NMSU Library Award Winning Books

Award-winning and notable books recently acquired or ordered by the New Mexico State University Library

The Award-winning Books List contains titles that were acquired or ordered for the NMSU Library's collection during the past 1 1/2 years. It is organized according to the name of the award or other notable category. In many cases it lists finalists or nominees in addition to the award winners. In order to find out the availability of any title on this list, the user should search by title or author on the on-line catalog. Should the user be unable to find a title in the catalog, then the title is likely to be still on order, or recently acquired, but not yet cataloged. In this case, the user may ask to be notified when the book becomes available. Use the Special Handling (Books-in-Process) Request Form to speed processing of a new title.

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Abby Awards The American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) Awards are given each year to the "hidden treasures" in the adult and children's book categories that ABA bookstore members most enjoyed recommending to their customers during the previous year. Agatha Awards The Agatha Awards are presented at Malice Domestic, an annual convention held in Washington, D.C., to celebrate and promote "mysteries of manner." To be eligible for an Agatha, a book's plot must unfold within a confined setting, its characters must know each other, its hero or heroine must be an amateur sleuth, and it must contain no explicit sex or violence. ALA Black Caucus Awards The ALA Black Caucus Literary Awards recognize outstanding works of Fiction and Nonfiction by African American authors for adult audiences. Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award Offered in memory of a benefactor and friend of the PSA, and partially endowed by the Estate of Rachel Dalven, for a manuscript-in-progress of poetry, prose or verse-drama. American Book Awards American Book Awards were established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation to recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre. The purpose of the awards is to acknowledge the excellence and multicultural diversity of American writing. Bay Area Book Review Award Bay Area book reviewers, founded in 1982 to give recognition to Northern California writers. Awards are for books published in each calendar year, by writers living in the San Francisco Bay Area, and in California north of a line between Big Sur and Fresno. Before Columbus Foundation America Book Award Before Columbus Foundation America Book Award For literary achievement by people of various ethnic backgrounds. Betty Task Awards Awards are for authors under 35 and commonwealth citizens for a first novel of a traditional or romantic nature. Bingham Poetry Prize Booker Prizes Boston Globe/Horn Awards The Boston Book Reviewers editors compile a list of recommended titles, from which one judge in each category chooses the winners. The Boston Globe and The Horn Book, Inc., have co-sponsored the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards for excellence in literature for children and young adults. The awards are considered among the most prestigious in the nation. Bowker's Best Awards The Booker Prize Awards are the Commonwealth and Republic of Ireland's annual award for the outstanding novel in fiction. British Fantasy Awards BRLA Southwest Book Awards Caldecott Awards Awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Carnegie Medal For the outstanding children's book of the year. Choice Best Academic Book Awards Commonwealth Writers Prizes Coretta Scott King Awards The Coretta Scott King Award was established in 1969 and is given by the American Library Association. It is presented annually to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution David Higham Prizes Drue Heinz Literature Prizes To recognize and encourage writing of short fiction. Offered by Drue Heinz Foundation and University of Pittsburgh. Edgar Allen Poe Awards The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. Encore Awards For a second novel. Offered by Society of Authors. Ernest Hemingway Foundation Awards Ernest Sadeen Awards Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: The American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) Awards are given each year to the "hidden treasures" in the adult and children's book categories that ABA bookstore members most enjoyed recommending to their customers during the previous year.
Agatha Awards The Agatha Awards are presented at Malice Domestic, an annual convention held in Washington, D.C., to celebrate and promote "mysteries of manner." To be eligible for an Agatha, a book's plot must unfold within a confined setting, its characters must know each other, its hero or heroine must be an amateur sleuth, and it must contain no explicit sex or violence. ALA Black Caucus Awards The ALA Black Caucus Literary Awards recognize outstanding works of Fiction and Nonfiction by African American authors for adult audiences. Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award Offered in memory of a benefactor and friend of the PSA, and partially endowed by the Estate of Rachel Dalven, for a manuscript-in-progress of poetry, prose or verse-drama. American Book Awards American Book Awards were established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation to recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre. The purpose of the awards is to acknowledge the excellence and multicultural diversity of American writing. Bay Area Book Review Award Bay Area book reviewers, founded in 1982 to give recognition to Northern California writers. Awards are for books published in each calendar year, by writers living in the San Francisco Bay Area, and in California north of a line between Big Sur and Fresno. Before Columbus Foundation America Book Award Before Columbus Foundation America Book Award For literary achievement by people of various ethnic backgrounds. Betty Task Awards Awards are for authors under 35 and commonwealth citizens for a first novel of a traditional or romantic nature. Bingham Poetry Prize Booker Prizes Boston Globe/Horn Awards The Boston Book Reviewers editors compile a list of recommended titles, from which one judge in each category chooses the winners. The Boston Globe and The Horn Book, Inc., have co-sponsored the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards for excellence in literature for children and young adults. The awards are considered among the most prestigious in the nation. Bowker's Best Awards The Booker Prize Awards are the Commonwealth and Republic of Ireland's annual award for the outstanding novel in fiction. British Fantasy Awards BRLA Southwest Book Awards Caldecott Awards Awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Carnegie Medal For the outstanding children's book of the year. Choice Best Academic Book Awards Commonwealth Writers Prizes Coretta Scott King Awards The Coretta Scott King Award was established in 1969 and is given by the American Library Association. It is presented annually to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution David Higham Prizes Drue Heinz Literature Prizes To recognize and encourage writing of short fiction. Offered by Drue Heinz Foundation and University of Pittsburgh. Edgar Allen Poe Awards The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. Encore Awards For a second novel. Offered by Society of Authors. Ernest Hemingway Foundation Awards Ernest Sadeen Awards Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: The Agatha Awards are presented at Malice Domestic, an annual convention held in Washington, D.C., to celebrate and promote "mysteries of manner." To be eligible for an Agatha, a book's plot must unfold within a confined setting, its characters must know each other, its hero or heroine must be an amateur sleuth, and it must contain no explicit sex or violence.
ALA Black Caucus Awards The ALA Black Caucus Literary Awards recognize outstanding works of Fiction and Nonfiction by African American authors for adult audiences. Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award Offered in memory of a benefactor and friend of the PSA, and partially endowed by the Estate of Rachel Dalven, for a manuscript-in-progress of poetry, prose or verse-drama. American Book Awards American Book Awards were established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation to recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre. The purpose of the awards is to acknowledge the excellence and multicultural diversity of American writing. Bay Area Book Review Award Bay Area book reviewers, founded in 1982 to give recognition to Northern California writers. Awards are for books published in each calendar year, by writers living in the San Francisco Bay Area, and in California north of a line between Big Sur and Fresno. Before Columbus Foundation America Book Award Before Columbus Foundation America Book Award For literary achievement by people of various ethnic backgrounds. Betty Task Awards Awards are for authors under 35 and commonwealth citizens for a first novel of a traditional or romantic nature. Bingham Poetry Prize Booker Prizes Boston Globe/Horn Awards The Boston Book Reviewers editors compile a list of recommended titles, from which one judge in each category chooses the winners. The Boston Globe and The Horn Book, Inc., have co-sponsored the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards for excellence in literature for children and young adults. The awards are considered among the most prestigious in the nation. Bowker's Best Awards The Booker Prize Awards are the Commonwealth and Republic of Ireland's annual award for the outstanding novel in fiction. British Fantasy Awards BRLA Southwest Book Awards Caldecott Awards Awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Carnegie Medal For the outstanding children's book of the year. Choice Best Academic Book Awards Commonwealth Writers Prizes Coretta Scott King Awards The Coretta Scott King Award was established in 1969 and is given by the American Library Association. It is presented annually to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution David Higham Prizes Drue Heinz Literature Prizes To recognize and encourage writing of short fiction. Offered by Drue Heinz Foundation and University of Pittsburgh. Edgar Allen Poe Awards The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. Encore Awards For a second novel. Offered by Society of Authors. Ernest Hemingway Foundation Awards Ernest Sadeen Awards Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: The ALA Black Caucus Literary Awards recognize outstanding works of Fiction and Nonfiction by African American authors for adult audiences.
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award Offered in memory of a benefactor and friend of the PSA, and partially endowed by the Estate of Rachel Dalven, for a manuscript-in-progress of poetry, prose or verse-drama. American Book Awards American Book Awards were established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation to recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre. The purpose of the awards is to acknowledge the excellence and multicultural diversity of American writing. Bay Area Book Review Award Bay Area book reviewers, founded in 1982 to give recognition to Northern California writers. Awards are for books published in each calendar year, by writers living in the San Francisco Bay Area, and in California north of a line between Big Sur and Fresno. Before Columbus Foundation America Book Award Before Columbus Foundation America Book Award For literary achievement by people of various ethnic backgrounds. Betty Task Awards Awards are for authors under 35 and commonwealth citizens for a first novel of a traditional or romantic nature. Bingham Poetry Prize Booker Prizes Boston Globe/Horn Awards The Boston Book Reviewers editors compile a list of recommended titles, from which one judge in each category chooses the winners. The Boston Globe and The Horn Book, Inc., have co-sponsored the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards for excellence in literature for children and young adults. The awards are considered among the most prestigious in the nation. Bowker's Best Awards The Booker Prize Awards are the Commonwealth and Republic of Ireland's annual award for the outstanding novel in fiction. British Fantasy Awards BRLA Southwest Book Awards Caldecott Awards Awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Carnegie Medal For the outstanding children's book of the year. Choice Best Academic Book Awards Commonwealth Writers Prizes Coretta Scott King Awards The Coretta Scott King Award was established in 1969 and is given by the American Library Association. It is presented annually to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution David Higham Prizes Drue Heinz Literature Prizes To recognize and encourage writing of short fiction. Offered by Drue Heinz Foundation and University of Pittsburgh. Edgar Allen Poe Awards The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. Encore Awards For a second novel. Offered by Society of Authors. Ernest Hemingway Foundation Awards Ernest Sadeen Awards Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award Offered in memory of a benefactor and friend of the PSA, and partially endowed by the Estate of Rachel Dalven, for a manuscript-in-progress of poetry, prose or verse-drama.
American Book Awards American Book Awards were established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation to recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre. The purpose of the awards is to acknowledge the excellence and multicultural diversity of American writing. Bay Area Book Review Award Bay Area book reviewers, founded in 1982 to give recognition to Northern California writers. Awards are for books published in each calendar year, by writers living in the San Francisco Bay Area, and in California north of a line between Big Sur and Fresno. Before Columbus Foundation America Book Award Before Columbus Foundation America Book Award For literary achievement by people of various ethnic backgrounds. Betty Task Awards Awards are for authors under 35 and commonwealth citizens for a first novel of a traditional or romantic nature. Bingham Poetry Prize Booker Prizes Boston Globe/Horn Awards The Boston Book Reviewers editors compile a list of recommended titles, from which one judge in each category chooses the winners. The Boston Globe and The Horn Book, Inc., have co-sponsored the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards for excellence in literature for children and young adults. The awards are considered among the most prestigious in the nation. Bowker's Best Awards The Booker Prize Awards are the Commonwealth and Republic of Ireland's annual award for the outstanding novel in fiction. British Fantasy Awards BRLA Southwest Book Awards Caldecott Awards Awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Carnegie Medal For the outstanding children's book of the year. Choice Best Academic Book Awards Commonwealth Writers Prizes Coretta Scott King Awards The Coretta Scott King Award was established in 1969 and is given by the American Library Association. It is presented annually to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution David Higham Prizes Drue Heinz Literature Prizes To recognize and encourage writing of short fiction. Offered by Drue Heinz Foundation and University of Pittsburgh. Edgar Allen Poe Awards The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. Encore Awards For a second novel. Offered by Society of Authors. Ernest Hemingway Foundation Awards Ernest Sadeen Awards Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: American Book Awards were established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation to recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre. The purpose of the awards is to acknowledge the excellence and multicultural diversity of American writing.
Bay Area Book Review Award Bay Area book reviewers, founded in 1982 to give recognition to Northern California writers. Awards are for books published in each calendar year, by writers living in the San Francisco Bay Area, and in California north of a line between Big Sur and Fresno. Before Columbus Foundation America Book Award Before Columbus Foundation America Book Award For literary achievement by people of various ethnic backgrounds. Betty Task Awards Awards are for authors under 35 and commonwealth citizens for a first novel of a traditional or romantic nature. Bingham Poetry Prize Booker Prizes Boston Globe/Horn Awards The Boston Book Reviewers editors compile a list of recommended titles, from which one judge in each category chooses the winners. The Boston Globe and The Horn Book, Inc., have co-sponsored the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards for excellence in literature for children and young adults. The awards are considered among the most prestigious in the nation. Bowker's Best Awards The Booker Prize Awards are the Commonwealth and Republic of Ireland's annual award for the outstanding novel in fiction. British Fantasy Awards BRLA Southwest Book Awards Caldecott Awards Awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Carnegie Medal For the outstanding children's book of the year. Choice Best Academic Book Awards Commonwealth Writers Prizes Coretta Scott King Awards The Coretta Scott King Award was established in 1969 and is given by the American Library Association. It is presented annually to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution David Higham Prizes Drue Heinz Literature Prizes To recognize and encourage writing of short fiction. Offered by Drue Heinz Foundation and University of Pittsburgh. Edgar Allen Poe Awards The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. Encore Awards For a second novel. Offered by Society of Authors. Ernest Hemingway Foundation Awards Ernest Sadeen Awards Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: Bay Area book reviewers, founded in 1982 to give recognition to Northern California writers. Awards are for books published in each calendar year, by writers living in the San Francisco Bay Area, and in California north of a line between Big Sur and Fresno.
Before Columbus Foundation America Book Award Before Columbus Foundation America Book Award For literary achievement by people of various ethnic backgrounds. Betty Task Awards Awards are for authors under 35 and commonwealth citizens for a first novel of a traditional or romantic nature. Bingham Poetry Prize Booker Prizes Boston Globe/Horn Awards The Boston Book Reviewers editors compile a list of recommended titles, from which one judge in each category chooses the winners. The Boston Globe and The Horn Book, Inc., have co-sponsored the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards for excellence in literature for children and young adults. The awards are considered among the most prestigious in the nation. Bowker's Best Awards The Booker Prize Awards are the Commonwealth and Republic of Ireland's annual award for the outstanding novel in fiction. British Fantasy Awards BRLA Southwest Book Awards Caldecott Awards Awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Carnegie Medal For the outstanding children's book of the year. Choice Best Academic Book Awards Commonwealth Writers Prizes Coretta Scott King Awards The Coretta Scott King Award was established in 1969 and is given by the American Library Association. It is presented annually to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution David Higham Prizes Drue Heinz Literature Prizes To recognize and encourage writing of short fiction. Offered by Drue Heinz Foundation and University of Pittsburgh. Edgar Allen Poe Awards The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. Encore Awards For a second novel. Offered by Society of Authors. Ernest Hemingway Foundation Awards Ernest Sadeen Awards Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: Before Columbus Foundation America Book Award For literary achievement by people of various ethnic backgrounds.
Betty Task Awards Awards are for authors under 35 and commonwealth citizens for a first novel of a traditional or romantic nature. Bingham Poetry Prize Booker Prizes Boston Globe/Horn Awards The Boston Book Reviewers editors compile a list of recommended titles, from which one judge in each category chooses the winners. The Boston Globe and The Horn Book, Inc., have co-sponsored the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards for excellence in literature for children and young adults. The awards are considered among the most prestigious in the nation. Bowker's Best Awards The Booker Prize Awards are the Commonwealth and Republic of Ireland's annual award for the outstanding novel in fiction. British Fantasy Awards BRLA Southwest Book Awards Caldecott Awards Awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Carnegie Medal For the outstanding children's book of the year. Choice Best Academic Book Awards Commonwealth Writers Prizes Coretta Scott King Awards The Coretta Scott King Award was established in 1969 and is given by the American Library Association. It is presented annually to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution David Higham Prizes Drue Heinz Literature Prizes To recognize and encourage writing of short fiction. Offered by Drue Heinz Foundation and University of Pittsburgh. Edgar Allen Poe Awards The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. Encore Awards For a second novel. Offered by Society of Authors. Ernest Hemingway Foundation Awards Ernest Sadeen Awards Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: Awards are for authors under 35 and commonwealth citizens for a first novel of a traditional or romantic nature.
Bingham Poetry Prize Booker Prizes Boston Globe/Horn Awards The Boston Book Reviewers editors compile a list of recommended titles, from which one judge in each category chooses the winners. The Boston Globe and The Horn Book, Inc., have co-sponsored the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards for excellence in literature for children and young adults. The awards are considered among the most prestigious in the nation. Bowker's Best Awards The Booker Prize Awards are the Commonwealth and Republic of Ireland's annual award for the outstanding novel in fiction. British Fantasy Awards BRLA Southwest Book Awards Caldecott Awards Awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Carnegie Medal For the outstanding children's book of the year. Choice Best Academic Book Awards Commonwealth Writers Prizes Coretta Scott King Awards The Coretta Scott King Award was established in 1969 and is given by the American Library Association. It is presented annually to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution David Higham Prizes Drue Heinz Literature Prizes To recognize and encourage writing of short fiction. Offered by Drue Heinz Foundation and University of Pittsburgh. Edgar Allen Poe Awards The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. Encore Awards For a second novel. Offered by Society of Authors. Ernest Hemingway Foundation Awards Ernest Sadeen Awards Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Booker Prizes Boston Globe/Horn Awards The Boston Book Reviewers editors compile a list of recommended titles, from which one judge in each category chooses the winners. The Boston Globe and The Horn Book, Inc., have co-sponsored the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards for excellence in literature for children and young adults. The awards are considered among the most prestigious in the nation. Bowker's Best Awards The Booker Prize Awards are the Commonwealth and Republic of Ireland's annual award for the outstanding novel in fiction. British Fantasy Awards BRLA Southwest Book Awards Caldecott Awards Awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Carnegie Medal For the outstanding children's book of the year. Choice Best Academic Book Awards Commonwealth Writers Prizes Coretta Scott King Awards The Coretta Scott King Award was established in 1969 and is given by the American Library Association. It is presented annually to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution David Higham Prizes Drue Heinz Literature Prizes To recognize and encourage writing of short fiction. Offered by Drue Heinz Foundation and University of Pittsburgh. Edgar Allen Poe Awards The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. Encore Awards For a second novel. Offered by Society of Authors. Ernest Hemingway Foundation Awards Ernest Sadeen Awards Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Boston Globe/Horn Awards The Boston Book Reviewers editors compile a list of recommended titles, from which one judge in each category chooses the winners. The Boston Globe and The Horn Book, Inc., have co-sponsored the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards for excellence in literature for children and young adults. The awards are considered among the most prestigious in the nation. Bowker's Best Awards The Booker Prize Awards are the Commonwealth and Republic of Ireland's annual award for the outstanding novel in fiction. British Fantasy Awards BRLA Southwest Book Awards Caldecott Awards Awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Carnegie Medal For the outstanding children's book of the year. Choice Best Academic Book Awards Commonwealth Writers Prizes Coretta Scott King Awards The Coretta Scott King Award was established in 1969 and is given by the American Library Association. It is presented annually to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution David Higham Prizes Drue Heinz Literature Prizes To recognize and encourage writing of short fiction. Offered by Drue Heinz Foundation and University of Pittsburgh. Edgar Allen Poe Awards The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. Encore Awards For a second novel. Offered by Society of Authors. Ernest Hemingway Foundation Awards Ernest Sadeen Awards Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: The Boston Book Reviewers editors compile a list of recommended titles, from which one judge in each category chooses the winners. The Boston Globe and The Horn Book, Inc., have co-sponsored the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards for excellence in literature for children and young adults. The awards are considered among the most prestigious in the nation.
Bowker's Best Awards The Booker Prize Awards are the Commonwealth and Republic of Ireland's annual award for the outstanding novel in fiction. British Fantasy Awards BRLA Southwest Book Awards Caldecott Awards Awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Carnegie Medal For the outstanding children's book of the year. Choice Best Academic Book Awards Commonwealth Writers Prizes Coretta Scott King Awards The Coretta Scott King Award was established in 1969 and is given by the American Library Association. It is presented annually to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution David Higham Prizes Drue Heinz Literature Prizes To recognize and encourage writing of short fiction. Offered by Drue Heinz Foundation and University of Pittsburgh. Edgar Allen Poe Awards The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. Encore Awards For a second novel. Offered by Society of Authors. Ernest Hemingway Foundation Awards Ernest Sadeen Awards Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: The Booker Prize Awards are the Commonwealth and Republic of Ireland's annual award for the outstanding novel in fiction.
British Fantasy Awards BRLA Southwest Book Awards Caldecott Awards Awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Carnegie Medal For the outstanding children's book of the year. Choice Best Academic Book Awards Commonwealth Writers Prizes Coretta Scott King Awards The Coretta Scott King Award was established in 1969 and is given by the American Library Association. It is presented annually to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution David Higham Prizes Drue Heinz Literature Prizes To recognize and encourage writing of short fiction. Offered by Drue Heinz Foundation and University of Pittsburgh. Edgar Allen Poe Awards The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. Encore Awards For a second novel. Offered by Society of Authors. Ernest Hemingway Foundation Awards Ernest Sadeen Awards Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
BRLA Southwest Book Awards Caldecott Awards Awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Carnegie Medal For the outstanding children's book of the year. Choice Best Academic Book Awards Commonwealth Writers Prizes Coretta Scott King Awards The Coretta Scott King Award was established in 1969 and is given by the American Library Association. It is presented annually to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution David Higham Prizes Drue Heinz Literature Prizes To recognize and encourage writing of short fiction. Offered by Drue Heinz Foundation and University of Pittsburgh. Edgar Allen Poe Awards The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. Encore Awards For a second novel. Offered by Society of Authors. Ernest Hemingway Foundation Awards Ernest Sadeen Awards Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Caldecott Awards Awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Carnegie Medal For the outstanding children's book of the year. Choice Best Academic Book Awards Commonwealth Writers Prizes Coretta Scott King Awards The Coretta Scott King Award was established in 1969 and is given by the American Library Association. It is presented annually to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution David Higham Prizes Drue Heinz Literature Prizes To recognize and encourage writing of short fiction. Offered by Drue Heinz Foundation and University of Pittsburgh. Edgar Allen Poe Awards The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. Encore Awards For a second novel. Offered by Society of Authors. Ernest Hemingway Foundation Awards Ernest Sadeen Awards Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: Awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
Carnegie Medal For the outstanding children's book of the year. Choice Best Academic Book Awards Commonwealth Writers Prizes Coretta Scott King Awards The Coretta Scott King Award was established in 1969 and is given by the American Library Association. It is presented annually to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution David Higham Prizes Drue Heinz Literature Prizes To recognize and encourage writing of short fiction. Offered by Drue Heinz Foundation and University of Pittsburgh. Edgar Allen Poe Awards The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. Encore Awards For a second novel. Offered by Society of Authors. Ernest Hemingway Foundation Awards Ernest Sadeen Awards Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: For the outstanding children's book of the year.
Choice Best Academic Book Awards Commonwealth Writers Prizes Coretta Scott King Awards The Coretta Scott King Award was established in 1969 and is given by the American Library Association. It is presented annually to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution David Higham Prizes Drue Heinz Literature Prizes To recognize and encourage writing of short fiction. Offered by Drue Heinz Foundation and University of Pittsburgh. Edgar Allen Poe Awards The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. Encore Awards For a second novel. Offered by Society of Authors. Ernest Hemingway Foundation Awards Ernest Sadeen Awards Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Commonwealth Writers Prizes Coretta Scott King Awards The Coretta Scott King Award was established in 1969 and is given by the American Library Association. It is presented annually to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution David Higham Prizes Drue Heinz Literature Prizes To recognize and encourage writing of short fiction. Offered by Drue Heinz Foundation and University of Pittsburgh. Edgar Allen Poe Awards The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. Encore Awards For a second novel. Offered by Society of Authors. Ernest Hemingway Foundation Awards Ernest Sadeen Awards Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Coretta Scott King Awards The Coretta Scott King Award was established in 1969 and is given by the American Library Association. It is presented annually to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution David Higham Prizes Drue Heinz Literature Prizes To recognize and encourage writing of short fiction. Offered by Drue Heinz Foundation and University of Pittsburgh. Edgar Allen Poe Awards The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. Encore Awards For a second novel. Offered by Society of Authors. Ernest Hemingway Foundation Awards Ernest Sadeen Awards Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: The Coretta Scott King Award was established in 1969 and is given by the American Library Association. It is presented annually to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution
David Higham Prizes Drue Heinz Literature Prizes To recognize and encourage writing of short fiction. Offered by Drue Heinz Foundation and University of Pittsburgh. Edgar Allen Poe Awards The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. Encore Awards For a second novel. Offered by Society of Authors. Ernest Hemingway Foundation Awards Ernest Sadeen Awards Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Drue Heinz Literature Prizes To recognize and encourage writing of short fiction. Offered by Drue Heinz Foundation and University of Pittsburgh. Edgar Allen Poe Awards The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. Encore Awards For a second novel. Offered by Society of Authors. Ernest Hemingway Foundation Awards Ernest Sadeen Awards Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: To recognize and encourage writing of short fiction. Offered by Drue Heinz Foundation and University of Pittsburgh.
Edgar Allen Poe Awards The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. Encore Awards For a second novel. Offered by Society of Authors. Ernest Hemingway Foundation Awards Ernest Sadeen Awards Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe.
Encore Awards For a second novel. Offered by Society of Authors. Ernest Hemingway Foundation Awards Ernest Sadeen Awards Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: For a second novel. Offered by Society of Authors.
Ernest Hemingway Foundation Awards Ernest Sadeen Awards Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Ernest Sadeen Awards Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
European Awards Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Flannery O'Connor Awards Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Forward Poetry Awards Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Giller Prizes The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing. Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: The Giller Award was founded in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, to highlight excellence in creative writing.
Golden Kite Awards For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: For outstanding children's books. Offered by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
Goldman Environmental Prize Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Granta's 20 Best Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Guardian Fiction Prizes The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: The winner is chosen by a panel of five judges. Submissions are not requested. Awarded to: a work of fiction by British or Commonwealth writer and published in the UK
Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge. Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: Given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of poetry from any language into English published in 1995. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Rosemarie Waldrop will judge.
Hopwood Award IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
IMPACT Dublin Literary Awards IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations. Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995. The aim of the award is to promote quality literature on an international basis. The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations.
Independent Foreign Fiction Award Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Iowa Poetry Prizes Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Iowa Short Fiction Award J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
J. R. Ackerley Award For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK) James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: For autobiography. Offered by PEN (UK)
James Laughlin Award Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition. Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: Given annually for a second book of poetry. 4,000 copies of the winning book will also be distributed to members of the Academy. United States citizens who have published one book of poems in a standard edition.
Tait Black Award For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK) Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: For best biography and the best novel of the year. Offered by University of Edinburgh (UK)
Jane Addams Children's Awards For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association. Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: For a book promoting the cause of peace, social justice, and world community. Offered by Women's International League for Peace Association.
Janet Hidinger Kafka Prize Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
John Simmons Awards Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Kate Greenaway Medal Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year. Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: Presented by the Library Association for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. Winners are dated for the year in which the book was published, and are announced in midsummer of the following year.
Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers. Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: An annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Bakeless Prizes, named for Middlebury College supporter Katharine Bakeless Nason, were established in order to support emerging writers.
Katharine Anne Porter Prize Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Kingsley Tufts Awards The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, established in 1993, is named for the benefactress who established the poetry awards and passed away last year. It is also awarded every April. The $50,000 award, the largest poetry prize honoring a single work
Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim. Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, begun in 1996, is cosponsored by the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation. Recognizes books that promote greater understanding among people of the Pacific Rim.
Kurt Maschler Children's Book Awards Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father. L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: Established in 1982 The Kurt Maschler Award is an annual prize for "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Founded by Kurt Maschler, publisher of Erich Kaestner who wrote Emil and the Detectives, the award is now run by Tom Maschler in honor of his father.
L. L. Winship/PEN Award Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic. LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: Is Awarded for best book by a New England author or on a New England topic.
LA Times Book Prize To honor literary excellence. Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: To honor literary excellence.
Lambda Awards Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S.
Lillian Smith Book Awards Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council. LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: Since 1968, the Lillian Smith Awards have been presented each year to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the American South. They are the oldest regional book awards in the South. The awards honor serious, well-crafted, artistic and scholarly books that contribute to a better understanding of the social and human experience, problems that concerned Lillian Smith and are of central concern to the Southern Regional Council.
LJ Best Business Books An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal. LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: An annual list of the best books according to the editor's of the publication Library Journal.
LJ's Best Book Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Locus Awards For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications. McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: For science fiction writing. Offered by Locus Publications.
McKitterick Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors. McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by Society of Authors.
McVitie's Prize The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000. Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: The McVitie's Prize is Scotland's leading and richest literary award, with the winner receiving a total of Ł10,000.
Medici Award Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Mexico National Book Award Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Mildred L. Batchelder Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Mountain & Plains Book Sellers National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
National Book Award The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen. National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: The National Book Award for Fiction is presented annually for an outstanding literary work by an American citizen.
National Book Critic Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism. NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: The National Book Critics Circle consists of more than 700 book reviewers. Since its founding in 1974, the NBCC's centerpiece has been annual awards for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism.
NCR Book Awards The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges. Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: The NCR Book Award, established in 1987, is the UK's major award to non-fiction. It is awarded annually to the top non-fiction title chosen by a panel of five judges.
Nebula Awards The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
Neustadt International Prize New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
New England Book Awards New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
New Vision Prize New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
New Voices Prize Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Newbery Awards The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States.
Nicholas Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature. NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: The Nobel Prize, named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) the inventor of dynamite, is now worth $1,000,000 to the winner. The prize is awarded to those who have most benefited mankind in several areas including literature.
NY Times Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Orange Prizes The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange plc, a UK telecommunications corporation, honors and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom.
Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Pegasus Prize PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
PEN Awards Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Philip K. Dick Award For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: For a distinguished paperback original published in the United States. Offered by Norwescon
Premio Awards To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico. Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: To a Chicano or Chicana fiction writer who has published no more than two books. Offered by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya and University of New Mexico.
Prix Awards Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music. PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917, for excellence in journalism, letters: fiction, nonfiction, autobiography or biography, history and poetry, drama and music.
PW's Best Book Awards Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books. QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. Industry professionals depend on PW for in-depth interviews with top authors, publishing industry news, bestseller lists, and early reviews of adult and children's books.
QPB New Voice Award For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: For the most distinctive and promising work of fiction offered by the Quality Paperback Book Club.
Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Robert F. Kennedy Award The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: The RFK Book Award, is presented annually to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes--his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity."
Romulo Gallegos Prize Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Russian Booker Prizes Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Sagittarius Prize For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors. ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: For a first novel by a writer over the age of 40. Offered by the Society of Authors.
ScottO'Dell Awards Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America).
Smarties Book Prize To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree. Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: To encourage high standards and to stimulate interest in books for children. Offered by Book Trust and Nestle Rowntree.
Somerset Mugham Awards For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: For young British writers to gain experience in foreign countries. Offered by Society of Authors.
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Sue Kaufman Prize T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
T. S. Eliot Prize For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: For poetry. Offered by Poetry Book Society.
Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Thomas River Mexican America Award Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Verna Emery Prize W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
W. H. Smith Literary Award Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Wallace Stegner Prize Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Walt Whitman Prize Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award
Whitbread Prizes The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K. William Allen White Award World Fantasy Convention Award: The Whitbread Book Awards are given each year in four categories (novel, first novel, poetry, and biography) to works by authors who have lived for three or more years in Great Britain or Ireland. Since 1996, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been announced as a separate award along with the Whitbread Book of the Year. Worth Ł10,000, it is the largest children's-book prize for U.K.
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Frazier, Charles, 1950-
COLD MOUNTAIN. 
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c1997.
ABBY Award, adult category, 1998.

