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This list of literary awards from around the world is an index to articles about notable literary awards.

International awards

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All nationalities and multiple languages eligible

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Nobel Prize in Literature – since 1901
Hugo Award – since 1953
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
Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service – since 1979
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

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

Kumar Suvarna Chandrak
Narmad Suvarna Chandrak
Premanand Suvarna Chandrak
Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak
Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar
Yuva Gaurav Puraskar (conferred to young authors)

Vinda Karandikar Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar

Odisha Sahitya Academy Award

Camões Prize
Prémio Leya
Portugal Telecom Prize for Literature (from 2007 onwards)
São Paulo Prize for Literature

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

Vishnupuram Award

Man Asian Literary Prize
DSC Prize for South Asian Literature
SAARC Literary Award
Kiriyama Prize – for books about the Pacific Rim and South Asia; 1996–2008
Pandit Sunderlal Sharma Literature Award

Newbery Medal and Newbery Honor (USA) – since 1922
Carnegie Medal (UK) – since 1936
Caldecott Medal and Caldecott Honor (USA) for illustration – since 1938
Children's Book Council of Australia Awards (Australia) – since 1946
Governor General's Award for English language children's literature (Canada) – since 1949
Jane Addams Children's Book Award (USA) – since 1953
Children's Literature Legacy Award (USA) – since 1954, formerly the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal
Hans Christian Andersen Award (international) – since 1956
Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration (UK) – since 1956
Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (Germany/international) – since 1956
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (USA) – since 1957
Nienke van Hichtum-prijs (Netherlands) – since 1964
Guardian Award (UK) – since 1967
Sydney Taylor Book Award for Jewish children's and teen literature – since 1968
Coretta Scott King Award for African-American Literature (USA) – since 1970
Tir na n-Og Awards (Wales, UK) – since 1976
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (UK) – 1985–2007
Prix Sorcières (France) – since 1986
Governor General's Award for French language children's literature (Canada) – since 1987
KPMG Children's Books Ireland Awards (Ireland) – since 1990
Gelett burgess children's book award (USA) – since 2010
Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature (USA) – since 1991
The Eilis Dillon Award (Ireland) – since 1995
Angus Book Award (UK) – since 1996
Pura Belpré Award for Latino literature (USA) – since 1996
Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation (UK) – since 1996
Children's Laureate (UK) – since 1999
Michael L. Printz Award for young adult literature (USA) – since 2000
Sibert Medal for informational books (USA) – since 2001
Mildred L. Batchelder Award (USA)
Super Dash Novel Rookie of the Year Award (Japan) – since 2001
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (international) – since 2003
NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature – since 2003

Langhe Ceretto Prize (international) – since 1991

Cundill History Prize for historical non-fiction – since 2008
Duff Cooper Prize — since 1956
Wolfson History Prize – since 1972

Bram Stoker Award – for superior achievement in horror writing, since 1987
Shirley Jackson Award – for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror and the dark fantastic, since 2007.
Lord Ruthven Award – for the best fiction on vampires and the best academic work on the study of the vampire figure in culture and literature – since 1989

Colby Award for a first work of fiction or nonfiction – since 1999
Pritzker Military Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing – since 2007
W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction – since 1997

Agatha Award
Agatha Christie Award (Japan)
Anthony Award
Arthur Ellis Awards by the Crime Writers of Canada
Ayukawa Tetsuya Award
Barry Award
Best Swedish Crime Novel Award – awarded by Swedish Crime Writers' Academy
Crime Writers' Association awards:
- Cartier Diamond Dagger
- Dagger in the Library
- Dagger of Daggers
- Duncan Lawrie International Dagger
- Gold Dagger
- Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
- Short Story Award
Davitt Award
Glass Key award
Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
Hammett Prize
Honkaku Mystery Award – awarded by Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan
Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize
Left Coast Crime awards
- Lefty award
- The Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery
Macavity Award
Martin Beck Award
Mephisto Prize
Mystery Writers of America awards:
- Edgar Award
Mystery Writers of Japan awards:
- Mystery Writers of Japan Award
- Edogawa Rampo Prize
Ned Kelly Awards
Shamus Award
Staunch Book Prize
Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award

