Book Awards

Children's & Young Adult Awards

Abraham Lincoln Award
The award chosen by youth readers in grades 9-12.
Caldecott Award
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
Coretta Scott King Award
The Coretta Scott King Award is presented annually by the Coretta Scott King Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table. Recipients are authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation of the "American Dream. "
Hans Christian Andersen Medals currently awarded every two years to one author and one illustrator in recognition of his or her entire body of work.
Jane Addams Book Award
The Jane Addams Children's Book Award has been presented annually since 1953 by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and the Jane Addams Peace Association to the children's book of the preceding year that most effectively promotes the cause of peace, social justice and world community.
The Joan Fassler Memorial Award is given annually for excellence in children's literature dealing with medical or health-related issues by the Association for the Care of Children's Health
Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award annual Minnesota reading award given in honor of the author of the Betsy-Tacy books.
Monarch Award
The award chosen by youth readers in grades K-3.
Newbery Award
The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. List of past Newbery Medal winners and Newbery Honor Books.
Rebecca Caudill
The award chosen by youth readers in grades 4-8.

Horror Awards

Bram Stoker Awards given out each year by members of the Horror Writers Association

Inspirational Fiction Awards

Christy Awards named in honor of Catherine Marshall’s novel and of her contribution to growth of the fiction Christians love to read!

Mystery Awards

Check out our bibliographies of award winners!

Agatha Awards for the best cozy books per category.
Anthony Awards determined at Bouchercon each year.
Dagger Awards Crime Writers' Association Awards in the UK.
Dilys Winn Awards presented by The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association for the books most fun to sell.
Edgar Awards presented by The Mystery Writers of America for achievement for the best work in the mystery field.
Arthur Ellis Awards presented at the Canadian Crime Writers meeting.
Hammett Award presented by The International Association of Crime Writers' to works of excellence by an American or Canadian writer.
Macavity Awards The Mystery Readers International Award for Excellence is the Macavity, named in honor of T.S. Eliot's "Curious Cat"
Shamus Nominees presented by the Private Eye Writers of America to honor writers of P.I. novels.

Science Fiction/Fantasy Awards

The Bradbury Award, named in honor of science fiction and screenwriter Ray Bradbury, is not given out every year; it acknowledges excellence as a screenwriter for a particular work
John W. Campbell Award is given to the best new science fiction or fantasy writer whose first work of science fiction or fantasy appearing in a professional publication was published in the previous two years
Compton Crook Award for an author's first science fiction, fantasy or horror novel.
The Philip K. Dick Awards, for distinguished science fiction books published for the first time in the United States as a paperback original.
Grand Master Award honors a lifetime of excellent science fiction writing.
Hugo Award (Science Fiction Achievement Award) - information on the award sponsored by the World Science Fiction Society and named in honor of Hugo Gernsback.
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
Nebula Awards - administered, voted and presented by the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) to acknowledge excellence in science fiction writing. Features past winners, schedule of events, FAQ, and ballots.
Sidewise Awards for Alternate History

Poetry Awards

Griffin Poetry Prize - an annual international and Canadian literary award for poetry written or translated into English.

Awards of Excellence

Aztlan Prize sponsored by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and the University of New Mexico and is given each year for the best work of fiction in English by an emerging Chicano writer in a work that explores aspects of Chicano culture
Booker Prize sponsored by Booker McConnell Ltd and administered by the National Book League in the United Kingdom. It is awarded to the best full-length novel written in English by a citizen of the UK, the Commonwealth, Eire, Pakistan or South Africa.
National Book Awards -listing of winners since 1950.
National Outdoor Book Awards honors the best in outdoor writing and publishing
Nobel Prize in Literature
- Nobel Prize in Literature - Laureates - provides information on each winner from 1901 to present.
- Swedish Academy - awards the Nobel Prize in Literature.
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction -each year recognizes the best published works of fiction by contemporary American writers. Site includes a list of recipients and information on readings.
Pulitzer Prize

General Award Internet Sites

AwardWeb by Laurie D. T. Mann.
For the reader looking for the "best of the best." A large list of all sorts of literary, award-winning books. Don't forget to also look at Yahoo! Awards.
Children's Literature Award Lists
Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
lets you customize a search based on specifications such as age level, gender, language, ethnicity.
BookWeb: Literary Award Winners archives award lists from numerous prizes. Includes the Book Sense Book of the Year Award, the Caldecott and Newbery medals, the National Book Critics Circle Awards, and the Pulitzer.
Literature Awards.com offers information about world literary prizes.

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