McBratney, Sam.
GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU. 
Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 1995.
ABBY Children's Book Award; 1996 winner.

Henkes, Kevin.
LILLY'S PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE. 
New York : Greenwillow Books, c1996.
Abby Children's Book of the Year Award; 1996 winner. 

Karon, Jan, 1937-
AT HOME IN MITFORD. 
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1996.
Abby Honor Book (Adult Fiction); 1996.

Sparks, Nicholas.
THE NOTEBOOK. 
New York : Warner Books, 1996.
ABBY honor book for 1996. 

Pullman, Philip, 1946-
THE GOLDEN COMPASS. 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf ;Distributed by Random House, 1996-
ABBY honor book for 1996 - Children's. 

Silverstein, Shel.
FALLING UP : POEMS AND DRAWINGS. 
New York, N.Y. : HarperCollins, c1996.
ABBY honor book for 1996 - Children's. 

MY VERY FIRST MOTHER GOOSE / EDITED BY IONA OPIE ; ILLUSTRATED BY ROSEMARY 
WELLS.
Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, c1996.
Abby Honor Book; 1996 (children's literature).

Seuss, Dr.
MY MANY COLORED DAYS / ILLUSTRATED BY STEVE JOHNSON WITH LOU FANCHER.
New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, c1996.
Abby Honor Book; 1996 (children's literature).

Ambrose, Stephen E. 
UNDAUNTED COURAGE : MERIWETHER LEWIS, THOMAS JEFFERSON, AND THE OPENING OF 
THE AMERICAN WEST. 
New York : Simon & Schuster, c1996. 
ABBY Honor Book; 1996.

Agatha Awards





Dobson, Joanne, 1942-
QUIETER THAN SLEEP. 
New York : Doubleday, c1997.
Agatha Award, best first mystery novel, 1998 nominee. 

Richman, Phyllis C.
THE BUTTER DID IT : A GASTRONOMIC TALE OF LOVE AND MURDER. 
New York : HarperCollins, c1997.
Agatha Award, best first mystery novel, 1998 nominee. 

King, Nina.
CRIMES OF THE SCENE : A MYSTERY NOVEL GUIDE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TRAVELER.
New York : St. Martin's Press, c1997.
Agatha Award, best nonfiction, 1998 nominee. 

Fowler, Earlene.
GOOSE IN THE POND. 
New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 1997.
Agatha Award, best novel nominee, 1998. 

George, Anne.
MURDER ON A GIRLS' NIGHT OUT. 
New York : Avon Books, c1996.
Agatha Awards, best first mystery novel, 1997 winner. 

Warner, Penny.
DEAD BODY LANGUAGE : A CONNOR WESTPHAL MYSTERY. 
New York : Bantam Books, 1997.
Agatha Awards, best first mystery novel, 1998 nominee. 

Wilson, Barbara Jaye.
DEATH BRIMS OVER. 
New York : Avon Books, c1997.
Agatha Awards, best first mystery novel, 1998 nominee. 

Massey, Sujata.
THE SALARYMAN'S WIFE. 
New York : HarperPaperbacks, c1997.
Agatha Awards, best first mystery novel, 1998 winner. 

Heising, Willetta L.
DETECTING WOMEN 2 : A READER'S GUIDE AND CHECKLIST FOR MYSTERY SERIES 
WRITTEN BY WOMEN. 
Dearborn, Mich. : Purple Moon Press, c1996.
Agatha Awards, best nonfiction, 1997 winner. 

Heising, Willetta L.
DETECTING MEN : A READER'S GUIDE AND CHECKLIST FOR MYSTERY SERIES WRITTEN 
BY MEN. 
Dearborn, Mich. : Purple Moon Press, 1998.
Agatha Awards, best nonfiction, 1998 winner. 

Ousby, Ian, 1947-
GUILTY PARTIES : A MYSTERY LOVER'S COMPANION. 
New York : Thames and Hudson, 1997.
Agatha Awards, best nonfiction; 1998 nominee. 

Maron, Margaret.
UP JUMPS THE DEVIL. 
New York, NY : Warner Books, 1997, c1996.
Agatha Awards, best novel, 1997 winner. 




Burke, Jan.
HOCUS : [AN IRENE KELLY MYSTERY]. 
New York : HarperPaperbacks, 1998, c1997.
Agatha Awards, best novel, 1998 nominee. 

Crombie, Deborah.
DREAMING OF THE BONES. 
New York : Scribner, c1997.
Agatha Awards, best novel; 1998 nominee. 

Ross, Kate.
THE DEVIL IN MUSIC. 
New York : Viking, 1997.
Agatha Awards, best novel; 1998 winner. 

Peters, Elizabeth.
SEEING A LARGE CAT. 
New York : Warner Books, c1997.
Agatha Awards, best novell; 1998 nominee.

ALA Black Caucus Awards



Mosley, Walter.
RL'S DREAM. 
New York : W.W. Norton, c1995.
ALA Black Caucus Award; 1995 winner.

Major, Devorah, 1952-
AN OPEN WEAVE. 
Seattle : Seal Press, c1995.
ALA Black Caucus Award; 1996 winner. 

BROTHERMAN : THE ODYSSEY OF BLACK MEN IN AMERICA / EDITED BY HERB BOYD AND 
ROBERT L. ALLEN. 
New York : One World, 1996. 
ALA Black Caucus Award; 1996 winner.

SPOOKS, SPIES, AND PRIVATE EYES : BLACK MYSTERY, CRIME, AND SUSPENSE 
FICTION / EDITED BY PAULA L. WOODS.
New York : Doubleday, 1995.
ALA Black Caucus Literary Award; 1996 winner.

Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award





Strickland, Stephanie.
TRUE NORTH. 
Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 1997.
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award for a Work in Progress (to recognize a poet 
at a critical stage of his or her work; 1996 winner.

American Book Awards






Lewis, Paul Owen.
STORM BOY. 
Hillsboro, Or. : Beyond Words Pub. ; [Emeryville, Calif.] : Distributed to 
the book trade by Publishers Group West, c1995.
American Book Award; 1996 winner for children's literature.

Cowell, Stephanie.
THE PHYSICIAN OF LONDON : THE SECOND PART OF THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY 
TRILOGY OF NICHOLAS COOKE. 
New York : Norton, c1995.
American Book Award; 1996 winner.

Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, 1956-
ARRANGED MARRIAGE : STORIES. 
New York : Anchor Books, 1996, c1995.
American Book Award; 1996 winner.

Espinosa, Maria, 1939-
LONGING / MARIA ESPINOSA.
Houston, Tex. : Arte Publico Press, 1995.
American Book Award; 1996 winner.

Gass, William H., 1924-
THE TUNNEL. 
New York : HarperPerennial, c1996.
American Book Award; 1996 winner.

Hahn, Kimiko, 1955-
THE UNBEARABLE HEART. 
New York : Kaya Production, 1995.
American Book Award; 1996 winner.

Lee, Chang-rae.
NATIVE SPEAKER. 
New York : Riverhead Books, 1996, c1995.
American Book Award; 1996 winner.

