| Aesop
Prize |
Children's/Young Adult - folklore |
| Agatha
Awards |
Mystery |
| Age Book of the Year Award |
International (Australia) |
| Agnes
Lynch Starrett Poetry
Prize |
Poetry |
| Alex Awards |
Young Adult |
| Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award |
International (Canada) - Children's Illustration |
| American Association of University Women Award |
Children's books by North Carolina authors |
| American
Book Awards |
Multi-Cultural, Variety |
| American
Library
Association's Notable Books |
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry |
| Américas
Award
for Children's and Young Adult Literature |
Multi-Cultural (Latin) - Children's/Young Adult |
Andre Norton Award
|
Young Adult Science
Fiction and Fantasy
|
| Andrew Carnegie Medal |
Children's Video |
| Anisfield-Wolf
Book Awards |
Fiction, Nonfiction on race & diversity |
| Ann Connor Brimer Award |
International (Canada) - Children's |
| Anthony
Awards |
Mystery |
| Arizona Young Readers Award |
Children's/Young Adult |
| Arthur C. Clarke Award |
International (UK) - Science Fiction |
| Arthur Ellis Award |
International (Canada) - Mystery |
| ASPCA
Henry Bergh Children's Book Award |
Children's |
| Audie
Awards |
Audio, Variety |
| Australian Children's Book of the Year Awards |
International (Australia) - Children's |
| Australian Literature Society Gold Medal |
International (Australia) |
| Australian/Vogel Literary Award |
International (Australia) - Fiction, History, Biography |
| Aventis Prize for Science Books |
Science |
| Avery O. Craven Award |
Civil War |
| Bakeless
Literary Publication Prizes |
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry |
| Bancroft Prize |
American History |
| Banjo Award (formerly National Council Book Awards) |
International (Australia) - Fiction, Nonfiction |
| Banta Award |
Fiction, Nonfiction by Wisconsin authors |
| Barnes
& Noble
Discover New Writers Award |
Fiction, Nonfiction |
| Barnes
& Noble
Maiden Voyage Awards |
Science Fiction & Fantasy |
| Barry Award |
Mystery/Crime |
| Besterman/McColvin Medal |
International (UK) - Reference Books |
| Betty Trask Award |
International (UK) - Romantic/Traditional 1st novel |
| Black
Caucus of the American
Library Association Literary Awards |
Fiction/Nonfiction by African-American authors |
| Blue Ribbon Awards |
Children's |
| Bollingen Prize |
Poetry |
Bologna Ragazzi
Nonfiction Award
|
Children's
|
| Book
Sense Book of
the Year Awards (formerly ABBY) |
Fiction, Nonfiction, Children's |
| Boston
Book Review Literary
Awards |
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry |
| Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards |
Children's |
| Bram
Stoker Awards |
Horror |
| British Book Awards |
International (UK) - Fiction, Nonfiction |
| British Colombia Book Prizes |
International (Canada) - Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry,
Children's |
| British Fantasy Award |
|
| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
International (UK) - Science Fiction |
| Buckeye Children's Book Award |
Children's |
| Caldecott
Medal |
Children's illustration |
| California Young Reader Medal |
Young Adult, Children's |
| Canadian Booksellers Association: Libris Awards |
International (Canada) - Fiction, Nonfiction |
| Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for
Children |
International (Canada) - Children's |
| Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award |
International (Canada) - Young Adult |
| Carl
Sandburg Literary
Arts Award |
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, & Children's books by
Chicago authors |
| Carnegie Medal |
International (UK) - Children's |
| Carolyn W. Field Award |
Children's books by Pennsylvania authors |
| Carter G. Woodson Book Award |
Children's & Young Adult books about social
science/ethnicity |