Hugo Award – since 1955
Nebula Award – since 1965
Ditmar Award (Australia) – since 1969
BSFA award – since 1970
Seiun Award – since 1970
Locus Award – since 1971
Mythopoeic Awards – awards for the best of mythic fantasy, following in the tradition of J. R. R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis – since 1971
Prix Tour-Apollo Award – since 1972
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel – since 1973
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction – since 1973
World Fantasy Award – since 1975
Paul Harland Prize (Netherlands) – since 1976
Prometheus Award – best Libertarian SF – since 1979
Nihon SF Taisho Award – since 1980
Prix Aurora Award (Canada) – since 1980
Prix Rosny-Aîné (France) – since 1980
Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis (Germany) – since 1981
Philip K. Dick Award – since 1982
Compton Crook Award – best first-time novel in genre in a year, since 1983
Janusz A. Zajdel Award (Poland) – since 1984
Writers of the Future – contest for new authors, since 1985
Tähtivaeltaja Award (Finland) – since 1986
Arthur C. Clarke Award – since 1987
Japan Fantasy Novel Award – since 1989
Sir Julius Vogel Award (New Zealand) – since 1989
Urania Award (Italy) – since 1989
SFRA Pioneer Award – best critical essay-length work, since 1990
Tiptree award – since 1991
Chandler Award (Australia) – since 1992
Sidewise Award for Alternate History – since 1995
Aurealis Award (Australia) – since 1995
Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service – promotion of SF teaching and study, etc., since 1996
Endeavour Award (Pacific Northwest) – since 1999
Nautilus Award (Poland) – since 2003
WSFA Small Press Award – since 2007
Tähtifantasia Award (Finland) – since 2007
Kitschies (UK) – since 2009
Ignyte Awards – since 2023.

William Hill Sports Book of the Year (UK)
British Sports Book Awards (UK)
PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing (US)

CASEY Award (US)
Seymour Medal (US)

Marsh Biography Award – awarded biennially for the best biography written by a British author and first published in the UK during the two preceding years.

Goodreads Choice Awards

Awards for literary translation

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Gregory Kolovakos Award – PEN America : U.S. literary translator, editor, or critic whose work ... extends Gregory Kolovakos's commitment to the richness of Hispanic literature and to expanding its English-language audience
PEN Translation Prize – awarded annually for a translation from any language into English.
Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize – awarded annually for a book-length translation from any language into English.
Rossica Translation Prize – awarded biennially by Academia Rossica^[1] to a translation from Russian into English.
National Book Award for Translated Literature – awarded annually for a fiction or non-fiction translation from any language into English by the National Book Award
National Translation Award – annual prize awarded by the American Literary Translators Association^[2]
Popescu Prize – awarded biennially for a translation of poetry from a European language into English. Awarded by the Poetry Society.
Willis Barnstone Translation Prize – annually awarded to a translation of a poem from any language into English.
Scott Moncrieff Prize – awarded annually for French to English translation.
Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation – awarded annually for Arabic to English literary translation.
Sol Plaatje Prize for Translation – awarded for a translation of prose or poetry into English from any other of the South African official languages.
Rossica Young Translators Prize – open to submissions from translators aged under 25, awarded annually for the translation of a passage of contemporary fiction from Russian into English.^[3]
Harvill Secker Young Translators Prize – open to submissions from translators aged between 18 and 34, awarded annually, focusing on a different language every year.^[4]
International Dublin Literary Award – since 1996
Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize – since 1996
Warwick Prize for Women in Translation

Awards for literary criticism

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Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing – awarded annually for literary criticism as one of the National Book Critics Circle Awards.
Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism – awarded annually for literary criticism by the University of Iowa on behalf of the Truman Capote Literary Trust.
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism – awarded to Malayalam language literary criticism, as a category of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award^[5]^[6]

^ "Rossica Translation prize". Archived from the original on 2013-10-24. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
^ "ALTA". Archived from the original on 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
^ "Rossica Young Translators Award". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
^ "Harvill Secker Young Translators' Prize". Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
^ "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award" Archived 2013-04-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Malayalam). Kerala Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
^ "Literary Awards" Archived 2012-06-18 at the Wayback Machine. Government of Kerala. Retrieved 28 April 2014.

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