Loewen, James W.
LIES MY TEACHER TOLD ME : EVERYTHING YOUR AMERICAN HISTORY TEXTBOOK GOT 
WRONG. 
New York : Touchstone, 1996.
American Book Award; 1996 winner.

Loury, Glenn C.
ONE BY ONE FROM THE INSIDE OUT : ESSAYS AND REVIEWS ON RACE AND 
RESPONSIBILITY IN AMERICA. 
New York : Free Press, c1995.
American Book Award; 1996 winner.

Viscusi, Robert.
ASTORIA : A NOVEL. 
Toronto ; New York : Guernica, 1995.
American Book Award; 1996 winner.

Barresi, Dorothy.
THE POST-RAPTURE DINER. 
Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c1996.
American Book Award; 1997. 

Bell, Derrick A.
GOSPEL CHOIRS : PSALMS OF SURVIVAL FOR AN ALIEN LAND CALLED HOME. 
New York, NY : BasicBooks, c1996, 1997.
American Book Award; 1997. 

CONTOURS OF THE HEART : SOUTH ASIANS MAP NORTH AMERICA / EDITED BY SUNAINA 
MAIRA AND RAJINI SRIKANTH.
New York : Asian American Writers' Workshop ; [New Brunswick, N.J.] : 
Distributed by Rutgers University Press, c1996.
American Book Award; 1997. 

De Haven, Tom.
DERBY DUGAN'S DEPRESSION FUNNIES : A NOVEL. 
New York : Metropolitan Books, 1996.
American Book Award; 1997. 

Fontes, Montserrat.
DREAMS OF THE CENTAUR : A NOVEL. 
New York : W.W. Norton, c1996.
American Book Award; 1997. 

Gomez-Pena, Guillermo.
THE NEW WORLD BORDER : PROPHECIES, POEMS, & LOQUERAS FOR THE END OF THE 
CENTURY. 
San Francisco : City Lights, c1996.
American Book Award; 1997. 

Lim, Shirley.
AMONG THE WHITE MOON FACES : AN ASIAN-AMERICAN MEMOIR OF HOMELANDS. 
New York : Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 1997.
American Book Award; 1997. 

Wood, Michele.
GOING BACK HOME : AN ARTIST RETURNS TO THE SOUTH. 
San Francisco, Calif. : Children's Book Press, c1995.
American Book Award; 1997. 

Barnes, Jim, 1933-
ON NATIVE GROUND : MEMOIRS AND IMPRESSIONS. 
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c1997.
American Book Award; 1998. 

Benitez, Sandra, 1941-
BITTER GROUNDS. 
New York : Hyperion, 1997.
American Book Award; 1998. 

Coke, Allison Hedge.
DOG ROAD WOMAN : POEMS. 
Minneapolis, MN : Coffee House Press ; Saint Paul, MN : Distributor, 
Consortium Book Sales, c1997.
American Book Award; 1998. 

Davis, Angela Yvonne, 1944-
BLUES LEGACIES AND BLACK FEMINISM : GERTRUDE "MA" RAINEY, BESSIE SMITH, AND
BILLIE HOLIDAY. 
New York : Pantheon Books, c1998.
American Book Award; 1998. 

DeLillo, Don. 
UNDERWORLD / : DON DELILLO. 
New York : Scribner, 1997. 
American Book Award; 1998. 

DeVeaux, Scott Knowles.
THE BIRTH OF BEBOP : A SOCIAL AND MUSICAL HISTORY. 
Berkeley : University of California Press, c1997.
American Book Award; 1998. 

Espada, Martin, 1957-
IMAGINE THE ANGELS OF BREAD : POEMS. 
New York : W.W. Norton, c1996.
American Book Award; 1998. 

Keller, Nora Okja.
COMFORT WOMAN. 
New York : Viking, 1997.
American Book Award; 1998. 

Lynch, Thomas, 1948-
THE UNDERTAKING : LIFE STUDIES FROM THE DISMAL TRADE / : THOMAS LYNCH. 
New York : W.W. Norton, 1997. 
American Book Award; 1998. 

Osbey, Brenda Marie.
ALL SAINTS : NEW AND SELECTED POEMS. 
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1997.
American Book Award; 1998. 

RACE TRAITOR / EDITED BY NOEL IGNATIEV AND JOHN GARVEY.
New York : Routledge, 1996.
American Book Award; 1998. 

Rawles, Nancy, 1958-
LOVE LIKE GUMBO. 
Seattle : Fjord Press, c1997.
American Book Award; 1998. 

Williams, John Alfred, 1925-
SAFARI WEST : POEMS. 
Montreal : Hochelaga Press, c1998.
American Book Award; 1998. 

Wright, W. D. 1936-
BLACK INTELLECTUALS, BLACK COGNITION, AND A BLACK AESTHETIC / : W.D. 
WRIGHT. 
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1997. 
American Book Award; 1998.

Bay Area Book Reviewers Award






Berriault, Gina.
WOMEN IN THEIR BEDS : NEW AND SELECTED STORIES. 
Washington, D.C. : Counterpoint ; [Emeryville, Calif.] : Distributed by 
Publishers Group West, c1996.
Bay Area Book Reviewers Award; 1996 winner.

Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award







PALESTINE. 
Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, 1993-
Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award; 1996 winner.

Betty Task Awards


Brook, Rhidian.
THE TESTIMONY OF TALIESIN JONES. 
London : Flamingo, c1997. 
Betty Trask Award (UK); 1996 winner.


Buss, Louis.
THE LUXURY OF EXILE. 
London : J. Cape, 1997.
Betty Trask Award (UK); 1996 winner.

Lanchester, John.
THE DEBT TO PLEASURE : A NOVEL. 
New York : H. Holt, 1997, c1996.
Betty Trask Award (UK); 1996 winner.

Syal, Meera.
ANITA AND ME. 
New York : New Press, 1996.
Betty Trask Award (UK); 1996 winner.

Bingham Poetry Prize







Doty, Mark. 
ATLANTIS : POEMS. 
New York : HarperPerennial, c1995. 
Bingham Poetry Prize; 1996 winner.

Booker Prizes







Mosley, Nicholas, 1923-
IMPOSSIBLE OBJECT. 
Elmwood, Ill. : Dalkey Archive Press, 1985, c1968.
Booker Prize; 1969 nominee.

Spark, Muriel.
THE PUBLIC IMAGE. 
New York : New Directions, 1993.
Booker Prize; 1969 nominee.

Williams, Gordon M., 1934-
FROM SCENES LIKE THESE. 
Long Preston : Magna, 1987, c1968.
Booker Prize; 1969 nominee.

Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-1973.
EVA TROUT, OR, CHANGING SCENES. 
London ; New York : Penguin Books, 1982.
Booker Prize; 1970 nominee.

Trevor, William, 1928-
MRS. ECKDORF IN O'NEILL'S HOTEL. 
Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England ; New York : Penguin, 1973, c1969.
Booker Prize; 1970 nominee.

Rubens, Bernice.
THE ELECTED MEMBER. 
London : Abacus, 1986, c1969.
Booker Prize; 1970 winner.

Robinson, Derek, 1932 Apr. 12-
GOSHAWK SQUADRON.
London : Heinemann, 1993.
Booker Prize; 1971 nominee.

Hill, Susan, 1942-
THE BIRD OF NIGHT. 
Harmondsworth [etc.] : Penguin, 1976.
Booker Prize; 1972 nominee.

Keneally, Thomas.
THE CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH. 
New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1983, c1972.
Booker Prize; 1972 nominee.

Berger, John.
G. : A NOVEL. 
New York : Vintage Books, 1991.
Booker Prize; 1972 winner.

Bainbridge, Beryl, 1933-
THE DRESSMAKER. 
New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1996.
Booker Prize; 1973 nominee.

Farrell, J. G. (James Gordon), 1935-
THE SIEGE OF KRISHNAPUR. 
New York : Carroll & Graf Pub., Inc., 1985, c1973.
Booker Prize; 1973 winner.

Bainbridge, Beryl, 1933-
THE BOTTLE FACTORY OUTING. 
New York : Carroll & Graf ; [Emeryville, CA] : Distributed by Publishers 
Group West, 1994.
Booker Prize; 1974 nominee.

McIlvanney, William, 1936-
DOCHERTY. 
Sevenoaks : Sceptre, 1987, c1975.
Booker Prize; 1975 winner.

Brink, Andre Philippus, 1935-
AN INSTANT IN THE WIND.
Minerva, 1991.
Booker Prize; 1976 nominee.

Trevor, William, 1928-
THE CHILDREN OF DYNMOUTH. 
Harmondsworth ; New York, NY : Penguin, 1979.
Booker Prize; 1976 nominee.

Bainbridge, Beryl, 1933-
INJURY TIME. 
London : Duckworth, 1977.
Booker Prize; 1977 winner.

Brink, Andre, 1935-
RUMOURS OF RAIN.
London : Minerva, 1994.
Booker Prize; 1978 nominee.


Fitzgerald, Penelope.
THE BOOKSHOP. 
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
Booker Prize; 1978 nominee.

Gardam, Jane.
GOD ON THE ROCKS. 
London : Abacus, 1981, c1978.
Booker Prize; 1978 nominee.

Keneally, Thomas. 
CONFEDERATES. 
New York : Harper & Row, [1980] c1979.
Booker Prize; 1979 nominee.

Johnston, Jennifer, 1930-
THE OLD JEST. 
London ; New York : Penguin, 1988, c1979.
Booker Prize; 1979 winner.

Carr, J. L.
A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY. 
Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk : Quince Tree, 1991. 
Booker Prize; 1980 nominee.

Unsworth, Barry, 1930-
PASCALI'S ISLAND. 
New York City, NY ; London : Penguin Books, 1988, c1980.
Booker Prize; 1980 nominee.

Keane, Molly, 1904-
GOOD BEHAVIOUR. 
London : Abacus, 1982, c1981.
Booker Prize; 1981 nominee.

Lessing, Doris, 1919-
THE SIRIAN EXPERIMENTS : THE REPORT BY AMBIEN II, OF THE FIVE. 
London : Flamingo, 1994.
Booker Prize; 1981 nominee.

McEwan, Ian.
THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS. 
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. ; London : Penguin Books, 1989, c1981.
Booker Prize; 1981 nominee.

Boyd, William, 1952-
A GOOD MAN IN AFRICA. 
Harmondsworth [England] ; New York, NY : Penguin Books, 1982, c1981.
Booker Prize; 1981 winner for 1st novel.

Ellis, Alice Thomas.
THE 27TH KINGDOM. 
Harmondsworth : Penguin in association with Duckworth, 1982.
Booker Prize; 1982 nominee.

Mo, Timothy.
SOUR SWEET.
Hodder & Stoughton, 1990.
Booker Prize; 1982 nominee.

Durrell, Lawrence.
AVIGNON QUINTET. 
London : Faber and Faber, 1992.
Booker Prize; 1982 nominee. (for "Constance"). 

Wain, John.
YOUNG SHOULDERS. 
Basingstoke : Macmillan Education, 1982 (1988 [printing]). 
Booker Prize; 1982 winner for young adults.

Bradbury, Malcolm, 1932-
RATES OF EXCHANGE. 
New York : Penguin, 1985, c1983.
Booker Prize; 1983 nominee.

Fuller, John, 1937-
FLYING TO NOWHERE.
Vintage, 1992.
Booker Prize; 1983 winner for 1st novel.

Trevor, William, 1928-
FOOLS OF FORTUNE. 
Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England ; New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books,
1984, c1983.
Booker Prize; 1983 winner.

Lively, Penelope, 1933-
ACCORDING TO MARK : A NOVEL. 
New York : Beaufort Books, c1984. 
Booker Prize; 1984 nominee.

Lodge, David, 1935-
SMALL WORLD : AN ACADEMIC ROMANCE. 
New York : Penguin Books, 1995, c1984.
Booker Prize; 1984 nominee.

Carey, Peter.
ILLYWHACKER : A NOVEL. 
New York : Vintage International, 1996. 
Booker Prize; 1985 nominee.

Carr, J. L.
THE BATTLE OF POLLOCK'S CROSSING. 
Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk : Quince Tree Press, 1993. 
Booker Prize; 1985 nominee.

Winterson, Jeanette, 1959-
ORANGES ARE NOT THE ONLY FRUIT. 
New York, N.Y. : Atlantic Monthly Press, 1987.
Booker Prize; 1985 winner for 1st novel.


Hope, Christopher.
KRUGER'S ALP. 
London : Abacus (Sphere), c1985. 
Booker Prize; 1985 winner.

Mo, Timothy.
AN INSULAR POSSESSION. 
New York : Random House, [c1986]. 
Booker Prize; 1986 nominee.

Wyndham, Francis.
THE OTHER GARDEN. 
London : Cape, c1987. 
Booker Prize; 1987 winner for 1st novel.

McEwan, Ian.
THE CHILD IN TIME. 
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1988, c1987.
Booker Prize; 1987 winner.

Amis, Martin.
TIME'S ARROW, OR, THE NATURE OF THE OFFENSE. 
New York : Vintage International, 1992.
Booker Prize; 1991 nominee.

Mo, Timothy.
REDUNDANCY OF COURAGE. 
Vintage, 1992.
Booker Prize; 1991 nominee.

Trevor, William, 1928-
TWO LIVES.
Penguin, 1992.
Booker Prize; 1991 nominee.

Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-
THE ENGLISH PATIENT : A NOVEL /  BY MICHAEL ONDAATJE.
New York : Vintage Books, 1993.
Booker Prize; 1992 co-winner.

Fischer, Tibor, 1959-
UNDER THE FROG. 
Edinburgh : Polygon, c1992 (1993 printing). 
Booker Prize; 1993 nominee.

Ignatieff, Michael.
SCAR TISSUE. 
New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1994.
Booker Prize; 1993 nominee.

Cusk, Rachel, 1967-
SAVING AGNES. 
London : Picador, c1994. 
Booker Prize; 1993 winner for First Novel.


Brady, Joan.
THEORY OF WAR. 
New York : Fawcett Columbine, 1994.
Booker Prize; 1993 winner.

Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939-
ALIAS GRACE. 
New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 1996.
Booker Prize; 1996 shortlist.

Bainbridge, Beryl, 1933-
EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF. 
New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1996.
Booker Prize; 1996 shortlist.

Deane, Seamus, 1940-
READING IN THE DARK. 
New York : Knopf, 1997.
Booker Prize; 1996 shortlist.

Mackay, Shena.
THE ORCHARD ON FIRE / SHENA MACKAY.
Wakefield, RI. : Moyer Bell, 1996.
Booker Prize; 1996 shortlist.

Mistry, Rohinton, 1952-
A FINE BALANCE : A NOVEL. 
New York : Knopf, 1996. 
Booker Prize; 1996 shortlist.

Swift, Graham, 1949-
LAST ORDERS. 
New York : A.A. Knopf, 1996.
Booker Prize; 1996 winner.

Crace, Jim.
QUARANTINE. 
London ; New York : Viking, 1997.
Booker Prize; 1997 nominee.

Jackson, Mick.
THE UNDERGROUND MAN. 
New York : William Morrow, 1997.
Booker Prize; 1997 nominee.

MacLaverty, Bernard.
GRACE NOTES. 
New York : W.W. Norton, 1997.
Booker Prize; 1997 nominee.

Parks, Tim.
EUROPA. 
London : Secker & Warburg, 1997.
Booker Prize; 1997 nominee.

St. John, Madeleine.
THE ESSENCE OF THE THING. 
London : Fourth Estate, 1997.
Booker Prize; 1997 nominee.

Roy, Arundhati. 
THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS. 
New York : Random House, c1997. 
Booker Prize; 1997 winner.

Bainbridge, Beryl, 1933-
MASTER GEORGIE : A NOVEL. 
New York : Carroll & Graf, 1998.
Booker Prize; 1998 shortlist. 

Barnes, Julian.
ENGLAND, ENGLAND. 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.
Booker Prize; 1998 shortlist. 

Booth, Martin.
THE INDUSTRY OF SOULS. 
Stockport [England] : Dewi Lewis, 1998.
Booker Prize; 1998 shortlist. 

McCabe, Pat, 1955-
BREAKFAST ON PLUTO. 
London : Picador, 1998.
Booker Prize; 1998 shortlist. 

Mills, Magnus.
THE RESTRAINT OF BEASTS : A NOVEL. 
New York : Arcade Publishing ; [S.l.] : Distributed by Little, Brown, 
c1998.
Booker Prize; 1998 shortlist. 

McEwan, Ian.
AMSTERDAM. 
New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 1999.
Booker Prize; 1998 winner.

Boston Globe/Horn Book Awards






Warren, Andrea.
ORPHAN TRAIN RIDER : ONE BOY'S TRUE STORY. 
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1996.
Boston Globe/Horn Book Award; 1996 winner for children's nonfiction.

Hest, Amy.
BABY DUCK AND THE BAD EYEGLASSES / ILLUSTRATED BY JILL BARTON.
Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, c1996.
Boston Globe/Horn Book Award; 1996 winner for children's picture book.

Avi, 1937-
POPPY / ILLUSTRATED BY BRIAN FLOCA.
New York : Orchard Books, c1995.
Boston Globe/Horn Book Award; 1996 winner for fiction.




Lied, Kate.
POTATO : A TALE FROM THE GREAT DEPRESSION / ILLUSTRATED BY LISA CAMPBELL 
ERNST.
Washington, DC : National Geographic Society : Distributed by Publishers 
Group West, c1997.
Boston Globe/Horn Book Award; 1997 honor book for illustrations.

Giff, Patricia Reilly.
LILY'S CROSSING. 
New York : Delacorte, c1997.
Boston Globe/Horn Book Award; 1997 honors for fiction.

Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-
HARLEM : A POEM / PICTURES BY CHRISTOPHER MYERS.
New York : Scholastic Press, c1997.
Boston Globe/Horn Book Award; 1997 honors for fiction.

Adler, David A.
LOU GEHRIG : THE LUCKIEST MAN / ILLUSTRATED BY TERRY WIDENER.
San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1997.
Boston Globe/Horn Book Award; 1997 honors for nonfiction.

Stanley, Diane.
LEONARDO DA VINCI. 
New York : Morrow Junior Books, c1996.
Boston Globe/Horn Book Award; 1997 honors for nonfiction.

Karas, G. Brian.
HOME ON THE BAYOU : A COWBOY'S STORY. 
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1996.
Boston Globe/Horn Book Award; 1997 honors for picture book.

Pinkney, J. Brian.
THE ADVENTURES OF SPARROWBOY. 
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1997.
Boston Globe/Horn Book Award; 1997 winner for children's picture book.

Yumoto, Kazumi.
THE FRIENDS / TRANSLATED BY CATHY HIRANO.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996.
Boston Globe/Horn Book Award; 1997 winner for fiction.

Wick, Walter.
A DROP OF WATER : A BOOK OF SCIENCE AND WONDER. 
New York : Scholastic, c1997.
Boston Globe/Horn Book Award; 1997 winner for nonfiction.

Bowker's Best Awards






Dexter, Pete, 1943-
THE PAPERBOY. 
New York : Random House, c1995. 
Bowker's Best; 1995 for fiction.

Nordan, Lewis. 
THE SHARPSHOOTER BLUES : A NOVEL. 
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1995. 
Bowker's Best; 1995 for fiction.




O'Nan, Stewart, 1961-
SNOW ANGELS. 
New York : Penguin, c1995.
Bowker's Best; 1995 for fiction.

Schumacher, Julie, 1958-
THE BODY IS WATER. 
New York : Soho Press, c1995. 
Bowker's Best; 1995 for fiction.

Wiggins, Marianne. 
EVELESS EDEN. 
New York : Harper Collins Publishers, 1995. 
Bowker's Best; 1995 for fiction.