| Chapters/Books in Canada Award |
International (Canada) - Fiction (first novel) |
| Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award |
Children's |
| Charlotte
Zolotow Award |
Children's picture books |
| Chicago
Tribune Heartland
Literary Prize |
Fiction, Nonfiction |
| Chicago
Tribune Young
Adult Fiction Prize |
Young Adult |
Children’s Africana
Book Award
|
Children's books about
Africa
|
| Cholmondeley Award |
International (UK) - Poetry |
| Christian Gauss Award |
Literary Scholarship/Literary Criticism |
| Christopher
Awards |
Fiction, Nonfiction, Children's, Young Adult |
| Christy
Awards |
Religious (Christian Fiction) |
| City of Toronto Book Awards |
International (Canada) - Fiction, Nonfiction about
Toronto |
Colorado Children’s
Book Award
|
Children's
|
| Commonwealth Writers Prize |
International (UK & Commonwealth) - Fiction |
| Compton Crook Award |
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror |
Connecticut Book Awards
|
Biography, Children's,
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
|
| COOL Award |
Children's |
| Coretta
Scott King Award |
Children's books by African-American
authors |
| Dagger Awards |
International (UK) - Mystery |
| Dartmouth
Medal |
Nonfiction (Reference Books) |
| David Higham Prize for Fiction |
International (UK) - Fiction |
Delaware Diamonds Awards
|
Children's
|
| Denali
Press Award |
Nonfiction (Ethnic/Minority Reference book) |
| Derringer Awards |
Short Story Mysteries |
| Dilys Award |
Mystery |
| Ditmar Awards |
International (Australia) - Science Fiction |
Dolly Gray Awards
|
Children's
|
| Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award |
Children's |
| Drue Heinz
Literature Prize |
Fiction (Short story/Novella) |
| Edelstein Prize (formerly Dexter Prize) |
Technology |
| Edgar
Awards |
Mystery |
Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla
Award
|
Children's, Wisconsin
authors
|
| Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography |
International (UK) |
| Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award |
International (Canada) - Children's |
| Elliott Rudwick Prize |
Nonfiction (Minorities) |
| Encore Awards |
International (UK) - Fiction |
| Endeavour
Award |
SF & Fantasy from Pacific Northwest authors |
| Eric Gregory Award |
International (UK) - Poetry |
| Eric Mathieu King Award (Academy of American Poets) |
|
| Ernest
Hemingway
Foundation/PEN Award |
First Fiction |
| Esther Glen Award |
International (New Zealand) - Children's |
| Eve Pownall Award for Information Books |
International (Australia) - Children's Nonfiction |
Ezra Jack Keats New
Writer and New Illustrator Book Award
|
Children's
|
| Fawcett Book Prize |
International (UK) - Fiction, Nonfiction |
| Ferro-Grumley Awards for Lesbian and Gay Fiction |
Lesbian/Gay |
| Firecracker
Alternative
Book Awards |
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry |
| Francis Butler Simkins Award |
Southern History |
| Frederick
Jackson Turner Award |
American History |
| Garden State Children's Book Award |
Children's
|
Garden State Teen Book
Award
|
Young Adult
|
| Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction |
International (Canada) - Children's Historical Fiction |
| Georgia Children's Book Award |
Children's |
| Gerald Lampert Award |
International (Canada) - Poetry |
| Gertrude Stein Award |
Poetry |
| Giller Prize |
International (Canada) - Fiction |
Giverny Award
|
Children's Science
Picture Book
|
| Glaxo Prize for Medical Writing and Illustration |
International (UK) - Nonfiction (medical) |
| Gold Medallion Book Awards |
Religious (Christian) |
| Gold Pen Award |
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry by African-American authors |
Golden Archer Awards
|
Children's, Young Adult
|
| Golden
Heart Award |
Romance |
| Golden Kite Awards |
Children's |
| Governor-General's Literary Awards |
