Directory
Literary Awards & Book Prizes Directory
700 literary prizes from 54 countries, with recent winners from Wikidata.
700awards
54countries
36,529recorded laureates
Best-known prizes
Nobel Prize in Literature
Sweden · since 1901One of five prizes established by Alfred Nobel
Pulitzer Prize
United States · since 1917Award for achievements in journalism, literature, and musical composition within the…
Booker Prize
United Kingdom · since 1969British literary award
Hugo Award
since 1953Set of awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and…
Prix Goncourt
France · since 1903French literary award
Nebula Award
United States · since 1966Literature prize for science fiction and fantasy works from the United States
Miguel de Cervantes Prize
Spain · since 1976Annually award that honours the lifetime achievement of an outstanding writer in the…
Hans Christian Andersen Award
Denmark · since 1956Pair of literary awards
Lenin Prize
Soviet Union · since 1925One of the most prestigious awards of the Soviet Union
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
United States · since 1948American award for distinguished works of fiction, since 1948
International Booker Prize
United Kingdom · since 2005International literary award given in the United Kingdom
Strega Prize
Italy · since 1947Most prestigious Italian literary award
Georg Büchner Prize
Germany · since 1923Literature award in the German language area
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Sweden · since 2002Literary award
Camões Prize
Portugal · since 1988Portuguese literary award (1988–)
National Book Award
United States · since 1936United States literary award in five categories
Locus Awards
United States · since 1971Set of literary awards by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus
Franz Kafka Prize
Czech Republic · since 2001Former Czech international literary award (2001–2021)
Nordic Council Literature Prize
since 1962Literary award of the Nordic Council
Jerusalem Prize
Israel · since 1963Literature award of the City of Jerusalem
Eisner Award
United States · since 1988American comic book award
Prix Femina
France · since 1904French literary prize
Women's Prize for Fiction
United Kingdom · since 1996Annual literary award for a novel written in English by a female author of any nationality
Prix Renaudot
France · since 1926French literary award
Prix Médicis
France · since 1958French literary award given each year in November
Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt
Germany · since 1927German literary award
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
American award for distinguished plays
Jnanpith Award
India · since 1961Award
Glass Key award
Sweden · since 1992Literature award
World Fantasy Awards
United States · since 1975Award
Austrian State Prize for European Literature
Austria · since 1965Austrian literature award
Akutagawa Prize
Japan · since 1935Semi-annual Japanese literary award
Newbery Medal
United States · since 1922Annual award for writing a children's book published in the United States
Neustadt International Prize for Literature
United States · since 1969Literary award
Dobloug Prize
Sweden · since 1951Swedish-Norwegian literary award (1951–)
Finlandia Prize
Finland · since 1984Literary award in Finland
Browse by country
- United States 127
- Germany 101
- France 75
- United Kingdom 54
- Spain 33
- Japan 26
- Sweden 21
- Netherlands 19
- Denmark 16
- Italy 16
- Norway 16
- Poland 10
- Canada 10
- Israel 9
- Finland 9
- Switzerland 9
- India 8
- Austria 8
- Czech Republic 7
- Russia 6
- South Korea 6
- Slovenia 5
- Mexico 5
- Ireland 4
- People's Republic of China 4
- Portugal 3
- Serbia 3
- Australia 3
- Brazil 3
- South Africa 3
Entering a prize? Most major awards require submission by the publisher within an eligibility window and may charge an entry fee. A growing number of prizes accept self-published books — always read the current rules on the official website.
Sources & data
- Award data and winners from Wikidata (CC0); summaries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).