Doty, Mark. 
ATLANTIS : POEMS. 
New York : HarperPerennial, c1995. 
Bowker's Best; 1995 for poetry.

British Fantasy Awards







Joyce, Graham.
THE TOOTH FAIRY. 
New York : Tor, 1998.
British Fantasy Award; 1997 winner for best novel.

BRLA Southwest Book Awards







Daniggelis, Paul Dean.
RODANT PEL MON = ROAMING ABOUT THE WORLD : WITH URBICI SOLER, SCULPTOR 
(1890-1953) /  BY PAUL DEAN DANIGGELIS.
El Paso, TX : International Association for the Visual Arts, c1995.
BRLA Southwest Book Award Winner; 1997. 

Julyan, Robert Hixson. 
THE PLACE NAMES OF NEW MEXICO. 
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1996. 
BRLA Southwest Book Award Winner; 1997. 

Kingsbury, John M., 1829-1907. 
TRADING IN SANTA FE : JOHN M. KINGSBURY'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH JAMES JOSIAH 
WEBB, 1853-1861 / EDITED BY JANE LENZ ELDER AND DAVID J. WEBER. 
Dallas, Tex. : Southern Methodist University Press, 1996. 
BRLA Southwest Book Award Winner; 1997. 

Mednick, Christina Singleton. 
SAN CRISTOBAL : VOICES AND VISIONS OF THE GALISTEO BASIN. 
Santa Fe, NM : Office of Archaeological Studies, Museum of New Mexico, 
1996. 
BRLA Southwest Book Award Winner; 1997.

Caldecott Awards







Rathmann, Peggy. 
OFFICER BUCKLE AND GLORIA. 
New York : Putnam's, c1995. 
Caldecott Award; 1996 winner.

Wisniewski, David.
GOLEM. 
New York : Clarion Books, c1996.
Caldecott Award; 1997 winner.




Zelinsky, Paul O.
RAPUNZEL. 
New York : Dutton Children's Books, 1997.
Caldecott Award; 1998 winner.

Taback, Simms.
THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED A FLY. 
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1997.
Caldecott Honor Book, 1998: Illustration. 

Sis, Peter.
STARRY MESSENGER : A BOOK DEPICTING THE LIFE OF A FAMOUS SCIENTIST, 
MATHEMATICIAN, ASTRONOMER, PHILOSOPHER, PHYSICIST, GALILEO GALILEI. 
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1996.
Caldecott Honor Book; 1997.

Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-
HARLEM : A POEM / PICTURES BY CHRISTOPHER MYERS.
New York : Scholastic Press, c1997.
Caldecott Honor Book; 1998.

Stewart, Sarah.
THE GARDENER / PICTURES BY DAVID SMALL.
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1997.
Caldecott Honor Book; 1998.

Rathmann, Peggy. 
OFFICER BUCKLE AND GLORIA. 
New York : Putnam's, c1995. 
Caldecott Medal for the Artist of the Most Distinguished Picture Book; 1996
winner.

Johnson, Stephen, 1964-
ALPHABET CITY. 
New York : Viking, 1995.
Caldecott Medal; 1996 honor book. 

San Souci, Robert D.
THE FAITHFUL FRIEND. 
New York, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers ,c1995.
Caldecott Medal; 1996 honor book. 

Stevens, Janet.
TOPS & BOTTOMS. 
San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1995.
Caldecott Medal; 1996 honor book. 

Dexter, Pete, 1943-
THE PAPERBOY. 
New York : Random House, c1995. 
Caldecott Medal; 1997 honor book. 

Ho, Minfong.
HUSH! : A THAI LULLABY. 
New York : Orchard Books, c1996.
Caldecott Medal; 1997 honor book. 


Pelletier, David.
THE GRAPHIC ALPHABET. 
New York : Orchard, c1996.
Caldecott Medal; 1997 honor book.

Carnegie Medal






Pullman, Philip, 1946-
THE GOLDEN COMPASS. 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf ;Distributed by Random House, 1996-
Carnegie Medal for Outstanding Children's Book; 1996 winner.

Choice Best Academic Book Awards








Dewey, Clive.
ANGLO-INDIAN ATTITUDES : THE MIND OF THE INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE. 
London ; Rio Grande : Hambledon Press, 1993.
Choice best academic books of 1994.

Bao Ninh.
THE SORROW OF WAR : A NOVEL OF NORTH VIETNAM. 
New York : Riverhead Books, 1996.
Choice best academic books of 1995. 

Douglas, Susan J. (Susan Jeanne), 1950-
WHERE THE GIRLS ARE : GROWING UP FEMALE WITH THE MASS MEDIA. 
New York : Times Books, 1995, c1994.
Choice best academic books of 1995. 

THE GONG AND THE FLUTE : AFRICAN LITERARY DEVELOPMENT AND CELEBRATION / 
EDITED BY KALU OGBAA.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994.
Choice best academic books of 1995. 

Hanne, Michael.
THE POWER OF THE STORY : FICTION AND POLITICAL CHANGE. 
Providence : Berghahn Books, 1996.
Choice best academic books of 1995. 

Kwong, Charles Yim-tze, 1958-
TAO QIAN AND THE CHINESE POETIC TRADITION : THE QUEST FOR CULTURAL 
IDENTITY. 
Ann Arbor, Mich. : Center for Chinese Studies, the University of Michigan, 
1994.
Choice best academic books of 1995. 

Leontis, Artemis.
TOPOGRAPHIES OF HELLENISM : MAPPING THE HOMELAND. 
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1995.
Choice best academic books of 1995. 

McMahon, Keith.
MISERS, SHREWS, AND POLYGAMISTS : SEXUALITY AND MALE-FEMALE RELATIONS IN 
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CHINESE FICTION. 
Durham : Duke University Press, 1995.
Choice best academic books of 1995. 

Muhammad Haji Salleh, 1942-
BEYOND THE ARCHIPELAGO : SELECTED POEMS. 
Athens, Ohio : Center for International Studies, Ohio University, c1995.
Choice best academic books of 1995. 

Robb, Graham.
BALZAC : A LIFE. 
New York : Norton, 1994.
Choice best academic books of 1995. 

Roskies, David G., 1948-
A BRIDGE OF LONGING : THE LOST ART OF YIDDISH STORYTELLING. 
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1995.
Choice best academic books of 1995. 

Toman, Jindrich.
THE MAGIC OF A COMMON LANGUAGE : JAKOBSON, MATHESIUS, TRUBETZKOY, AND THE 
PRAGUE LINGUISTIC CIRCLE. 
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1995.
Choice best academic books of 1995. 

Torrance, Richard.
THE FICTION OF TOKUDA SHUSEI, AND THE EMERGENCE OF JAPAN'S NEW MIDDLE 
CLASS. 
Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1994.
Choice best academic books of 1995. 

Watkins, John, 1960-
THE SPECTER OF DIDO : SPENSER AND VIRGILIAN EPIC. 
New Haven : Yale University Press, c1995.
Choice best academic books of 1995. 

Zeidan, Joseph T., 1944-
ARAB WOMEN NOVELISTS : THE FORMATIVE YEARS AND BEYOND. 
Albany : State University of New York Press, c1995.
Choice best academic books of 1995. 

Ehrlich, Paul R.
BETRAYAL OF SCIENCE AND REASON : HOW ANTI-ENVIRONMENTAL RHETORIC THREATENS 
OUR FUTURE. 
Washington, D.C. : Island Press, 1996.
Choice Best Academic Books of 1997.

Murdoch, Brian, 1944-
THE GERMANIC HERO : POLITICS AND PRAGMATISM IN EARLY MEDIEVAL POETRY. 
London ; Rio Grande, [Ohio] : Hambledon Press, 1996.
Choice best books for 1996. 

Israel, Jonathan Irvine.
CONFLICTS OF EMPIRES : SPAIN, THE LOW COUNTRIES AND THE STRUGGLE FOR WORLD 
SUPREMACY, 1585-1713. 
London ; Rio Grande, Ohio : Hambledon Press, c1997.
Choice Best Books; 1997.

Commonwealth Writers Prizes







Chandra, Vikram.
RED EARTH AND POURING RAIN. 
London ; Boston : Faber and Faber, 1995.
Commonwealth Writers Prize for First Fiction; 1996 winner.

Mistry, Rohinton, 1952-
A FINE BALANCE : A NOVEL. 
New York : Knopf, 1996. 
Commonwealth Writers Prize; 1996 winner.

Coretta Scott King Awards








Hamilton, Virginia.
HER STORIES : AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLKTALES, FAIRY TALES, AND TRUE TALES. 
New York : Blue Sky Press, c1995.
Coretta Scott King Award (Author); 1996 winner: Virginia Hamilton.

Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-
FALLEN ANGELS. 
New York : Scholastic Inc., c1988.
Coretta Scott King Award; 1989. 

Feelings, Tom.
THE MIDDLE PASSAGE : WHITE SHIPS/BLACK CARGO / INTRODUCTION BY JOHN HENRIK 
CLARKE.
New York : Dial Books, c1995.
Coretta Scott King Award; 1996 winner for illustrations.

David Higham Prize







Grant, Linda, 1951-
THE CAST IRON SHORE. 
London : Picador, 1996.
David Higham Prize for Fiction (UK); 1996 winner.

Drue Heinz Literature Prizes







Pearlman, Edith, 1936-
VAQUITA AND OTHER STORIES. 
Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, c1996.
Drue Heinz Literature Prize; 1996 winner.

Croft, Barbara.
NECESSARY FICTIONS. 
Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c1998.
Drue Heinz Literature Prize; 1998 winner.

Edgar Allen Poe Awards







Housewright, David, 1955-
PENANCE. 
Woodstock, Vt. : Foul Play Press, c1995.
Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel; 1996 winner.

Francis, Dick.
COME TO GRIEF. 
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c1995.
Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel; 1996 winner.

Earley, Pete.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE : DEATH, LIFE, AND JUSTICE IN A SOUTHERN TOWN. 
New York : Bantam Books, 1996.
Edgar Allan Poe Award for fact crime; 1996 winner.

Springer, Nancy.
LOOKING FOR JAMIE BRIDGER. 
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1995.
Edgar Allan Poe Award for Juvenile Literature; 1996 winner.

Polito, Robert, 1951-
SAVAGE ART : A BIOGRAPHY OF JIM THOMPSON. 
New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, c1995. 
Edgar Allan Poe Award; 1996 winner for critical/biographical.




Heffernan, William, 1940-
TARNISHED BLUE : A NOVEL. 
New York : Onyx, c1995.
Edgar Allan Poe Award; 1996 winner for original paperback.

Encore Awards








Kennedy, A. L.
SO I AM GLAD. 
London : J. Cape, 1995.
Encore Award for Best Second Novel; 1996 winner.

Erenest Hemingway Foundation Award






Lee, Chang-rae.
NATIVE SPEAKER. 
New York : Riverhead Books, 1996, c1995.
Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award for First Fiction by an American; 1996 
winner.

Ernest Sandeen Awards






Strickland, Stephanie.
TRUE NORTH. 
Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 1997.
Ernest Sandeen Prize in Poetry; 1997 winner.

Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Award







Godwin, Peter. 
MUKIWA : A WHITE BOY IN AFRICA. 
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 1996. 
Esquire/Apple/Waterstone's Nonfiction Award; 1996 winner.

European Awards







Nooteboom, Cees, 1933-
THE FOLLOWING STORY / TRANSLATED FROM THE DUTCH BY INA RILKE. 
San Diego : Harcourt Brace, 1996. 
European Literary Prize; 1993 winner.

Palmen, Connie. 
THE LAWS / TRANSLATED BY RICHARD HUIJING. 
New York : G. Braziller, 1993. 
European Novel of the Year; 1991 winner.

Flannery O'Connor Awards








Ciresi, Rita.
MOTHER ROCKET : STORIES. 
Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c1993.
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction; 1993 winner.

Brenner, Wendy. 
LARGE ANIMALS IN EVERYDAY LIFE : STORIES. 
Athens : University of Georgia Press, c1996. 
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction; 1996 winner.

Grossinger, Harvey.
THE QUARRY : STORIES BY HARVEY GROSSINGER. 
Athens : University of Georgia Press, 1997.
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction; 1996 winner.

Rawlins, Paul.
NO LIE LIKE LOVE : STORIES. 
Athens : University of Georgia Press, 1997.
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction; 1996 winner.




Jin, Ha, 1956-
UNDER THE RED FLAG : STORIES. 
Athens : University of Georgia Press, c1997.
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction; 1997 winner.

Forward Poetry Awards







O'Brien, Sean, 1952-
GHOST TRAIN. 
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Forward Poetry Prize (UK); 1996 winner for best collection.

Duran, Jane, 1944-
BREATHE NOW, BREATHE. 
London : Enitharmon Press, 1995.
Forward Poetry Prize for Best First Collection; 1996 winner.

Joseph, Jenny, 1932-
GHOSTS AND OTHER COMPANY. 
Newcastle upon Tyne : Bloodaxe Books, 1995.
Forward Poetry Prize; 1996 winner for collection with best individual poem 
("In Honor of Love").

Giller Prizes








Selvadurai, Shyam, 1965-
FUNNY BOY : A NOVEL. 
San Diego : Harcourt Brace, 1997.
Giller Prize; 1994 shortlist.

Mistry, Rohinton, 1952-
A FINE BALANCE : A NOVEL. 
New York : Knopf, 1996. 
Giller Prize; 1995 winner.

Michaels, Anne, 1958-
FUGITIVE PIECES. 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
Giller Prize; 1996 shortlist.

Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939-
ALIAS GRACE. 
New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 1996.
Giller Prize; 1996 winner.

Mootoo, Shani.
CEREUS BLOOMS AT NIGHT. 
New York : Grove Press, 1998.
Giller Prize; 1997 shortlist.

Ricci, Nino.
WHERE SHE HAS GONE. 
New York : Picador USA, 1998.
Giller Prize; 1997 shortlist.

Shields, Carol.
LARRY'S PARTY. 
New York : Viking, 1997.
Giller Prize; 1997 shortlist.




Richler, Mordecai, 1931-
BARNEY'S VERSION : WITH FOOTNOTES AND AN AFTERWORD BY MICHAEL PANOFSKY : A 
NOVEL. 
New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1998.
Giller Prize; 1997 winner.

Golden Kite Awards







Mills, Lauren A.
FAIRY WINGS : A STORY / WITH PAINTINGS BY LAUREN MILLS & DENNIS NOLAN.
Boston : Little, Brown, c1995.
Golden Kite Award for Children's Book Illustration; 1996 winner.

Curtis, Christopher Paul.
THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM--1963. 
New York : Delacorte Press, 1995.
Golden Kite Award for Children's Fiction; 1996 winner.

Bober, Natalie. 
ABIGAIL ADAMS : WITNESS TO A REVOLUTION. 
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1995. 
Golden Kite Award for Children's Nonfiction; 1996 winner.

Goldman Environmental Prize







Cox, Paul Alan.
NAFANUA : SAVING THE SAMOAN RAIN FOREST. 
New York : W.H. Freeman, c1997.
Goldman Environmental Prize, 1997: Awarded to author.

Granta's 20 Best







Bell, Madison Smartt.
THE YEAR OF SILENCE. 
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1989, c1987.
Granta's 20 best. 

Haynes, David, 1955-
SOMEBODY ELSE'S MAMA. 
San Diego : Harcourt Brace, 1996.
Granta's 20 best. 

Moore, Lorrie.
WHO WILL RUN THE FROG HOSPITAL?
New York : Warner Books, c1994 (1995 printing).
Granta's 20 best. 

Ng, Fae Myenne, 1956-
BONE. 
New York : HarperPerennial, 1994.
Granta's 20 best. 

O'Connor, Robert.
BUFFALO SOLDIERS. 
New York : Vintage Books, 1994.
Granta's 20 best. 

O'Nan, Stewart, 1961-
SNOW ANGELS. 
New York : Penguin, c1995.
Granta's 20 best. 




Thon, Melanie Rae.
IONA MOON. 
New York : Plume, c1993 (1994 printing). 
Granta's 20 best. 

Wheeler, Kate, 1955-
NOT WHERE I STARTED FROM. 
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1993.
Granta's 20 best.

Guardian Fiction Prizes







Ackroyd, Peter.
HAWKSMOOR. 
London : Penguin, c1993. 
Guardian Fiction Prize; 1985 winner.

Deane, Seamus, 1940-
READING IN THE DARK. 
New York : Knopf, 1997.
Guardian Fiction Prize; 1996 winner.

Harold Morton Landon Translation Award







7 GREEKS / TRANSLATIONS BY GUY DAVENPORT.
New York : New Directions, 1995.
Harold Morton Landon Translation Award; 1996 winner.

Hopwood Award







Zelitch, Simone.
THE CONFESSION OF JACK STRAW : A NOVEL. 
Seattle : Black Heron Press, c1991.
Hopwood Award for major fiction; winner, 1992.

IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards







Palmen, Connie. 
THE LAWS / TRANSLATED BY RICHARD HUIJING. 
New York : G. Braziller, 1993. 
IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; 1991 shortlist.

Saramago, Jose. 
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JESUS CHRIST / TRANSLATED FROM THE PORTUGUESE BY 
GIOVANNI PONTIERO. 
San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1994. 
IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; 1992 shortlist.

Banville, John. 
GHOSTS. 
New York : Vintage International, 1994. 
IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; 1993 shortlist.

Nooteboom, Cees, 1933-
THE FOLLOWING STORY / TRANSLATED FROM THE DUTCH BY INA RILKE. 
San Diego : Harcourt Brace, 1996. 
IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; 1993 shortlist.

Independent Foreign Fiction Award








Maraini, Dacia.
THE SILENT DUCHESS. 
New York : Feminist Press at The City University of New York, 1998.
Independent Foreign Fiction Award; short-list.

Iowa Poetry Prizes







Burns, Ralph, 1949-
SWAMP CANDLES : POEMS. 
Iowa City, Iowa : University of Iowa Press, 1996. 
Iowa Poetry Prize; 1996 winner.

Alexander, Pamela, 1948-
INLAND : POEMS. 
Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c1997.
Iowa Poetry Prize; 1997 winner.

Iowa Short Fiction Awards







Borofka, David, 1954-
HINTS OF HIS MORTALITY. 
Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c1996.
Iowa Short Fiction Award; 1996 winner.

Henry, Jim, 1962-
THANK YOU FOR BEING CONCERNED AND SENSITIVE. 
Iowa City, Iowa : University of Iowa Press, 1997.
Iowa Short Fiction Award; 1997 winner.

Brazaitis, Mark, 1966-
THE RIVER OF LOST VOICES : STORIES FROM GUATEMALA. 
Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c1998.
Iowa Short Fiction Award; 1998 winner.

J. R. Ackerley Award







Lomax, Eric.
THE RAILWAY MAN. 
London : Random House, 1996, c1995.
J. R. Ackerley Award for Autobiography; 1996 winner.

James Laughlin Award







Rivard, David, 1953-
WISE POISON : POEMS. 
Saint Paul, Minn. : Graywolf Press, c1996.
James Laughlin Award; 1996 winner.

James Tait Black Award







Priest, Christopher.
THE PRESTIGE. 
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1996.
James Tait Black Award for Fiction (UK); 1996 winner.

Jane Addams Children's Book Award







Taylor, Mildred D.
THE WELL : DAVID'S STORY. 
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1995.
Jane Addams Childrens's Book Award; 1996 winner.

Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize







Pritchard, Melissa.
THE INSTINCT FOR BLISS : SHORT STORIES. 
Cambridge, Mass. : Zoland Books, 1995.
Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize; 1997 winner.

Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature








Perez-Reverte, Arturo.
THE SEVILLE COMMUNION. 
New York : Harcourt Brace & Co., c1998.
Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature; 1996 winner.

John Simmons Awards







Lenzo, Lisa, 1957-
WITHIN THE LIGHTED CITY. 
Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 1997.
John Simmons Short Fiction Award; 1997 winner.

Chetkovich, Kathryn, 1958-
FRIENDLY FIRE. 
Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 1998.
John Simmons Short Fiction Award; 1998 winner.

Kate Greenaway Medal







Wojciechowski, Susan.
THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE OF JONATHAN TOOMEY. 
Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 1995.
Kate Greenaway Medal for Children's Book Illustration; 1996 winner.

Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize







Hester, Katherine L.
EGGS FOR YOUNG AMERICA. 
Hanover : University Press of New England, c1997.
Katharine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize; Winner, 1997.

Katherine Anne Porter Prize







Blanchard, Alice. 
THE STUNTMAN'S DAUGHTER AND OTHER STORIES. 
Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 1996. 
Katherine Anne Porter Prize winner, 1997.

Kingsley Tufts Awards







Digges, Deborah.
ROUGH MUSIC. 
New York : A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1996.
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award; 1997 winner.

Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize







Brown, Alan, 1950-
AUDREY HEPBURN'S NECK : A NOVEL. 
New York : Pocket Books, c1996.
Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize; 1996 winner.

Kurt Maschler Children's Book Award







Cole, Babette.
DROP DEAD. 
New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random, c1996.
Kurt Maschler Children's Book Award; 1996 winner.

L. L. Winship/PEN Award







Brox, Jane, 1956-
HERE AND NOWHERE ELSE : LATE SEASONS OF A FARM AND ITS FAMILY. 
Boston : Beacon Press, c1995. 
L. L. Winship/PEN Award for First Book; 1995 winner.

LA Times Book Prize







Boyd, William, 1952-
THE BLUE AFTERNOON : A NOVEL. 
New York : Vintage, c1997. 
LA Times Book Prize; 1995 winner for fiction.

Lambda Awards







JO'S GIRLS : TOMBOY TALES OF HIGH ADVENTURE, TRUE GRIT, AND REAL LIFE / 
EDITED BY CHRISTIAN MCEWEN.
Boston : Beacon Press, 1997.
LAMBDA AWARD FOR ANTHOLOGIES/FICTION; 1998 NOMINEE. 




QUEERS IN SPACE : COMMUNITIES, PUBLIC PLACES, SITES OF RESISTANCE / EDITED 
BY GORDON BRENT INGRAM, ANNE-MARIE BOUTHILLETTE, AND YOLANDA RETTER.
Seattle, Wash. : Bay Press, c1997.
LAMBDA AWARD FOR ANTHOLOGIES/NONFICTION; 1998 WINNER. 

Monette, Paul.
SANCTUARY : A TALE OF LIFE IN THE WOODS. 
New York : Scribner, 1997.
LAMBDA AWARD FOR CHILDREN/YOUNG ADULT; 1998 NOMINEE. 

Abe, Kobo, 1924-
THREE PLAYS / TRANSLATED, AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DONALD KEENE.
New York : Columbia University Press, c1993.
LAMBDA AWARD FOR DRAMA; 1998 NOMINEE. 

Arditti, Michael.
PAGAN'S FATHER. 
New York : Soho, c1996.
LAMBDA AWARD FOR GAY MEN'S FICTION; 1997 NOMINEE. 

Selvadurai, Shyam, 1965-
FUNNY BOY : A NOVEL. 
San Diego : Harcourt Brace, 1997.
LAMBDA AWARD FOR GAY MEN'S FICTION; 1997 WINNER. 

Bartlett, Neil, 1958-
THE HOUSE ON BROOKE STREET. 
New York : Plume, 1998.
Lambda Award for Gay Men's Fiction; 1998 nominee. 

Gurganus, Allan, 1947-
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS. 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
Lambda Award for Gay Men's Fiction; 1998 nominee. 

White, Edmund, 1940-
THE FAREWELL SYMPHONY : A NOVEL. 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c1997.
Lambda Award for Gay Men's Fiction; 1998 nominee. 

Stollman, Aryeh Lev.
THE FAR EUPHRATES. 
New York : Riverhead Books, 1997.
Lambda Award for Gay Men's Fiction; 1998 winner. 

Doty, Mark. 
ATLANTIS : POEMS. 
New York : HarperPerennial, c1995. 
LAMBDA AWARD FOR GAY MEN'S POETRY; 1996 WINNER. 

Shepherd, Reginald, 1963-
ANGEL, INTERRUPTED. 
Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c1996.
LAMBDA AWARD FOR GAY MEN'S POETRY; 1997 NOMINEE. 

Bidart, Frank, 1939-
DESIRE. 
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997.
Lambda Award for Gay Men's Poetry; 1998 nominee. 

Broughton, James Richard, 1913-
PACKING UP FOR PARADISE : SELECTED POEMS, 1946-1996 / EDITED BY JIM CORY.
Santa Rosa, CA : Black Sparrow Press, 1997.
Lambda Award for Gay Men's Poetry; 1998 nominee. 

Cassells, Cyrus.
BEAUTIFUL SIGNOR : POEMS. 
Port Townsend, Wash. : Copper Canyon Press, c1997.
Lambda Award for Gay Men's Poetry; 1998 winner. 

QUEER REPRESENTATIONS : READING LIVES, READING CULTURES : A CENTER FOR 
LESBIAN AND GAY STUDIES BOOK / : EDITED BY MARTIN DUBERMAN. 
New York : New York University Press, 1997. 
Lambda Award for Gay Men's Studies; 1998 nominee. 

Signorile, Michelangelo, 1960-
LIFE OUTSIDE : THE SIGNORILE REPORT ON GAY MEN, SEX, DRUGS, MUSCLES, AND 
THE PASSAGES OF LIFE / : MICHELANGELO SIGNORILE. 
New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c1997. 
Lambda Award for Gay Men's Studies; 1998 nominee. 

Thompson, Mark, 1952-
GAY BODY : A JOURNEY THROUGH SHADOW TO SELF. 
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997.
Lambda Award for Gay Men's Studies; 1998 nominee. 

Kaiser, Charles. 
THE GAY METROPOLIS : 1940-1996 / : CHARLES KAISER. 
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1997. 
Lambda Award for Gay Men's Studies; 1998 winner. 

Eisenbach, Helen, 1958-
LESBIANISM MADE EASY. 
New York : Crown, c1996.
LAMBDA AWARD FOR HUMOR; 1997 NOMINEE. 

Lee, Hermione.
VIRGINIA WOOLF. 
New York : A.A. Knopf ; Distributed by Random House, 1997.
Lambda Award for Lesbian Biography/Autobiography; 1998 nominee. 

Scholinski, Daphne.
THE LAST TIME I WORE A DRESS. 
New York : Riverhead Books, 1997.
Lambda Award for Lesbian Biography/Autobiography; 1998 nominee. 

Wilson, Barbara, 1950-
BLUE WINDOWS : A CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHILDHOOD  / : BY BARBARA WILSON. 
New York : Picador USA, 1997. 
Lambda Award for Lesbian Biography/Autobiography; 1998 winner. 

Boyd, Blanche M., 1945-
TERMINAL VELOCITY. 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
Lambda Award for Lesbian Ficiton; 1998 nominee. 

Blackbridge, Persimmon, 1951-
PROZAC HIGHWAY : A NOVEL. 
Vancouver : Press Gang Publishers, c1997.
Lambda Award for Lesbian Fiction; 1998 nominee. 

Hucklenbroich, Frankie, 1939-
A CRYSTAL DIARY : A NOVEL. 
Ithaca, N.Y. : Firebrand Books, c1997.
Lambda Award for Lesbian Fiction; 1998 nominee. 

Rich, Adrienne Cecile.
DARK FIELDS OF THE REPUBLIC : POEMS, 1991-1995. 
New York : W.W. Norton, c1995.
LAMBDA AWARD FOR LESBIAN POETRY; 1996 WINNER. 

Merrin, Jeredith, 1944-
SHIFT. 
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1996.
LAMBDA AWARD FOR LESBIAN POETRY; 1997 NOMINEE. 

Myles, Eileen.
SCHOOL OF FISH. 
Santa Rosa, Calif. : Black Sparrow Press, 1997.
Lambda Award for Lesbian Poetry; 1998 nominee. 

Brooten, Bernadette J.
LOVE BETWEEN WOMEN : EARLY CHRISTIAN RESPONSES TO FEMALE HOMOEROTICISM. 
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996.
LAMBDA AWARD FOR LESBIAN STUDIES; 1997 WINNER. 

QUEERLY CLASSED / : EDITED BY SUSAN RAFFO. 
Boston, MA : South End Press, c1996. 
Lambda Award for Lesbian Studies; 1998 nominee. 

Souhami, Diana.
MRS. KEPPEL AND HER DAUGHTER. 
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997.
Lambda Award for Lesbian Studies; 1998 nominee. 

Stein, Arlene.
SEX AND SENSIBILITY : STORIES OF A LESBIAN GENERATION. 
Berkeley : University of California Press, c1997.
Lambda Award for Lesbian Studies; 1998 nominee. 

Giard, Robert. 
PARTICULAR VOICES : PORTRAITS OF GAY AND LESBIAN WRITERS / : ROBERT GIARD. 
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1997. 
LAMBDA AWARD FOR PHOTOGRAPHY/VISUAL ARTS; 1998 WINNER. 

Barker, Clive, 1952-
SACRAMENT. 
New York : HarperCollins, c1996.
LAMBDA AWARD FOR SF/FANTASY; 1997 WINNER. 


Bawer, Bruce, 1956-
STEALING JESUS : HOW FUNDAMENTALISM BETRAYS CHRISTIANITY. 
New York : Crown Publishers, c1997.
LAMBDA AWARD FOR SPIRITUALITY; 1998 NOMINEE. 

THE ESSENTIAL GAY MYSTICS / : EDITED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREW 
HARVEY. 
San Francisco : HarperSanFrancisco, 1997. 
LAMBDA AWARD FOR SPIRITUALITY; 1998 NOMINEE. 

Alpert, Rebecca T. (Rebecca Trachtenberg), 1950-
LIKE BREAD ON THE SEDER PLATE : JEWISH LESBIANS AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF 
TRADITION. 
New York : Columbia University Press, c1997.
LAMBDA AWARD FOR SPIRITUALITY; 1998 WINNER. 

Burke, Phyllis, 1951-
GENDER SHOCK : EXPLODING THE MYTHS OF MALE AND FEMALE. 
New York : Anchor Books, c1996.
LAMBDA AWARD FOR TRANSGENDER; 1997 NOMINEE. 

Erauso, Catalina de, b. ca. 1592.
LIEUTENANT NUN : MEMOIR OF A BASQUE TRANSVESTITE IN THE NEW WORLD / 
TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH BY MICHELE STEPTO AND GABRIEL STEPTO ; FOREWORD
BY MARJORIE GARBER.
Boston : Beacon Press, 1996.
LAMBDA AWARD FOR TRANSGENDER; 1997 NOMINEE. 

Prieur, Annick. 
MEMA'S HOUSE, MEXICO CITY : ON TRANSVESTITES, QUEENS, AND MACHOS / : ANNICK
PRIEUR. 
Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1998. 
LAMBDA AWARD FOR TRANSGENDER; 1998 NOMINEE. 

Wilchins, Riki Anne, 1952-
READ MY LIPS : SEXUAL SUBVERSION AND THE END OF GENDER. 
Ithaca, N.Y. : Firebrand Books, c1997.
LAMBDA AWARD FOR TRANSGENDER; 1998 NOMINEE. 

Campo, Rafael.
THE POETRY OF HEALING : A DOCTOR'S EDUCATION IN EMPATHY, IDENTITY, AND 
DESIRE. 
New York : W.W. Norton, c1997.
Lambda Literary Award; 1998 winner.

Lillian Smith Book Awards







Brown, John Gregory.
DECORATIONS IN A RUINED CEMETERY. 
New York : Avon Books, 1995, [i.e. 1994] .
Lillian Smith Book Award; 1994 winner.

Grooms, Anthony.
TROUBLE NO MORE : STORIES. 
Palo Alto, Calif. : La Questa Press, c1995.
Lillian Smith Book Award; 1996 winner for fiction.




Curry, Constance, 1933-
SILVER RIGHTS. 
Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1995.
Lillian Smith Book Award; 1996 winner for nonfiction.

Rainey, John Calvin, 1951-
THE THANG THAT ATE MY GRANDADDY'S DOG : A NOVEL. 
Sarasota, Fla. : Pineapple Press, c1997.
Lillian Smith Book Award; 1997 finalist for fiction.

Richards, Judith.
TOO BLUE TO FLY. 
Atlanta, Ga. : Longstreet Press, c1997.
Lillian Smith Book Award; 1997 finalist for fiction.

Applebome, Peter.
DIXIE RISING : HOW THE SOUTH IS SHAPING AMERICAN VALUES, POLITICS AND 
CULTURE. 
New York : Times Books, c1996.
Lillian Smith Book Award; 1997 finalist for nonfiction.

Bond, Horace Mann, 1904-1972.
THE STAR CREEK PAPERS. 
Athens : University of Georgia Press, c1997.
Lillian Smith Book Award; 1997 finalist for nonfiction.

Frazier, Charles, 1950-
COLD MOUNTAIN. 
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c1997.
Lillian Smith Book Award; 1997 winner for fiction.

Berry, John M.
RISING TIDE : THE GREAT MISSISSIPPI FLOOD OF 1927 AND HOW IT CHANGED 
AMERICA. 
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1997.
Lillian Smith Book Award; 1997 winner for nonfiction.

LJ Best Business Books







Cooper, Robert K.
EXECUTIVE EQ : EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONS. 
New York : Grosset/Putnam, c1997.
LJ best business book of 97. 

THE NEW BUSINESS OF BUSINESS : SHARING RESPONSIBILITY FOR A POSITIVE GLOBAL
FUTURE / EDITED BY WILLIS HARMAN & MAYA PORTER.
San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c1997.
LJ best business book of 97. 

Quinn, James Brian, 1928-
INNOVATION EXPLOSION : USING INTELLECT AND SOFTWARE TO REVOLUTIONIZE GROWTH
STRATEGIES. 
New York : Free Press, c1997.
LJ best business book of 97. 

Rau, John.
SECRETS FROM THE SEARCH FIRM FILES : WHAT IT REALLY TAKES TO GET AHEAD IN 
CORPORATE JUNGLE. 
New York : McGraw-Hill, c1997.
LJ best business book of 97. 



Schank, Roger, 1946-
VIRTUAL LEARNING : A REVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO BUILDING A HIGHLY SKILLED 
WORKFORCE. 
New York : McGraw-Hill, c1997.
LJ best business book of 97. 

Beckwith, Harry.
SELLING THE INVISIBLE : A FIELD GUIDE TO MODERN MARKETING. 
New York : Warner Books, c1997.
LJ best business books 1997. 

Davenport, Thomas H., 1954-
WORKING KNOWLEDGE : HOW ORGANIZATIONS MANAGE WHAT THEY KNOW / : THOMAS H. 
DAVENPORT, LAURENCE PRUSAK. 
Boston, Mass : Harvard Business School Press, c1998. 
LJ best business books 1997. 

Downs, Alan. 
BEYOND THE LOOKING GLASS : OVERCOMING THE SEDUCTIVE CULTURE OF CORPORATE 
NARCISSISM / : ALAN DOWNS. 
New York : AMACOM, 1997. 
LJ best business books 1997. 

Funakawa, Atsushi.
TRANSCULTURAL MANAGEMENT : A NEW APPROACH FOR GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, c1997.
LJ best business books 1997. 

Geus, Arie de. 
THE LIVING COMPANY / : BY ARIE DE GUESS. 
Boston : Harvard Business School Press, 1997. 
LJ best business books 1997. 

Greider, William. 
ONE WORLD, READY OR NOT : THE MANIC LOGIC OF GLOBAL CAPITALISM / : WILLIAM 
GREIDER. 
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1997. 
LJ best business books 1997. 

Hope, Jeremy. 
COMPETING IN THE THIRD WAVE : THE TEN KEY MANAGEMENT ISSUES OF THE 
INFORMATION AGE / : JEREMY HOPE, TONY HOPE. 
Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, c1997. 
LJ best business books 1997. 

Jackson, Tim, 1965-
INSIDE INTEL : ANDY GROVE AND THE RISE OF THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL CHIP 
COMPANY. 
New York : Dutton, c1997.
LJ best business books 1997. 

Kanigel, Robert.
THE ONE BEST WAY : FREDERICK WINSLOW TAYLOR AND THE ENIGMA OF EFFICIENCY. 
New York : Viking, 1997.
LJ best business books 1997. 




THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FUTURE / FRANCES HESSELBEIN, MARSHALL GOLDSMITH, 
RICHARD BECKHARD, EDITORS.
San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass Publishers, c1997.
LJ best business books 1997. 

O'Shea, James (James E.). 
DANGEROUS COMPANY : THE CONSULTING POWERHOUSES AND THE BUSINESSES THEY SAVE
AND RUIN. 
New York : Times Business, c1997.
LJ best business books 1997. 

Peppers, Don. 
ENTERPRISE ONE TO ONE : TOOLS FOR COMPETING IN THE INTERACTIVE AGE / : DON 
PEPPERS AND MARTHA ROGERS. 
New York : Currency Doubleday, 1997. 
LJ best business books 1997. 

Schwartz, Evan I.
WEBONOMICS : NINE ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES FOR GROWING YOUR BUSINESS ON THE 
WORLD WIDE WEB. 
New York, NY : Broadway Books, 1998, c1997.
LJ Best business books 1997. 

Sherden, William A.
THE FORTUNE SELLERS : THE BIG BUSINESS OF BUYING AND SELLING PREDICTIONS. 
New York : John Wiley, c1998.
LJ best business books 1997. 

Smith, J. Walker. 
ROCKING THE AGES : THE YANKELOVICH REPORT ON GENERATIONAL MARKETING / : BY 
J. WALKER SMITH AND ANN CLURMAN. 
New York : HarperBusiness, 1997. 
LJ Best business books 1997. 

Stevenson, Howard H. 
DO LUNCH OR BE LUNCH : THE POWER OF PREDICTABILITY IN CREATING YOUR FUTURE 
/ : HOWARD H. STEVENSON, WITH JEFFREY L. CRUIKSHANK ; AND RESEARCH 
ASSISTANCE BY MIHNEA C. MOLDOVEANU. 
Boston : Harvard Business School Press, 1998. 
LJ best business books 1997. 

Stewart, Thomas A., 1948-
INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL : THE NEW WEALTH OF ORGANIZATIONS / : THOMAS A. 
STEWART. 
New York : Currency, Doubleday, 1997. 
LJ best business books 1997. 

Sveiby, Karl Erik.
THE NEW ORGANIZATIONAL WEALTH : MANAGING & MEASURING KNOWLEDGE-BASED 
ASSETS. 
San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c1997.
LJ best business books 1997. 

Tapscott, Don, 1947-
GROWING UP DIGITAL : THE RISE OF THE NET GENERATION. 
New York : McGraw-Hill, c1998.
LJ best business books 1997. 