International (Canada) - Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry,
Children's |
| Granta's Best of Young American Novelists |
|
| Great
Lakes Book
Awards |
Fiction, Nonfiction, & Children's books about the
Great Lakes region |
Gryphon Award
|
Children's
|
| Guardian Award For Children's Fiction |
International (UK) - Children's Fiction |
| Guardian Prize for a First Book |
International (UK) - Fiction, Nonfiction |
| Hammett Awards |
Crime |
| Harold Morton Landon Translation Award |
Poetry |
| Harry J. Benda Prize |
Nonfiction (Southeast Asia) |
Harvey Darton Award
|
International (UK) -
Children's, History
|
| Hawthornden Prize |
International (UK) - Fiction, Nonfiction, Young Adult,
Children's |
The Heartland Award for
Excellence in
Young Adult Literature
|
Young Adult
|
| Helen Bernstein Book Award |
Journalism |
| Herodotus Awards |
|
| Hopwood Award (Univ. of Michigan) |
|
| Hugo Awards |
Science Fiction or Fantasy |
| IACP Cookbook
Awards |
Culinary/Cooking/Food/Beverage |
| Information Book Award |
International (Canada) - Children's Nonfiction |
| International
Horror Guild Awards |
Horror |
| International
IMPAC Dublin
Literary Awards |
Fiction |
| IODE Children's Book Award: Municipal Chapter of Toronto |
International (Canada) - Children's books by Toronto
authors |
| IODE Violet Downey Book Award |
International (Canada) - Children's |
| Iowa Children's Choice Award |
Children's |
| Iowa Teen Award |
Young Adult |
| Irish Times Literature Prizes: International Fiction |
Fiction from U.S., Irish, or UK authors |
| Irish Times Literature Prizes: Irish Literature |
International (Ireland) - Fiction, Nonfiction |
| Irma S. and James H. Black Award for Excellence in
Children's Literature |
Children's |
| James A. Rawley Prize |
Nonfiction (race relations) |
| James Beard Food & Beverage Book Awards |
Nonfiction (culinary) |
| James Laughlin Awards |
Poetry |
James Madison Book Award
|
Children's American
History
|
| James Tait Black Memorial Prize |
Fiction, Biography (UK) |
| James
Tiptree, Jr. Memorial Award |
Science Fiction, Fantasy |
| Jane Addams Children's Book Award |
Children's |
| Janet Dailey Award |
Romance |
Jefferson Cup Award
|
Children's, American
History
|
| Joan Fassler Memorial Book Award |
Children's (medical) |
| John and Patricia Beatty Award |
Children's (California) |
| John Burroughs Medal |
Natural History |
| John Florio Prize |
International (UK) Italian to English Translation |
| John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize |
International (UK) |
| John W. Campbell Award |
Science Fiction |
| John Whitney Hall Book Prize |
Nonfiction about Japan/Korea |
| Joseph Levenson Prizes in Chinese Studies |
Nonfiction about China |
| Josette Frank Award (formerly Child Study's Children's
Book Award) |
Children's |
Julia Ward Howe Award
for Young Readers
|
Children's
|
| Kate Greenaway Medal |
International (UK) - Children's illustration |
| Kerry Ingredients Book of the Year Award |
International (Ireland) - Fiction |
| Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award |
Poetry |
| Kiriyama
Prize |
Fiction, Nonfiction |
| Kurt Maschler Award (formerly the Emil/Kurt Maschler
Award) |
International (UK) - Children's |
| Lambda Literary Awards |
Gay/Lesbian |
| Lamont Poetry Selection |
Poetry |
| Land of Enchantment Children's Book Award |
Children's, Young Adult |
| Lannan Literary Awards |
|
Lee Bennett Hopkins
Award for Children’s Poetry
|
Children's Poetry
|
| Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize |
Poetry |
| LIANZA Award |
International (New Zealand) - Children's, Young Adult |
| Lillian
Smith Book Awards |
Fiction, Nonfiction about the South |
| Lincoln Prize (American Academy of Arts and Letters) |
Civil War |
| Lionel Gelber Prize |
Nonfiction (international relations) |
| L.L.
