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 Hans Christian Andersen Award – since 1956 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 AATSEEL Book Awards – since 2000 Franz Kafka Prize – since 2001 Ovid Prize – since 2002 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award – since 2003 Dayton Literary Peace Prize – since 2006 European Union Prize for Literature – since 2009 Jan Michalski Prize – since 2009 The Paris Literary Prize – since 2010 Europese Literatuurprijs (European Literature Award) – since 2011 KONS International Literary Award – since 2011 Grand Prix of Literary Associations (English, French, and Spanish) – since 2013 Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award – since 2013
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
Booker Prize – since 1969 International Dublin Literary Award – since 1996 Caine Prize – since 2000 International Booker Prize – since 2005 Next Generation Indie Book Awards – since 2007 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize – since 2009 The Warwick Prize for Writing – since 2009 International Rubery Book Award – since 2010 Montreal International Poetry Prize – since 2011 Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes – since 2011 or ’13 Goldsmiths Prize – since 2013 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation – since 2017 ARA Historical Novel Prize – since 2020
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 Kazimierz Wyka Award Kościelski Award Kraków Book of the Month 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
Welsh
Bardd Plant Cymru Chair of the National Eisteddfod of Wales Chair of the Urdd National Eisteddfod
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. Francis College Literary Prize St. Louis Literary Award Stone Award for Literary Achievement Stonewall Book Award – for LGBTQ literature The Story Prize Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award Wallace Stevens Award Walt Whitman Award William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition Whiting Awards Willis Barnstone Translation Prize
Australian literature
ACT Book of the Year Aurealis Award – awarded annually for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction The Australian/Vogel Literary Award – for unpublished manuscripts by writers under the age of 35 Chief Minister's Northern Territory Book History Awards Miles Franklin Award – for the best Australian published novel or play portraying Australian life in any of its phases New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Patrick White Award Prime Minister's Literary Awards Queensland Premier's Literary Awards South Australian Literary Awards Tasmanian Premier's Literary Prizes Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
Austrian literature
Ingeborg Bachmann Prize Feldkircher Lyrikpreis Erich Fried Prize Franz Kafka Prize Austrian State Prize for European Literature Anton Wildgans Prize
Bangladesh literature
Bangla Academy Award
Botswana literature
Bessie Head Literature Awards
Brazilian literature
Prêmio Jabuti Prêmio Machado de Assis São Paulo Prize for Literature
British literature
Authors' Club Best First Novel Award Baillie Gifford Prize Betty Trask Prize and Awards Booker Prize British Book Awards – the "Nibbies" Chancellor's Gold Medal Commonwealth Short Story Prize Commonwealth Writers' Prize Dundee International Book Prize Duff Cooper Prize Forward Prizes for Poetry Hawthornden Prize International Booker Prize International Rubery Book Award James Tait Black Memorial Prize John Llewellyn Rhys Prize Meyer-Whitworth Award Newdigate Prize Orwell Prize PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize SI Leeds Literary Prize Somerset Maugham Award T. S. Eliot Prize Waverton Good Read Award Women's Prize for Fiction Women's Prize for Non-Fiction Costa Book Awards (discontinued in 2021) Marsh Biography Award – awarded biennially for the best biography written by a British author first published in the UK during the two preceding years. Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation – recognises the best translation of a children’s book from a foreign language into English and published in the UK.
Bulgarian literature
Vick Prize
Canadian literature
Arthur Ellis Award Atlantic Book Awards & Festival Booker Prize Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature Canada Reads Canadian Jewish Book Awards Carol Bolt Award Commonwealth Writers' Prize