Tichy, Noel M. 
THE LEADERSHIP ENGINE : HOW WINNING COMPANIES BUILD LEADERS AT EVERY LEVEL 
/ : BY NOEL TICHY WITH ELI COHEN. 
New York : Harper Business, 1997. 
LJ best business books 1997. 

Albright, Mary.
101 BIGGEST MISTAKES MANAGERS MAKE AND HOW TO AVOID THEM. 
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1997.
LJ best business books of 97. 

Bennis, Warren G.
ORGANIZING GENIUS : THE SECRETS OF CREATIVE COLLABORATION. 
Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, c1997.
LJ best business books of 97. 

Iverson, Ken.
PLAIN TALK : LESSONS FROM A BUSINESS MAVERICK. 
New York : Wiley, c1998.
LJ best business books of 97. 

Reid, Robert, 1965-
ARCHITECTS OF THE WEB : 1,000 DAYS THAT BUILT THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS. 
New York : John Wiley & Sons, c1997.
LJ best business books of 97. 

Zohar, Danah, 1945-
REWIRING THE CORPORATE BRAIN : USING THE NEW SCIENCE TO RETHINK HOW WE 
STRUCTURE AND LEAD ORGANIZATIONS. 
San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c1997.
LJ best business books of 97.

LJ's Best Books







Banville, John.
THE UNTOUCHABLE : A NOVEL. 
New York : Knopf, 1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 

Bear, Greg, 1951-
[SLANT]. 
New York : Tor, 1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 

Berry, John M.
RISING TIDE : THE GREAT MISSISSIPPI FLOOD OF 1927 AND HOW IT CHANGED 
AMERICA. 
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 

Bosworth, Patricia.
ANYTHING YOUR LITTLE HEART DESIRES : AN AMERICAN FAMILY STORY. 
New York : Simon & Schuster, c1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 

Bradbury, Ray, 1920-
DRIVING BLIND. 
New York : Avon Books, c1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 




Brewer, John. 
THE PLEASURES OF THE IMAGINATION : ENGLISH CULTURE IN THE EIGHTEENTH 
CENTURY / : JOHN BREWER. 
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997. 
LJ's Best of '97. 

Deane, Seamus, 1940-
READING IN THE DARK. 
New York : Knopf, 1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 

DeLillo, Don. 
UNDERWORLD / : DON DELILLO. 
New York : Scribner, 1997. 
LJ's Best of '97. 

Eagle, Kathleen.
THE NIGHT REMEMBERS. 
New York : Avon, 1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 

Fadiman, Anne. 
THE SPIRIT CATCHES YOU AND YOU FALL DOWN : A HMONG CHILD, HER AMERICAN 
DOCTORS, AND THE COLLISION OF TWO CULTURES. 
New York : Farrar Strauss, c1997. 
LJ's Best of '97. 

Fitzgerald, Penelope.
THE BLUE FLOWER. 
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [1996?], c1995.
LJ's Best of '97. 

Forbes, Edith, 1954-
EXIT TO REALITY. 
Seattle, Wash. : Seal Press, c1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 

Foster, R. F. (Robert Fitzroy), 1949-
W.B. YEATS : A LIFE. 
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997-
LJ's Best of '97. 

Garcia-Aguilera, Carolina.
BLOODY SHAME : A LUPE SOLANO MYSTERY. 
New York : G.P. Putnam's, c1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 

Garment, Leonard.
CRAZY RHYTHM : MY JOURNEY FROM BROOKLYN, JAZZ, AND WALL STREET TO NIXON'S 
WHITE HOUSE, WATERGATE, AND BEYOND--
New York : Times Books, c1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 

Garton Ash, Timothy.
THE FILE : A PERSONAL HISTORY. 
New York : Random House, c1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 




Gash, Jonathan.
DIFFERENT WOMEN DANCING. 
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 

Gates, Henry Louis.
THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT A BLACK MAN. 
New York : Random House, c1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 

Graham, Katharine, 1917-
PERSONAL HISTORY / : KATHARINE GRAHAM. 
New York : A.A. Knopf, 1997. 
LJ's Best of '97. 

Haldeman, Joe W.
FOREVER PEACE. 
New York : Ace Books, 1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 

Hall, Stephen S.
A COMMOTION IN THE BLOOD : LIFE, DEATH, AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. 
New York : Henry Holt, 1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 

Hosking, Geoffrey A. 
RUSSIA : PEOPLE AND EMPIRE, 1552-1917 / : GEOFFREY HOSKING. 
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1997. 
LJ's Best of '97. 

James, P. D.
A CERTAIN JUSTICE. 
New York : Knopf, 1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 

Johnson, Denis, 1949-
ALREADY DEAD : A CALIFORNIA GOTHIC. 
New York : HarperCollins, c1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 

Kurlansky, Mark.
COD : A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FISH THAT CHANGED THE WORLD. 
New York : Walker and Co., 1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 

Lawrence, Margaret (Margaret K.). 
BLOOD RED ROSES. 
New York : Avon Books, c1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 

Makine, Andrei, 1957-
DREAMS OF MY RUSSIAN SUMMERS. 
New York : Arcade Publishing, 1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 




Matteson, Stefanie.
MURDER UNDER THE PALMS. 
New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 

Moore, Kate.
A PRINCE AMONG MEN. 
New York : Avon Books, c1997.
LJ's best of '97. 

Niven, Penelope.
STEICHEN : A BIOGRAPHY. 
New York : Clarkson Potter, c1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 

Roth, Philip.
AMERICAN PASTORAL. 
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 

Roy, Arundhati. 
THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS. 
New York : Random House, c1997. 
LJ's Best of '97. 

Russo, Richard, 1949-
THE STRAIGHT MAN : A NOVEL. 
New York : Random House, 1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 

Sawyer, Robert J.
FRAMESHIFT. 
New York : Tor, 1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 

Schmemann, Serge, 1945-
ECHOES OF A NATIVE LAND : TWO CENTURIES OF A RUSSIAN VILLAGE. 
New York: Knopf, 1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 

Schom, Alan.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE /  ALAN SCHOM.
New York : HarperCollins, c1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 

Shesol, Jeff. 
MUTUAL CONTEMPT : LYNDON JOHNSON, ROBERT KENNEDY, AND THE FEUD THAT DEFINED
A DECADE / : JEFF SHESOL. 
New York : W.W. Norton, 1997. 
LJ's Best of '97. 

Shipler, David K., 1942-
A COUNTRY OF STRANGERS : BLACKS AND WHITES IN AMERICA / : DAVID K. SHIPLER.
New York : Knopf, 1997. 
LJ's Best of '97. 




Singh, Simon. 
FERMAT'S ENIGMA : THE QUEST TO SOLVE THE WORLD'S GREATEST MATHEMATICAL 
PROBLEM / : SIMON SINGH ; FOREWARD BY JOHN LYNCH. 
New York : Walker, 1997. 
LJ's Best of '97. 

Swafford, Jan.
JOHANNES BRAHMS : A BIOGRAPHY. 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, Inc., 1997.
LJ's Best of '97. 

Tanenhaus, Sam. 
WHITTAKER CHAMBERS : A BIOGRAPHY / : SAM TANENHAUS. 
New York : Random House, 1997. 
LJ's Best of '97. 

Tommasini, Anthony, 1948-
VIRGIL THOMSON : COMPOSER ON THE AISLE. 
New York : W.W. Norton, c1997.
LJ's best of '97.

Locus Awards







Card, Orson Scott.
ALVIN JOURNEYMAN. 
New York : Tor Books, 1995.
Locus Award; 1996 award for fantasy novel.

Powers, Tim, 1952-
EXPIRATION DATE. 
New York : Tor, 1996.
Locus Award; 1996 winner for Dark Fantasy/Horror.

McKitterick Prize







Blanchard, Stephen, 1950-
GAGARIN AND I. 
London : Chatto & Windus, 1995.
McKitterick Prize; 1996 winner.

McVitie's Prize







Spence, Alan.
STONE GARDEN AND OTHER STORIES. 
London : Phoenix House, c1995.
McVitie's Prize (UK); 1996 winner.

Medici Award







Makine, Andrei, 1957-
DREAMS OF MY RUSSIAN SUMMERS. 
New York : Arcade Publishing, 1997.
Medici Award; 1995 winner.

Mexico National Book Award







Giardinelli, Mempo, 1947-
SULTRY MOON / TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH BY PATRICIA J. DUNCAN.
Pittsburgh, PA : Latin American Literary Review Press, 1998.
Mexico's National Book Award, Winner.

Mildred L. Batchelder Awards







Yumoto, Kazumi.
THE FRIENDS / TRANSLATED BY CATHY HIRANO.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996.
Mildred L. Batchelder Award for the most outstanding book originally 
published in a foreign country and subsequently translated into English and
published in the United States of America; 1997 winner.

Orlev, Uri, 1931-
THE LADY WITH THE HAT / TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW BY HILLEL HALKIN.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1995.
Mildred L. Batchelder Children's Book Award; 1996 winner.

Mountain & Plains Booksellers Awards








Bass, Rick, 1958-
WHERE THE SEA USED TO BE. 
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1998.
Mountain & Plains Booksellers Association; Regional Book Award Winner, 
1998. 

Shoumatoff, Alex.
LEGENDS OF THE AMERICAN DESERT : SOJOURNS IN THE GREATER SOUTHWEST. 
New York : Knopf, 1997.
Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association; Regional Book Award Winner, 
1998. 

Tapahonso, Luci. 
BLUE HORSES RUSH IN : POEMS AND STORIES. 
Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c1997. 
Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association; Regional Book Award Winner, 
1998.

National Book Award







Hansen, Ron, 1947-
ATTICUS : A NOVEL. 
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c1996. 
National Book Award; 1996 finalist for fiction.

McCracken, Elizabeth. 
THE GIANT'S HOUSE : A ROMANCE. 
New York : Dial Press, 1996. 
National Book Award; 1996 finalist for fiction.

Millhauser, Steven.
MARTIN DRESSLER : THE TALE OF AN AMERICAN DREAMER. 
New York : Crown, c1996.
National Book Award; 1996 finalist for fiction.

Peery, Janet.
THE RIVER BEYOND THE WORLD. 
New York : Picador USA, 1996.
National Book Award; 1996 finalist for fiction.

Greene, Melissa Fay. 
THE TEMPLE BOMBING. 
Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, 1996. 
National Book Award; 1996 finalist for nonfiction.

Hendrickson, Paul. 
THE LIVING AND THE DEAD : ROBERT MCNAMARA AND FIVE LIVES OF A LOST WAR. 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. 
National Book Award; 1996 finalist for nonfiction.

Roiphe, Anne Richardson, 1935-
FRUITFUL : A REAL MOTHER IN THE MODERN WORLD. 
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1996.
National Book Award; 1996 finalist for nonfiction.


Clifton, Lucille, 1936-
THE TERRIBLE STORIES : POEMS. 
Brockport, NY : BOA Editions, c1996.
National Book Award; 1996 finalist for poetry.

Hass, Robert.
SUN UNDER WOOD : NEW POEMS. 
Hopewell, N.J. : Ecco Press, c1996.
National Book Award; 1996 finalist for poetry.

Ostriker, Alicia. 
THE CRACK IN EVERYTHING /  ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER. 
Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c1996. 
National Book Award; 1996 finalist for poetry.

Simic, Charles, 1938-
WALKING THE BLACK CAT : POEMS. 
New York : Harcourt Brace & Co., c1996.
National Book Award; 1996 finalist for poetry.

Coman, Carolyn. 
WHAT JAMIE SAW. 
Arden, N.C. : Front Street, 1995. 
National Book Award; 1996 finalist for young people's literature.

Farmer, Nancy.
A GIRL NAMED DISASTER. 
New York : Orchard Books, c1996.
National Book Award; 1996 finalist for Young People's Literature.

Kim, Helen S.
THE LONG SEASON OF RAIN. 
New York : Holt, 1996.
National Book Award; 1996 finalist for Young People's Literature.

Nolan, Han.
SEND ME DOWN A MIRACLE. 
San Diego : Harcourt Brace & Co., c1996.
National Book Award; 1996 finalist for young people's literature.

Barrett, Andrea.
SHIP FEVER AND OTHER STORIES. 
New York : Norton, c1996.
National Book Award; 1996 winner for fiction.

Carroll, James,
AN AMERICAN REQUIEM : GOD, MY FATHER, AND THE WAR THAT CAME BETWEEN US / : 
JAMES CARROLL. 
Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1996. 
National Book Award; 1996 winner for nonfiction.

Martinez, Victor, 1954-
PARROT IN THE OVEN : MI VIDA : A NOVEL. 
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c1996.
National Book Award; 1996 winner for young people's literature.

DeLillo, Don. 
UNDERWORLD / : DON DELILLO. 
New York : Scribner, 1997. 
National Book Award; 1997 finalist for fiction.

Johnson, Diane.
LE DIVORCE. 
New York : Dutton, c1997.
National Book Award; 1997 finalist for fiction.

Just, Ward S.
ECHO HOUSE. 
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
National Book Award; 1997 finalist for fiction.

Ozick, Cynthia.
THE PUTTERMESSER PAPERS. 
New York : Alfred Knopf, 1997.
National Book Award; 1997 finalist for fiction.

Kertzer, David I., 1948-
THE KIDNAPPING OF EDGARDO MORTARA. 
New York : Alfred Knopf, 1997.
National Book Award; 1997 finalist for nonfiction.

Kincaid, Jamaica. 
MY BROTHER / : JAMAICA KINCAID. 
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997. 
National Book Award; 1997 finalist for nonfiction.

Lynch, Thomas, 1948-
THE UNDERTAKING : LIFE STUDIES FROM THE DISMAL TRADE / : THOMAS LYNCH. 
New York : W.W. Norton, 1997. 
National Book Award; 1997 finalist for nonfiction.

Tanenhaus, Sam. 
WHITTAKER CHAMBERS : A BIOGRAPHY / : SAM TANENHAUS. 
New York : Random House, 1997. 
National Book Award; 1997 finalist for nonfiction.

Balaban, John, 1943-
LOCUSTS AT THE EDGE OF SUMMER : NEW & SELECTED POEMS. 
Port Townsend, Wash. : Copper Canyon Press, c1997.
National Book Award; 1997 finalist for poetry.

Bidart, Frank, 1939-
DESIRE. 
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997.
National Book Award; 1997 finalist for poetry.

Lindsay, Sarah, 1958-
PRIMATE BEHAVIOR. 
New York : Grove Press, 1997.
National Book Award; 1997 finalist for poetry.


Waniek, Marilyn Nelson, 1946-
THE FIELDS OF PRAISE : NEW AND SELECTED POEMS. 
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1997.
National Book Award; 1997 finalist for poetry.

Cole, Brock.
THE FACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. 
Arden, N.C. : Front Street, 1997.
National Book Award; 1997 finalist for young people's literature.

Griffin, Adele.
SONS OF LIBERTY. 
New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c1997.
National Book Award; 1997 finalist for young people's literature.

McGuigan, Mary Ann.
WHERE YOU BELONG : A NOVEL. 
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1997.
National Book Award; 1997 finalist for young people's literature.

Seidler, Tor. 
MEAN MARGARET / ILLUSTRATED BY JON AGEE. 
New York, N.Y. : HarperCollins Children's Books, 1997. 
National Book Award; 1997 finalist for young people's literature.

Frazier, Charles, 1950-
COLD MOUNTAIN. 
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c1997.
National Book Award; 1997 winner for fiction.

Ellis, Joseph J.
AMERICAN SPHINX : THE CHARACTER OF THOMAS JEFFERSON. 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
National Book Award; 1997 winner for nonfiction.

Meredith, William, 1919-
EFFORT AT SPEECH : NEW AND SELECTED POEMS. 
Evanston, Ill. : TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press, c1997.
National Book Award; 1997 winner for poetry.

Nolan, Han.
DANCING ON THE EDGE. 
San Diego : Harcourt Brace, 1997.
National Book Award; 1997 winner for Young People's Literature.

Goodman, Allegra.
KAATERSKILL FALLS : A NOVEL. 
New York : Dial Press, 1998.
National Book Award; 1998 finalist for fiction.

Jones, Gayl.
THE HEALING. 
Boston : Beacon Press, c1998.
National Book Award; 1998 finalist for fiction.




Stone, Robert, 1937?-
DAMASCUS GATE / : ROBERT STONE. 
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1998. 
National Book Award; 1998 finalist for fiction.

Wolfe, Tom.
A MAN IN FULL : A NOVEL. 
New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1998.
National Book Award; 1998 finalist for fiction.

Bloom, Harold.
SHAKESPEARE : THE INVENTION OF THE HUMAN. 
New York : Riverhead, 1998.
National Book Award; 1998 finalist for nonfiction.

Eliach, Yaffa. 
THERE ONCE WAS A WORLD : A NINE-HUNDRED-YEAR CHRONICLE OF THE SHTETL OF 
EISHYSHOK / : YAFFA ELIACH. 
Boston : Little, Brown and Co., 1998. 
National Book Award; 1998 finalist for nonfiction.

Kephart, Beth.
A SLANT OF SUN : ONE CHILD'S COURAGE. 
New York : Norton, c1998.
National Book Award; 1998 finalist for nonfiction.

Mayer, Henry, 1941-
ALL ON FIRE : WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON AND THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY / : HENRY
MAYER. 
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998. 
National Book Award; 1998 finalist for nonfiction.

Fairchild, B. H.
THE ART OF THE LATHE : POEMS. 
Farmington, Me. : Alice James Books, c1998.
National Book Award; 1998 finalist for poetry.

Ostriker, Alicia.
THE LITTLE SPACE : POEMS SELECTED AND NEW, 1968-1998. 
Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c1998.
National Book Award; 1998 finalist for poetry.

Pastan, Linda, 1932-
CARNIVAL EVENING : NEW AND SELECTED POEMS, 1968-1998. 
New York : W.W. Norton, c1998.
National Book Award; 1998 finalist for poetry.

Phillips, Carl, 1959-
FROM THE DEVOTIONS : POEMS. 
Saint Paul, Minn. : Graywolf Press, c1998.
National Book Award; 1998 finalist for poetry.

Cameron, Ann, 1943-
THE SECRET LIFE OF AMANDA K. WOODS. 
New York : Frances Foster Books, 1998.
National Book Award; 1998 finalist for young people's literature.




Gantos, Jack.
JOEY PIGZA SWALLOWED THE KEY. 
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.
National Book Award; 1998 finalist for young people's literature.

Lobel, Anita.
NO PRETTY PICTURES : A CHILD OF WAR. 
New York : Greenwillow Books, c1998.
National Book Award; 1998 finalist for young people's literature.

Peck, Richard, 1934-
A LONG WAY FROM CHICAGO : A NOVEL IN STORIES. 
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1998.
National Book Award; 1998 finalist for young people's literature.

McDermott, Alice.
CHARMING BILLY. 
New York : Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1998.
National Book Award; 1998 winner for fiction.

Ball, Edward, 1959-
SLAVES IN THE FAMILY. 
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.
National Book Award; 1998 winner for nonfiction.

Stern, Gerald, 1925-
THIS TIME : NEW AND SELECTED POEMS. 
New York : W.W. Norton, c1998.
National Book Award; 1998 winner for poetry.

Sachar, Louis, 1954-
HOLES. 
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.
National Book Award; 1998 winner for young people's literature.

National Book Critics CircleAwards







Crouch, Stanley. 
THE ALL-AMERICAN SKIN GAME, OR, THE DECOY OF RACE : THE LONG AND THE SHORT 
OF IT, 1990-1994. 
New York : Pantheon Books, c1995. 
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1995 nominee for criticism.