Winship / PEN New England Award |
New England Fiction, Nonfiction, or Poetry
|
| Locus Awards |
Science Fiction |
| Lord
Ruthven Award |
Vampire Fiction and Nonfiction |
| Los
Angeles Times Book
Prizes |
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Biography, History,
Science/Technology,
Young Adult, Mystery/Thriller |
Lupine Award
|
Children's
|
| Macavity Awards |
Mystery |
Maine Student Book Award
|
Children's
|
| Man Booker
Prize |
International (UK,
Commonwealth, Ireland) - Fiction |
| Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Award |
Children's |
| Mark Twain Awards |
Children's |
| Mary Gilmore Award |
International (Australia) - Poetry |
| Mary
Higgins
Clark Award |
Mystery |
| Mary
Ruffin Poole
Award for First Work of Fiction |
First Fiction by North Carolina authors |
| Massachusetts Children's Book Award |
Children's |
| Mayflower
Cup Award
(now the Old North State Award for Nonfiction) |
Nonfiction by North Carolina authors |
| McKitterick Prize |
International (UK) - First Fiction |
| Merle Curti Award |
American History |
| Michael L. Printz Award |
Young Adult |
| Mildred L. Batchelder Award |
Multi-Cultural, Children's |
| Miles Franklin Award |
International (Australia) - Fiction |
| MIND Book of the Year: Allen Lane Award |
International (UK) - Fiction/Nonfiction about mental
health |
| Minnesota Book Awards |
|
| Modern Language Association Prize for a First Book |
Nonfiction |
| Montana New Zealand Book Awards |
International (New Zealand) - Fiction, Nonfiction,
Poetry |
| Mother Goose Award |
International (UK) - Children's illustration |
| Mountains
& Plains
Booksellers Association Regional Book Awards |
Fiction, Nonfiction, & Children's books set in the
mountains &
plains region of the west. |
| Mr. Christies Book Awards |
International (Canada) - Children's, Young Adult |
| Mythopoeic
Fantasy
Awards |
Fantasy |
| National
Book Awards |
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Young Adult |
| National
Book Critics
Circle Awards |
Fiction, Nonfiction, Biography, Poetry, Criticism |
| National Jewish Book Award |
Jewish Religion (Fiction, Nonfiction, Children's) |
| National
Outdoor Book Awards |
Nature/Outdoor |
| National Poetry Series Competition |
Poetry |
| National Reader's Choice Awards |
|
| The Natural World Book Prize (formerly the Sir Peter
Kent Conservation
Book Prize) |
International (UK) - Nature/Environment |
| Nebula
Awards |
Science Fiction & Fantasy |
| Ned Kelly Awards |
International (Australia) - Crime |
Nene Award
|
Children's
|
| Nero Wolfe Awards |
Mystery |
| New South Wales State Literary Awards |
International (Australia) - Fiction, Nonfiction,
Poetry, Children's |
| New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards (formerly the
AIM Children's
Book Award) |
International (New Zealand) - Children's |
| Newbery
Medal |
Children's |
| Norma Farber First Book Award |
Poetry |
| Nutmeg Children's Book Award |
Children's |
| O. Henry Awards |
|
| Off the Cuff Awards |
Children's |
| Orange Prize |
International (UK) - Fiction by a woman author |
| Orbis Pictus Award |
Children's Nonfiction |
| Pacific
Northwest Booksellers Association Book Awards |
Fiction, Nonfiction |
| Pat Lowther Memorial Award |
International (Canada) - Poetry by women |
| PEN Award for Poetry in Translation |
Translated Poetry |
| PEN/Book-of-the-Month
Club Translation Prize |
Translation |
| PEN
Center USA West
Literary Awards |
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Children's, Translation |
| PEN/Faulkner
Awards |
Fiction |
| PEN/Martha
Albrand
Award |
Biography, First Nonfiction |
| PEN/Spielvogel-Diamonstein Award for the Art of the
Essay |
Nonfiction |
| Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Awards |
Children's |
| Philip
K. Dick Awards |
Science Fiction |
| Phoenix Award |
Children's |
| Premier's Literary Awards |
International (Australia) - Fiction, Nonfiction,
Poetry, Young Adult |
| Prix
Aurora Awards |
International (Canada) - Science Fiction & Fantasy |
| Prometheus Award |
Science Fiction |
| Pulitzer
Prize |
Fiction, Nonfiction, Biography, History, Poetry |
| Pura
Belpré Award |
Multi-Cultural (Latin) - Children's |
| Pushcart Prize |
|
| Queensland Premier's Literary Awards |
International (Australia) - Fiction, Nonfiction,
Children's, Young
Adult |
| R. Ross Annett Award for Children's
Literature |
International (Canada) - Children's |
| Ragan Old
North State Award
for Nonfiction (formerly the Mayflower Cup) |
Nonfiction by North
Carolina authors |
| Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards |
Nonfiction (Music) |
| Ralph Waldo
Emerson Award |
Nonfiction |
| Ray Allen Billington Award |
American History (Pioneer/Frontier) |
| Ray Bradbury Award |
|
| Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award |
Children's |
| Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry |
Poetry |
Red Clover Award
|
Children's
|
Rhode Island Children’s
Book Award
|
Children's
|
| Rhone-Poulenc Prize |
Science/Technology |
| Rhysling
Awards |
Science Fiction Poetry |
| Richard W. Leopold Prize |
Nonfiction |
| RITA Awards |
Romance |
| Riverbank Review Children's Books of Distinction Awards
(formerly the
Hungry Mind Review Children's Books of Distinction Awards) |
Children's |
| Roanoke-Chowan
Award
for Poetry |
Poetry by North Carolina authors |
| Robert F.
