether or not the committee has been unduly biased towards certain political perspectives is a matter of discussion.
Homepage of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Wikipedia article on the Nobel Prize in Literature
Orange Prize for Fiction
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The Orange Prize for Fiction is one of the United Kingdom’s most prestigious literary prizes, awarded annually for the best original full-length novel by a female author of any nationality, written in English and published in the UK in the preceding year. The winner of the prize receives Å30,000, along with a bronze sculpture called the “Bessie” created by artist Grizel Niven.
Homepage of the Orange Prize for Literature
Wikipedia article on the Orange Prize for Fiction
Patrick White Award
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The Patrick White Award is an annual literary prize established by Patrick White who used his Nobel Prize in Literature award to establish a trust for this prize. The award is given to a writer who has been highly creative over a long period but has not necessarily received adequate recognition. Such writers are automatically eligible without the necessity for submissions.
Wikipedia article on the Patrick White Award
Prix Décembre
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The Prix Décembre, originally known as the Prix Novembre, is one of France’s premier literary awards. Its winners are generally far more radical choices than the more staid and conservative Prix Goncourt. It is the last major award of literary year in France.
Wikipedia article on Prix Décembre
Prix des Deux Magots
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The Prix des Deux Magots is a major French literary prize. It is presented to new works, and is generally awarded to works that more off-beat and less conventional than those that receive the more main stream Prix Goncourt.
Prix Femina
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The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine La Vie heureuse (today known as Femina). The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury. The winner is announced on the first Wednesday of November each year.
Wikipedia article on Prix Femina
Prix Goncourt
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The Prix Goncourt is the most prestigious prize in French language literature, given to the author of “the best imaginary prose work of the year”. The award may only be given to an author once, although Romain Gary won it in 1956 for Les racines du ciel, and then won it again under the pseudonym Emile Ajar in 1975 for La vie devant soi.
Wikipedia article on Prix Goncourt
Prix Médicis
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The Prix Médicis is a French literary award given each year in November. It was founded in 1958 by Gala Barbisan and Jean-Pierre Giraudoux. It is awarded to an author whose “fame does not yet match their talent.” In 1970 the Prix Médicis étranger, a foreign prize, was added to award a writer each year from around the world.
Pulitzer Prize
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The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. It is administered by Columbia University in New York City. Prizes are currently awarded in 21 categories. In 20 of these, the winners receive a $10,000 cash award and a certificate. The prize was established by Joseph Pulitzer, a Hungarian-American journalist and newspaper publisher, in the late 19th century. The first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded on June 4, 1917, and they are now announced each April. Recipients of the award are chosen by an independent board.
Homepage of the Pulitzer Prize
Wikipedia article on the Pulitzer Prize
Scotiabank Giller Prize
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The Scotiabank Giller Prize is an annual award that goes to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story fiction collection published in English. The Giller Prize was established in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife Doris Giller, a former literary editor at the Toronto Star. On September 22, 2005, the Giller Prize established an endorsement deal with Scotiabank, a major Canadian bank. The prize package for the award was increased to $50,000, of which $40,000 will be presented to the winning author and $2,500 each to the other four shortlisted nominees. The award’s official name was also changed at that time, to the Scotiabank Giller Prize.
Homepage of the Giller Prize
Wikipedia article on the Giller Prize
Stonewall Book Award
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Sponsored by the American Library Association’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table, The Stonewall Book Awards are the first and most enduring awards for GLBT books. The awards are presented annually to English language works of fiction (Barbara Gittings Literature Award) and non-fiction (Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award). They are announced in January to the winning authors or editors, who are given a plaque and cash stipend.
Homepage of the Stonewall Book Award
Wikipedia article on the Stonewall Book Award
Strega Prize
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The Strega Prize (Premio Strega) has been awarded annually since 1947 for the best work of prose fiction by an Italian author and first published between 1 May of the previous year and 30 April. It is the most prestigious Italian literary prize.
Homepage of the Strega Prize
Wikipedia article on the Strega Prize
Tanizaki Prize
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The Tanizaki Prize (Tanizaki Junichiro Sho), named in honor of the Japanese novelist Tanizaki Junichiro, is one of Japan’s most sought after literary awards. It was established in 1965 by the publishing company Chu-o- Ko-ronsha Inc. to commemorate its 80th anniversary as a publisher. It is awarded annually to a full-length representative work of fiction or drama of the highest literary merit by a professional writer. The winner receives a commemorative plaque and a cash prize of 1 million yen.
Wikipedia article on the tanizaki Prize
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award
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The Australian/Vogel Literary Award is an Australian literary award given for the writer of an unpublished manuscript for writers under the age of 35. Prize money is currently $20,000.
Homepage of the Australian/Vogel Literary Award
Wikipedia article on the Australian/Vogel Literary Award
T. S. Eliot Prize
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The T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry is awarded to ‘the best collection of new verse in English first published in the UK or the Republic of Ireland’ in any particular year. The Prize was launched in 1993 to celebrate the Society’s 40th birthday and to honour its founding poet, T. S. Eliot. The Å10,000 prize money is donated by Eliot’s widow, Mrs Valerie Eliot.
Wikipedia article on the T.S. Eliot Prize
Victorian Premier’s Literary Award
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The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards were created by the Victorian Government with the aim of raising the profile of contemporary creative writing and Australia’s publishing industry. They were established in 1985 by John Cain, the Premier of Victoria at that time, to mark the centenary of the births of Vance and Nettie Palmer, two of Australia’s best-known writers and critics who both made significant contributions to Victorian and Australian literary culture. In 1997 the administration of the awards was transferred to the State Library of Victoria. By 2004 the award’s total prize money was $180,000 AUD.
Homepage of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award
Wikipedia article on the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award
WH Smith Literary Award
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The WH Smith Literary Award is an award founded in 1959 by British high street retailer W H Smith. It founding aim was stated to be to “encourage and bring international esteem to authors of the British Commonwealth”; originally open to all residents of the UK, the Commonwealth and the Republic of Ireland, it now admits foreign works in translation and works by US authors, with Americans (Philip Roth, Donna Tartt and Richard Powers) dominating the awards recently.
Wikipedia article on the W.H. Smith Literary Award
Wallace Stevens Award
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The Wallace Stevens Award is a major American literary award for mastery of poetry in the English language from the Academy of American Poets. The award includes a cash honorarium of $100,000.
Homepage of the Wallace Stevens Award
Wikipedia article on the Wallace Stevens Award