Disch, Thomas M. 
THE CASTLE OF INDOLENCE : ON POETRY, POETS, AND POETASTERS. 
New York : Picador USA, 1995. 
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1995 nominee for criticism.

West, Paul, 1930-
THE TENT OF ORANGE MIST : A NOVEL. 
New York : Scribner, c1995. 
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1995 nominee for fiction.

Blais, Madeleine. 
IN THESE GIRLS, HOPE IS A MUSCLE. 
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c1995. 
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1995 nominee for general nonfiction.

Butterfield, Fox. 
ALL GOD'S CHILDREN : THE BOSKET FAMILY AND THE AMERICAN TRADITION OF 
VIOLENCE. 
New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1995. 
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1995 nominee for general nonfiction.

Hull, Lynda, 1954-
THE ONLY WORLD : POEMS /  BY LYNDA HULL ; EDITED WITH A FORWORD BY DAVID 
WOJAHN. 
New York, NY : HarperPerennial, c1995. 
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1995 nominee for poetry.

Phillips, Carl, 1959-
CORTEGE. 
Saint Paul, Minn. : Graywolf Press, c1995. 
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1995 nominee for poetry.

Voigt, Ellen Bryant, 1943-
KYRIE : POEMS. 
New York : W.W. Norton, c1995. 
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1995 nominee for poetry.

Polito, Robert, 1951-
SAVAGE ART : A BIOGRAPHY OF JIM THOMPSON. 
New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, c1995. 
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1996 winner for biography.

Matthews, William, 1942-
TIME & MONEY : NEW POEMS. 
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1995. 
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1996 winner for poetry.

McCourt, Frank.
ANGELA'S ASHES : A MEMOIR. 
New York : Scribner, c1996.
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1997 winner for biography/
autobiography.

Gass, William H., 1924-
FINDING A FORM : ESSAYS /  BY WILLIAM H. GASS. 
New York : Knopf, 1996. 
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1997 winner for criticism.

Berriault, Gina.
WOMEN IN THEIR BEDS : NEW AND SELECTED STORIES. 
Washington, D.C. : Counterpoint ; [Emeryville, Calif.] : Distributed by 
Publishers Group West, c1996.
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1997 winner for fiction.

Raban, Jonathan.
BAD LAND : AN AMERICAN ROMANCE. 
New York : Pantheon Books, 1996.
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1997 winner for General Nonfiction.

Hass, Robert.
SUN UNDER WOOD : NEW POEMS. 
Hopewell, N.J. : Ecco Press, c1996.
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1997 winner for poetry.



Coetzee, J. M., 1940-
BOYHOOD : SCENES FROM PROVINCIAL LIFE / : J.M. COETZEE. 
New York : Viking, 1997. 
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1998 finalist for biography & 
autobiography. 

Ellis, Joseph J.
AMERICAN SPHINX : THE CHARACTER OF THOMAS JEFFERSON. 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1998 finalist for biography & 
autobiography. 

Lee, Hermione.
VIRGINIA WOOLF. 
New York : A.A. Knopf ; Distributed by Random House, 1997.
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1998 finalist for biography & 
autobiography. 

Lessing, Doris May, 1919-
WALKING IN THE SHADE : VOLUME TWO OF MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY ; 1949-1962 / : BY 
DORIS LESSING. 
New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, 1997. 
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1998 finalist for biography & 
autobiography. 

Brewer, John. 
THE PLEASURES OF THE IMAGINATION : ENGLISH CULTURE IN THE EIGHTEENTH 
CENTURY / : JOHN BREWER. 
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997. 
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1998 finalist for criticism. 

Gornick, Vivian.
THE END OF THE NOVEL OF LOVE. 
Boston : Beacon Press, c1997.
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1998 finalist for criticism. 

Kazin, Alfred, 1915-
GOD AND THE AMERICAN WRITER / : ALFRED KAZIN. 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. 
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1998 finalist for criticism. 

Vendler, Helen Hennessy.
THE ART OF SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS. 
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1997.
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1998 finalist for criticism. 

DeLillo, Don. 
UNDERWORLD / : DON DELILLO. 
New York : Scribner, 1997. 
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1998 finalist for fiction. 

Frazier, Charles, 1950-
COLD MOUNTAIN. 
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c1997.
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1998 finalist for fiction. 




Makine, Andrei, 1957-
DREAMS OF MY RUSSIAN SUMMERS. 
New York : Arcade Publishing, 1997.
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1998 finalist for fiction. 

Roth, Philip.
AMERICAN PASTORAL. 
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1998 finalist for fiction. 

Krakauer, Jon.
INTO THIN AIR : A PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE MOUNT EVEREST DISASTER. 
New York : Villard, c1997.
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1998 finalist for general nonfiction. 

Kugel, James L.
THE BIBLE AS IT WAS. 
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1997.
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1998 finalist for general nonfiction. 

Maier, Pauline, 1938-
AMERICAN SCRIPTURE : MAKING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. 
New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, Inc., 1997.
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1998 finalist for general nonfiction. 

Pinker, Steven, 1954-
HOW THE MIND WORKS / : STEVEN PINKER. 
New York : W. W. Norton, 1997. 
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1998 finalist for general nonfiction. 

Bidart, Frank, 1939-
DESIRE. 
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997.
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1998 finalist for poetry. 

Hillman, Brenda.
LOOSE SUGAR. 
Hanover, NH : Wesleyan University Press, published by University Press of 
New England, c1997.
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1998 finalist for poetry. 

Jarman, Mark.
QUESTIONS FOR ECCLESIASTES : POEMS. 
Brownsville, OR : Story Line Press, 1997.
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1998 finalist for poetry. 

Sanchez, Sonia, 1935-
DOES YOUR HOUSE HAVE LIONS?
Boston : Beacon Press, c1997.
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1998 finalist for poetry. 

Tobin, James, 1956-
ERNIE PYLE'S WAR : AMERICA'S EYEWITNESS TO WORLD WAR II / : JAMES TOBIN. 
New York : Free Press, c1997. 
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1998 winner for biography & 
autobiography. 




Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936-
MAKING WAVES. 
New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997.
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1998 winner for criticism. 

Fitzgerald, Penelope.
THE BLUE FLOWER. 
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [1996?], c1995.
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1998 winner for fiction. 

Fadiman, Anne. 
THE SPIRIT CATCHES YOU AND YOU FALL DOWN : A HMONG CHILD, HER AMERICAN 
DOCTORS, AND THE COLLISION OF TWO CULTURES. 
New York : Farrar Strauss, c1997. 
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1998 winner for general nonfiction. 

Wright, Charles, 1935-
BLACK ZODIAC. 
New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1997.
National Book Critics Circle Award; 1998 winner for poetry.

NCR Book Award







Lomax, Eric.
THE RAILWAY MAN. 
London : Random House, 1996, c1995.
NCR Book Award (UK); 1996 winner for nonfiction.

Nebula Award







Sawyer, Robert J.
THE TERMINAL EXPERIMENT. 
New York, N.Y. : HarperPrism, c1995.
Nebula Award for science fiction; 1996 winner for best novel.

Neukstadt International Prize







Farah, Nuruddin, 1945-
SECRETS. 
New York : Arcade Pub., 1998.
Neustadt International Prize for Literature; 1998 winner.

New England Book Awards







Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie.
THE FIDDLER OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS. 
New York : Cobblehill Books, c1996.
New England Book Award; 1997 winner for children's literature.

THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE / HENRY LOUIS GATES, 
JR., NELLIE Y. MCKAY, GENERAL EDITORS.
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c1997.
New England Book Award; 1997 winner for editorial excellence.

Berg, Elizabeth.
JOY SCHOOL. 
New York : Random House, 1997.
New England Book Award; 1997 winner for fiction.

Carroll, James,
AN AMERICAN REQUIEM : GOD, MY FATHER, AND THE WAR THAT CAME BETWEEN US / : 
JAMES CARROLL. 
Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1996. 
New England Book Award; 1997 winner for nonfiction.

New Vision Prize








Lowe, Bia, 1950-
WILD RIDE : EARTHQUAKES, SNEEZES, AND OTHER THRILLS. 
New York : HarperPerennial, 1996, c1995.
New Visions Prize; 1997 winner.

New Voices Prize







Olds, Bruce.
RAISING HOLY HELL : A NOVEL. 
New York : Penguin Books, 1997.
New Voices Prize; 1997 winner.

Newbery Awards







Farmer, Nancy.
A GIRL NAMED DISASTER. 
New York : Orchard Books, c1996.
Newbery Honor Book, 1997. 

Giff, Patricia Reilly.
LILY'S CROSSING. 
New York : Delacorte, c1997.
Newbery Honor Book, 1998. 

Spinelli, Jerry.
WRINGER. 
New York : HarperCollins, 1997.
Newbery Honor Book, 1998. 

Levine, Gail Carson.
ELLA ENCHANTED. 
New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c1997.
Newbery Honor Book, 1998 (ages 9-12). 

Cushman, Karen. 
THE MIDWIFE'S APPRENTICE. 
New York : Clarion Books, c1995. 
Newbery Medal; 1996 winner.

Konigsburg, E. L.
THE VIEW FROM SATURDAY / E.L. KONIGSBURG.
New York, N.Y. : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1996.
Newbery Medal; 1997 winner.

Hesse, Karen.
OUT OF THE DUST. 
New York : Scholastic Press, 1997.
Newbery Medal; 1998 winner.

Nicholas Prize







Wiman, Christian, 1966-
THE LONG HOME. 
Ashland, OR : Story Line Press, 1998.
Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize.

Nobel Prizes







Halldor Laxness, 1902-
THE ATOM STATION / TRANSLATED BY MAGNUS MAGNUSSON.
Sag Harbor, N.Y. : Second Chance Press, c1982.
Nobel Prize for Literature; 1955 winner: Halldor Laxness.




Heaney, Seamus. 
CREDITING POETRY : THE NOBEL LECTURE / : SEAMUS HEANEY. 
New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1996. 
Nobel Prize for Literature; 1995 winner: Seamus Heaney.

Heaney, Seamus. 
THE HAW LANTERN. 
New York : Noonday Press, 1989. 
Nobel Prize for Literature; 1995 winner: Seamus Heaney.

Heaney, Seamus. 
THE SPIRIT LEVEL / : SEAMUS HEANEY. 
New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1996. 
Nobel Prize for Literature; 1995 winner: Seamus Heaney.

Heaney, Seamus. 
SWEENEY'S FLIGHT : BASED ON THE REVISED TEXT OF "SWEENEY ASTRAY" : WITH THE
COMPLETE REVISED TEXT OF "SWEENEY ASTRAY" / PHOTOGRAPHS BY RACHEL GIESE. 
London : Faber and Faber, c1992. 
Nobel Prize for Literature; 1995 winner: Seamus Heaney.

Szymborska, Wislawa.
PEOPLE ON A BRIDGE : POEMS / INTRODUCED AND TRANSLATED BY ADAM CZERNIAWSKI.
London ; Boston : Forest Books, 1990.
Nobel Prize for Literature; 1996 winner: Wislawa Szymborska.

Szymborska, Wislawa.
POEMS, NEW AND COLLECTED, 1957-1997. 
New York : Harcourt Brace, c1998.
Nobel Prize for Literature; 1996 winner: Wislawa Szymborska.

Szymborska, Wislawa.
VIEW WITH A GRAIN OF SAND : SELECTED POEMS / TRANSLATED FROM THE POLISH BY 
STANISLAW BARANCZAK AND CLARE CAVANAGH.
New York : Harcourt Brace and Co., c1995.
Nobel Prize for Literature; 1996 winner: Wislawa Szymborska.

Fo, Dario. 
THE POPE AND THE WITCH / SCRIPT EDITED BY FRANCA RAME; TRANSLATED BY ED 
EMERY. THE FIRST MIRACLE OF THE INFANT JESUS. 
Consortium Books, c1998. 
Nobel Prize for Literature; 1997 winner: Dario Fo.

Fo, Dario.
THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE / TRANSLATED BY JOE FARRELL ; EDITED AND WITH NOTES
BY STUART HOOD.
New York : Routledge, c1991.
Nobel Prize for Literature; 1997 winner: Dario Fo.

Saramago, Jose.
BLINDNESS : A NOVEL. 
New York : Harcourt Brace & Company, 1998.
Nobel Prize for Literature; 1998 winner: Jose Saramago.




Saramago, Jose. 
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JESUS CHRIST / TRANSLATED FROM THE PORTUGUESE BY 
GIOVANNI PONTIERO. 
San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1994. 
Nobel Prize for Literature; 1998 winner: Jose Saramago.

Saramago, Jose.
THE HISTORY OF THE SIEGE OF LISBON. 
New York : Harcourt Brace, 1997.
Nobel Prize for Literature; 1998 winner: Jose Saramago.

New York Times Awards







Abbott, Lee K. 
WET PLACES AT NOON / : LEE K. ABBOTT. 
Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c1997. 
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Adams, Alice, 1926-
MEDICINE MEN : A NOVEL. 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, Inc., 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Atkinson, Kate.
HUMAN CROQUET. 
New York : Picador USA, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939-
ALIAS GRACE. 
New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 1996.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Bakis, Kirsten.
LIVES OF THE MONSTER DOGS. 
New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Banville, John.
THE UNTOUCHABLE : A NOVEL. 
New York : Knopf, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Barthelme, Frederick, 1943-
BOB THE GAMBLER. 
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Bauer, Douglas.
THE BOOK OF FAMOUS IOWANS : A NOVEL. 
New York : Henry Holt, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Baxter, Charles, 1947-
BELIEVERS : A NOVELLA AND STORIES. 
New York : Pantheon Books, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 




Beattie, Ann.
MY LIFE, STARRING DARA FALCON. 
New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Bellow, Saul. 
THE ACTUAL : A NOVELLA / : SAUL BELLOW. 
New York : Viking, 1997. 
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Bergen, David, 1957-
A YEAR OF LESSER. 
Toronto : HarperCollins, c1996.
NY Times notable book of 1997. 

Berne, Suzanne.
A CRIME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD : A NOVEL. 
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Bloom, Amy, 1953-
LOVE INVENTS US. 
New York : Random House, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Boll, Heinrich, 1917-
THE MAD DOG : STORIES. 
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Boyd, William, 1952-
THE DESTINY OF NATHALIE X AND OTHER STORIES. 
New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Brodkey, Harold.
THE WORLD IS THE HOME OF LOVE AND DEATH : STORIES. 
New York : Metropolitan Books, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Brookner, Anita.
ALTERED STATES. 
New York : Random House, 1996.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Burgess, Anthony, 1917-
BYRNE : A NOVEL. 
New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Busch, Frederick, 1941-
GIRLS : A NOVEL. 
New York : Harmony Books, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 




Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936-
THE DJINN IN THE NIGHTINGALE'S EYE : FIVE FAIRY STORIES. 
New York : Random House, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Cameron, Peter, 1959-
ANDORRA. 
New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Caputo, Philip.
EXILES : THREE SHORT NOVELS. 
New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Carkeet, David.
THE ERROR OF OUR WAYS : A NOVEL. 
New York : Henry Holt, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Carlson, Ron.
THE HOTEL EDEN : STORIES. 
New York : W.W. Norton, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Chamoiseau, Patrick.
TEXACO : A NOVEL. 
New York : Pantheon Books, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Chandra, Vikram.
LOVE AND LONGING IN BOMBAY. 
Boston, Mass. : Little, Brown and Co., 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Clampitt, Amy.
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF AMY CLAMPITT.
New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Coover, Robert.
BRIAR ROSE. 
New York : Grove Press, c1996.
NY Times Notable book of 1997. 

Cowan, Andrew.
PIG. 
New York : Harcourt Brace & Co., 1996.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Crumey, Andrew, 1961-
PFITZ. 
New York : Picador USA , 1997,c1995.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 




Deane, Seamus, 1940-
READING IN THE DARK. 
New York : Knopf, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Dorris, Michael.
CLOUD CHAMBER : A NOVEL. 
New York : Scribner, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Duffy, Bruce.
LAST COMES THE EGG : A NOVEL. 
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Dufresne, John.
LOVE WARPS THE MIND A LITTLE. 
New York : Norton, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Eberstadt, Fernanda, 1960-
WHEN THE SONS OF HEAVEN MEET THE DAUGHTERS OF THE EARTH : A NOVEL. 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Edgerton, Clyde, 1944-
WHERE TROUBLE SLEEPS : A NOVEL. 
Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Eisenberg, Deborah.
ALL AROUND ATLANTIS. 
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Ellison, Ralph.
FLYING HOME AND OTHER STORIES. 
New York : Random House, 1996.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Epstein, Leslie.
PANDAEMONIUM : A NOVEL. 
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Fink, Ida.
TRACES : STORIES. 
New York : Henry Holt, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Fitzgerald, Penelope.
THE BOOKSHOP. 
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 




Ford, Richard, 1944-
WOMEN WITH MEN : THREE STORIES. 
New York : A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Frazier, Charles, 1950-
COLD MOUNTAIN. 
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Freed, Lynn.
THE MIRROR. 
New York : Crown Publishers, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Freeman, David, 1941-
ONE OF US. 
New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Frucht, Abby.
LIFE BEFORE DEATH. 
New York : Scribner, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Fuentes, Carlos.
THE CRYSTAL FRONTIER : A NOVEL IN NINE STORIES. 
New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Gaitskill, Mary, 1954-
BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO : STORIES. 
New York : Simon & Schuster, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Gallagher, Tess.
AT THE OWL WOMAN SALOON. 
New York : Scribner, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Garcia, Cristina, 1958-
THE AGUERO SISTERS : A NOVEL. 
New York : Knopf, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969-
PILGRIMS. 
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Giles, Molly.
CREEK WALK AND OTHER STORIES. 
Watsonville, CA : Papier-Mache Press, c1996.
NY Times Notable Book of 1997. 




Golden, Arthur, 1957-
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA : A NOVEL. 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Gottlieb, Eli, 1956-
THE BOY WHO WENT AWAY. 
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Graham, Jorie, 1951-
THE ERRANCY : POEMS. 
Hopewell, N.J. : Ecco Press, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Graver, Elizabeth, 1964-
UNRAVELLING. 
New York : Hyperion, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Gurganus, Allan, 1947-
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS. 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Hass, Robert.
SUN UNDER WOOD : NEW POEMS. 
Hopewell, N.J. : Ecco Press, c1996.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Hecht, Julie.
DO THE WINDOWS OPEN? : FICTION. 
New York : Random House, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Hempel, Amy.
TUMBLE HOME : A NOVELLA AND SHORT STORIES. 
New York : Scribner, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Hester, Katherine L.
EGGS FOR YOUNG AMERICA. 
Hanover : University Press of New England, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Hiaasen, Carl.
LUCKY YOU : A NOVEL. 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Higgins, George V., 1939-
A CHANGE OF GRAVITY. 
New York : Henry Holt, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 




Homer.
THE ODYSSEY / TRANSLATED BY ROBERT FAGLES ; INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY 
BERNARD KNOX.
New York : Viking, c1996.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Huneven, Michelle, 1953-
ROUND ROCK : A NOVEL. 
New York : A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Hynes, James.
PUBLISH AND PERISH : THREE TALES OF TENURE AND TERROR. 
New York : Picador USA, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Irwin, Robert, 1946-
EXQUISITE CORPSE. 
New York : Pantheon Books, [1997]. 
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Jennings, Kate.
SNAKE. 
Hopewell, N.J. : Ecco Press, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Johnson, Denis, 1949-
ALREADY DEAD : A CALIFORNIA GOTHIC. 
New York : HarperCollins, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Johnson, Diane.
LE DIVORCE. 
New York : Dutton, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Jones, Louis B.
CALIFORNIA'S OVER. 
New York : Pantheon Books, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Just, Ward S.
ECHO HOUSE. 
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Kadare, Ismail.
THE THREE-ARCHED BRIDGE. 
New York : Arcade Publishing, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Kumin, Maxine, 1925-
SELECTED POEMS, 1960-1990. 
New York : Norton, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 




Lattimore, Steve, 1965-
CIRCUMNAVIGATION. 
Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Lefcourt, Peter.
ABBREVIATING ERNIE : A NOVEL. 
New York : Villard, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Makine, Andrei, 1957-
DREAMS OF MY RUSSIAN SUMMERS. 
New York : Arcade Publishing, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Malamud, Bernard. 
THE COMPLETE STORIES / : BERNARD MALAMUD ; INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT GIROUX. 
New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1997. 
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Mallon, Thomas, 1951-
DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN. 
New York : Pantheon Books, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955.
SIX EARLY STORIES / TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN WITH A NOTE BY PETER 
CONSTANTINE ; EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BURTON PIKE.
Los Angeles : Sun & Moon Press, 1997.
NY Times notable book of 1997. 