Kennedy Book Awards |
Fiction, Nonfiction |
| Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award |
Children's
|
| Robert L. Fish Memorial Award |
First Mystery Short Story
|
| Roland Bainton Book Prize |
History (1450-1660) |
| Romantic Novelists' Association Awards |
International (UK) - Romance |
| Romantic
Times
Reviewers' Choice Awards |
Romance |
| Russell Clark Award |
International (New Zealand) - Children's illustration |
| Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award |
International (Canada) - Children's, Young Adult |
| Sagittarius Prize |
International (UK) - First Fiction |
| Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction |
International (UK) - Nonfiction |
| Sapphire Awards |
Science Fiction Romance |
| Scott
O'Dell Award for
Historical Fiction |
Young Adult/Children's Historical Fiction |
| Shamus Awards |
Mystery |
| Sidewise
Award |
Alternate History |
| Signal Poetry Award |
International (UK) - Children's Poetry |
| Silver Birch Awards |
International (Canada) - Children's |
| Sir
Walter Raleigh Award
for Fiction |
Fiction from North Carolina authors |
| Smarties Book Prize |
International (UK) - Children's |
| Somerset Maugham Awards |
International (UK) - Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry |
| South Carolina Book Awards |
Children's, Young Adult |
| The Spur
Awards |
Western |
| Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour |
Humor |
Stonewall Book Awards
|
Lesbian/Gay
|
| Sue Kaufman Prize (American Academy of Arts and Letters) |
|
| Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award |
International (UK) - Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry |
| Sunshine
State Young
Reader's Award |
Children's, Young Adult |
| Sydney Taylor Children's Book Awards |
Jewish children's books |
| Texas Bluebonnet Award |
Children's |
| Thomas Cook Travel Book Awards |
International (UK) - Travel |
| The
Thurber Prize |
Humor |
Time of Wonder Awards
|
Children's
|
| Tom-Gallon Trust Award |
International (UK) - Short Story |
| Trillium Book Award/Prix Trillium |
International (Canada) - Fiction, Nonfiction by Ontario
authors |
| T.S. Eliot Prize |
International (UK) - Poetry |
| Utah Children's Book Awards |
Children's, Young Adult |
| VanCity Book Prize |
International (Canada) - Fiction, Nonfiction about women |
| Vicky Metcalf Short Story Award |
International (Canada) - Children's short stories |
Virginia Young Readers
Award
|
Children's, Young Adult
|
Volunteer State Book
Award
|
Children's, Young Adult
|
| Walt Whitman Award |
Poetry |
| Walter McRae Russell Award |
International (Australia) - Nonfiction |
Washington Children’s
Choice Picture Book Award
|
Children's
|
| Western Heritage Award (Wrangler Award) |
Western |
| The W.H. Smith Literary Award |
International (UK) - Fiction, Nonfiction |
| Whitbread Book Awards |
International (UK) - Fiction, Biography, Poetry,
Children's |
| Whiting Award |
|
WILLA Literacy Award
|
Women's stories set in
the West
|
| William Allen White Children's Book Award |
Children's |
| William Carlos Williams Award |
Poetry |
| World
Fantasy Awards |
Fantasy |
| YABBA Awards |
International (Australia) - Children's, Young Adult |
| Yale Series of Younger Poets |
Poetry |
| Young Hoosier Book Award |
Children's, Young Adult |
| Young Reader's Choice Award (Louisiana) |
Children's, Young Adult |
| Young Reader's Choice Award (Pacific Northwest) |
Children's, Young Adult |
| Young Reader's Choice Award (Pennsylvania) |
Children's, Young Adult |