Mantel, Hilary, 1952-
A CHANGE OF CLIMATE. 
New York : Henry Holt and Co., 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Matthiessen, Peter.
LOST MAN'S RIVER. 
New York : Random House, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Mattison, Alice.
MEN GIVING MONEY, WOMEN YELLING : INTERSECTING STORIES. 
New York : W. Morrow, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

McFarland, Dennis.
A FACE AT THE WINDOW. 
New York : Broadway Books, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

McGahan, Andrew.
1988. 
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 




McGrath, Patrick, 1950-
ASYLUM / PATRICK MCGRATH. 
New York : Random House, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

McPhee, Martha.
BRIGHT-ANGEL TIME. 
New York : Random House, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Michaels, Anne, 1958-
FUGITIVE PIECES. 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Miller, Andrew, 1961-
INGENIOUS PAIN : A NOVEL. 
New York : Harcourt Brace & Co., c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Moody, Rick.
PURPLE AMERICA : A NOVEL. 
Boston : Little, Brown, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Mortimer, John Clifford, 1923-
FELIX IN THE UNDERWORLD. 
New York : Viking, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Mukherjee, Bharati.
LEAVE IT TO ME. 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Murakami, Haruki, 1949-
THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE : A NOVEL. 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Murphy, Yannick.
THE SEA OF TREES. 
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Nadas, Peter, 1942-
A BOOK OF MEMORIES : A NOVEL. 
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Nordan, Lewis.
LIGHTNING SONG. 
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 




Nova, Craig.
THE UNIVERSAL DONOR. 
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-
MAN CRAZY : A NOVEL / : JOYCE CAROL OATES. 
New York : Dutton, 1997. 
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

O'Brien, Edna. 
DOWN BY THE RIVER / : EDNA O'BRIEN. 
New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997. 
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Offutt, Chris, 1958-
THE GOOD BROTHER. 
New York : Simon & Schuster, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Parini, Jay.
BENJAMIN'S CROSSING : A NOVEL. 
New York : Henry Holt, 1996.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Perez-Reverte, Arturo.
THE CLUB DUMAS. 
New York : Harcourt Brace, c1996.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Perrotta, Tom, 1961-
THE WISHBONES. 
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Phillips, Caryl.
THE NATURE OF BLOOD. 
New York : Knopf, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Powers, Charles T.
IN THE MEMORY OF THE FOREST : A NOVEL. 
New York, NY : Scribner, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Preston, Caroline.
JACKIE BY JOSIE. 
New York : Scribner, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Prose, Francine, 1947-
GUIDED TOURS OF HELL : NOVELLAS. 
New York : Henry Holt, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 




Rosen, Charley. 
THE HOUSE OF MOSES ALL-STARS : A NOVEL. 
New York : Seven Stories Press, c1996.
NY Times notable book of 1997. 

Rossner, Judith.
PERFIDIA : A NOVEL. 
New York : Nan A. Talese, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Roy, Arundhati. 
THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS. 
New York : Random House, c1997. 
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Russo, Richard, 1949-
THE STRAIGHT MAN : A NOVEL. 
New York : Random House, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Saramago, Jose.
THE HISTORY OF THE SIEGE OF LISBON. 
New York : Harcourt Brace, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Schlink, Bernhard.
THE READER. 
New York : Pantheon Books, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

See, Lisa.
FLOWER NET. 
New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Self, Will.
GREAT APES. 
New York : Grove Press, c1997.
NY Times Notable Book of 1997. 

Shields, Carol.
LARRY'S PARTY. 
New York : Viking, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Smith, Dinitia.
THE ILLUSIONIST : A NOVEL. 
New York, NY : Scribner, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Smith, Lee, 1944-
NEWS OF THE SPIRIT. 
New York : Putnam, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 




Spark, Muriel.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC : NEW & COLLECTED STORIES. 
New York : New Directions, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Spark, Muriel.
REALITY AND DREAMS. 
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 199, c1996.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Steinke, Darcey.
JESUS SAVES. 
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Stone, Robert. 
BEAR AND HIS DAUGHTER : STORIES / : ROBERT STONE. 
Boston, Mass : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1997. 
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Strong, Albertine.
DELUGE. 
New York : Harmony Books, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Theroux, Paul.
THE COLLECTED STORIES. 
New York : Viking, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Theroux, Paul.
KOWLOON TONG. 
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Thurm, Marian.
THE CLAIRVOYANT. 
Cambridge, Mass. : Zoland Books, 1997.
NY Times notable book of 1997. 

Toibin, Colm, 1955-
THE STORY OF THE NIGHT. 
New York : Henry Holt and Co., 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Troy, Judy, 1951-
WEST OF VENUS. 
New York : Random House, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Vonnegut, Kurt.
TIMEQUAKE. 
New York : G.P. Putnam's, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 




Weldon, Fay.
WICKED WOMEN : STORIES. 
New York : The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Westlake, Donald E.
THE AX. 
New York : Mysterious Press, c1997.
NY Times Notable Book of 1997. 

White, Edmund, 1940-
THE FAREWELL SYMPHONY : A NOVEL. 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997. 

Williams, Niall, 1958-
FOUR LETTERS OF LOVE : A NOVEL. 
New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1997.
NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 1997.

Orange Prizes







Blackburn, Julia. 
THE BOOK OF COLOR : A NOVEL. 
New York : Pantheon Books, c1995. 
Orange Prize for Fiction; 1995 nominee.

Kennedy, Pagan, 1962-
SPINSTERS. 
New York : High Risk, 1995. 
Orange Prize for Fiction; 1995 nominee.

Dunmore, Helen, 1952-
A SPELL OF WINTER. 
London, England ; New York : Viking, 1995. 
Orange Prize for Fiction; 1996 winner.

Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award







Morgan, Clay.
SANTIAGO AND THE DRINKING PARTY. 
New York : Viking, 1992.
Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award; 1993 winner.

Pegasus Prize







Carvalho, Mario de.
A GOD STROLLING IN THE COOL OF THE EVENING : A NOVEL. 
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1997.
Pegasus Prize for Literature; 1996 winner.

PEN Awards







Schmemann, Serge, 1945-
ECHOES OF A NATIVE LAND : TWO CENTURIES OF A RUSSIAN VILLAGE. 
New York: Knopf, 1997.
PEN Albrand First Nonfiction Award, 1998.

Balakian, Peter, 1951-
BLACK DOG OF FATE : A MEMOIR. 
New York : Basic Books, c1997.
PEN Albrand Memoir Award, 1998.

7 GREEKS / TRANSLATIONS BY GUY DAVENPORT.
New York : New Directions, 1995.
PEN Award for Poetry in Translation; 1996 winner. 



Jin, Ha, 1956-
OCEAN OF WORDS : ARMY STORIES. 
New York : Vintage International, 1998.
Pen Hemingway Award; 1998 winner. 

Wilbert, Johannes.
FOLK LITERATURE OF SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS. GENERAL INDEX. 
Los Angeles : UCLA Latin American Center Publications, University of 
California, c1992.
PEN Kolovakos Career Translation Award 1998. 

Hochschild, Adam. 
FINDING THE TRAPDOOR : ESSAYS, PORTRAITS, TRAVELS / : ADAM HOCHSCHILD. 
Syracuse, NY : Syracuse University Press, 1997. 
PEN Spielvogel-Diamonstein Essay Award, 1998.

Abe, Kobo, 1924-
KANGAROO NOTEBOOK : A NOVEL / TRANSLATED FROM THE JAPANESE BY MARYELLEN 
TOMAN MORI.
New York : Vintage Books, 1997.
PEN West Award for Best Translation; 1997 winner.

Vollmann, William T.
THE ATLAS. 
New York, N.Y, U.S.A. : Viking, 1996.
PEN West Award for Fiction; 1997 winner.

Humes, Edward.
NO MATTER HOW LOUD I SHOUT : A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF JUVENILE COURT. 
New York : Simon & Schuster, c1996.
PEN West Award for Research Nonfiction; 1997 winner.

Kehret, Peg.
SMALL STEPS : THE YEAR I GOT POLIO. 
Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman, 1996.
PEN West Award Winner, 1997: Children's Literature. 

Raban, Jonathan.
BAD LAND : AN AMERICAN ROMANCE. 
New York : Pantheon Books, 1996.
PEN West Award; 1997 winner for creative nonfiction.

Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955.
SIX EARLY STORIES / TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN WITH A NOTE BY PETER 
CONSTANTINE ; EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BURTON PIKE.
Los Angeles : Sun & Moon Press, 1997.
PEN/BOMC Translation Award, 1998.

Szymborska, Wislawa.
VIEW WITH A GRAIN OF SAND : SELECTED POEMS / TRANSLATED FROM THE POLISH BY 
STANISLAW BARANCZAK AND CLARE CAVANAGH.
New York : Harcourt Brace and Co., c1995.
PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize; 1996 winner.

Askew, Rilla.
THE MERCY SEAT : A NOVEL. 
New York : Viking, 1997.
PEN/Faulkner Award 1998 Nominee. 



Gaitskill, Mary, 1954-
BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO : STORIES. 
New York : Simon & Schuster, c1997.
PEN/Faulkner Award Nominee 1998. 

Goldman, Francisco.
THE ORDINARY SEAMAN. 
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 1997.
PEN/Faulkner Award Nominee 1998. 

Guterson, David.
SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS /  DAVID GUTERSON.
New York : Vintage Books, 1995.
PEN/Faulkner Award Winner 1995. 

Zabor, Rafi.
THE BEAR COMES HOME. 
New York : W.W. Norton, c1997.
PEN/Faulkner Award Winner 1998. 

Berriault, Gina.
WOMEN IN THEIR BEDS : NEW AND SELECTED STORIES. 
Washington, D.C. : Counterpoint ; [Emeryville, Calif.] : Distributed by 
Publishers Group West, c1996.
PEN/Faulkner Award; 1997 winner.

Antrim, Donald.
THE HUNDRED BROTHERS : A NOVEL. 
New York : Vintage, 1998, c1997.
PEN/Faulkner Award; 1998 nominee. 

Williams, C. K. (Charles Kenneth), 1936-
THE VIGIL. 
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997.
PEN/Voelcker Poetry Award, 1998.

Philip K. Dick Award







Bethke, Bruce.
HEADCRASH. 
New York : Warner Books, 1997.
Philip K. Dick Award for Distinguished Paperback Originally Published in 
the U.S.; 1996 winner.

Premio Awards







Mayo, Wendell.
CENTAUR OF THE NORTH : STORIES. 
Houston, Tex. : Arte Publico Press, 1996.
Premio Aztlan; 1997 winner.

Maraini, Dacia.
THE SILENT DUCHESS. 
New York : Feminist Press at The City University of New York, 1998.
Premio Campiello; winner.

Prix Awards







Bataille, Christophe. 
ANNAM. 
New York : New Directions, 1996. 
Prix du Premier Roman; 1993 winner.

Belamri, Rabah, 1946-
SHATTERED VISION / TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY HUGH A. HARTER.
New York : Holmes & Meyer, 1995.
Prix France Culture; 1988 winner.

Restrepo, Laura.
THE ANGEL OF GALILEA. 
New York : Crown, c1997.
Prix France Culture; 1997 winner. 

Makine, Andrei, 1957-
DREAMS OF MY RUSSIAN SUMMERS. 
New York : Arcade Publishing, 1997.
Prix Goncourt (France); 1995 winner.

Roze, Pascale.
LE CHASSEUR ZERO : ROMAN. 
Paris : A. Michel, c1996.
Prix Goncourt (France); 1996 winner.

Pulitzer Prizes






McPherson, James Alan, 1943-
ELBOW ROOM : STORIES. 
New York : Scribner, 1987, c1977.
Pulitzer Prize; 1978 winner for fiction.

Taylor, Alan, 1955-
WILLIAM COOPER'S TOWN : POWER AND PERSUASION ON THE FRONTIER OF THE EARLY 
AMERICAN REPUBLIC. 
New York : A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1995.
Pulitzer Prize; 1996 winner for history.

McCourt, Frank.
ANGELA'S ASHES : A MEMOIR. 
New York : Scribner, c1996.
Pulitzer Prize; 1997 winner for biography.

Millhauser, Steven.
MARTIN DRESSLER : THE TALE OF AN AMERICAN DREAMER. 
New York : Crown, c1996.
Pulitzer Prize; 1997 winner for fiction.

Rakove, Jack N., 1947-
ORIGINAL MEANINGS : POLITICS AND IDEAS IN THE MAKING OF THE CONSTITUTION. 
New York : A.A. Knopf, 1996.
Pulitzer Prize; 1997 winner for history.

Kluger, Richard. 
ASHES TO ASHES : AMERICA'S HUNDRED-YEAR CIGARETTE WAR, THE PUBLIC HEALTH, 
AND THE UNABASHED TRIUMPH OF PHILIP MORRIS / : RICHARD KLUGER. 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1996. 
Pulitzer Prize; 1997 winner for nonfiction.

Mueller, Lisel.
ALIVE TOGETHER : NEW AND SELECTED POEMS. 
Baton Rouge, LA : Louisiana State University Press, 1996.
Pulitzer Prize; 1997 winner for poetry.




Graham, Katharine, 1917-
PERSONAL HISTORY / : KATHARINE GRAHAM. 
New York : A.A. Knopf, 1997. 
Pulitzer Prize; 1998 winner for biography.

Roth, Philip.
AMERICAN PASTORAL. 
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
Pulitzer Prize; 1998 winner for fiction.

Diamond, Jared M. 
GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL : THE FATES OF HUMAN SOCIETIES / : JARED DIAMOND. 
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 1997. 
Pulitzer Prize; 1998 winner for general nonfiction.

Larson, Edward J. 
SUMMER FOR THE GODS : THE SCOPES TRIAL AND AMERICA'S CONTINUING DEBATE OVER
SCIENCE AND RELIGION. 
Basic Books, c1997. 
Pulitzer Prize; 1998 winner for history.

Wright, Charles, 1935-
BLACK ZODIAC. 
New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1997.
Pulitzer Prizer; 1998 winner for poetry.

PW's Best Book Awards







Banyai, Istvan.
ZOOM. 
New York : Viking, 1995.
PW's best books of 1995.

Curtis, Christopher Paul.
THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM--1963. 
New York : Delacorte Press, 1995.
PW's best books of 1995.

Ehlert, Lois.
SNOWBALLS. 
San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1995.
PW's best books of 1995.

McBratney, Sam.
GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU. 
Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 1995.
PW's best books of 1995.

Polster, James, 1947-
BROWN : A NOVEL. 
Atlanta, Ga. : Longstreet Press, c1995.
PW's best books of 1995.

Walker, Mary Willis.
UNDER THE BEETLE'S CELLAR. 
New York : Doubleday, 1995.
PW's best books of 1995.




Barker, Clive, 1952-
SACRAMENT. 
New York : HarperCollins, c1996.
PW's best books of 1996.

Bujold, Lois McMaster.
MEMORY. 
Riverdale, NY : Baen ; New York : Distributed by Simon & Schuster, c1996.
PW's best books of 1996.

Cooper, Dennis, 1953-
HORROR HOSPITAL UNPLUGGED. 
New York : Juno Books, 1996.
PW's best books of 1996.

GENESIS / TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY [BY] ROBERT ALTER.
New York : W.W. Norton, c1996.
PW's best books of 1996.

Gibson, William, 1948-
IDORU. 
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1996.
PW's best books of 1996.

Kunstler, James Howard.
HOME FROM NOWHERE : REMAKING OUR EVERYDAY WORLD FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST 
CENTURY. 
New York : Simon & Schuster, c1996.
PW's best books of 1996.

Le Carre, John, 1931-
THE TAILOR OF PANAMA. 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.
PW's best books of 1996.

MODERN IRISH POETRY : AN ANTHOLOGY / EDITED BY PATRICK CROTTY.
Belfast : Blackstaff Press (distributed by Dufour Editions, Chester Springs,
Pa.), 1995.
PW's best books of 1996.

Powers, Tim, 1952-
EXPIRATION DATE. 
New York : Tor, 1996.
PW's best books of 1996.

Robinson, Kim Stanley.
BLUE MARS. 
New York : Bantam Books, 1996.
PW's best books of 1996.

Seal, Jeremy.
A FEZ OF THE HEART : TRAVELS AROUND TURKEY IN SEARCH OF A HAT. 
San Diego : Harcourt Brace, 1996.
PW's best books of 1996.

THE THREE GOSPELS / REYNOLDS PRICE.
New York : Scribner, c1996.
PW's best books of 1996.



Ambrose, Stephen E. 
CITIZEN SOLDIERS : THE U.S. ARMY FROM THE NORMANDY BEACHES TO THE BULGE TO 
THE SURRENDER OF GERMANY, JUNE 7, 1944-MAY 7, 1945 / : STEPHEN E. AMBROSE. 
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 1997. 
PW's Best Books of 1997.

Anthony, Patricia.
GOD'S FIRES. 
New York : Ace Books, 1997.
PW's best books of 1997.

Balakian, Peter, 1951-
BLACK DOG OF FATE : A MEMOIR. 
New York : Basic Books, c1997.
PW's Best Books of 1997.

Banville, John.
THE UNTOUCHABLE : A NOVEL. 
New York : Knopf, 1997.
PW's Best Books of 1997.

Bass, Rick, 1958-
WHERE THE SEA USED TO BE. 
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1998.
PW's Best Books of 1997.

Bawer, Bruce, 1956-
STEALING JESUS : HOW FUNDAMENTALISM BETRAYS CHRISTIANITY. 
New York : Crown Publishers, c1997.
PW's best books of 1997.

Bergreen, Laurence.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG : AN EXTRAVAGANT LIFE. 
New York : Broadway Books, c1997.
PW's Best Books of 1997.

Bernardin, Joseph Louis, 1928-
THE GIFT OF PEACE : PERSONAL REFLECTIONS. 
Chicago : Loyola Press, 1997.
PW's Best Books of 1997.

Bohjalian, Christopher A.
MIDWIVES : A NOVEL. 
New York : Harmony Books, c1997.
PW's Best Books of 1997.

Bowers, Edgar.
COLLECTED POEMS. 
New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1997.
PW's Best Books of 1997.

Buckley, William F. 1925-
NEARER, MY GOD : AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF FAITH / : BY WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY, JR. 
New York : Doubleday, 1997. 
PW's Best Books of 1997.




Busch, Frederick, 1941-
GIRLS :