Explore Literary Awards

The fiction category of the UK People's Book Prize, decided by public vote.

The non-fiction category of the UK People's Book Prize, decided by public vote.

The children's literature category of the UK People's Book Prize, decided by public vote.

The leading literary award in the English-speaking world, awarded annually for the best novel written in English and published in the UK or Ireland.

Prize: £50,000

Awarded for a single book translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland. The prize is split between author and translator.

Prize: £50,000

Celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in writing by women throughout the world. Previously known as the Orange Prize.

Prize: £30,000

Launched to fill the gap left by Costa, celebrating the best reads of the year by UK and Ireland-based writers.

Prize: £15,000

The most prestigious non-fiction prize in the UK, formerly known as the Samuel Johnson Prize.

Prize: £50,000

France's most prestigious literary award, given annually to the author of the best and most imaginative prose work of the year.

Prize: €10

Awarded annually during the Frankfurt Book Fair for the best German-language novel of the year.

Prize: €25,000

Italy's most prestigious literary prize, awarded annually for the best Italian-language novel.

The Nobel Prize in Literature recognises an author’s literary work. It is awarded to a person, not a single winning book.

One of the most prestigious American awards for achievements in journalism, literature, and music.

Prize: $15,000

Pulitzer Prize for distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author.

Prize: $15,000

Pulitzer Prize for a distinguished book on the history of the United States.

Prize: $15,000

Pulitzer Prize for distinguished non-fiction by an American author.

Prize: $15,000

Pulitzer Prize for distinguished volume of original verse by an American author.

Prize: $15,000

One of the most prestigious literary prizes in the United States, administered by the National Book Foundation.

Prize: $10,000

National Book Award recognizing the best non-fiction of the year.

Prize: $10,000

National Book Award recognizing the best poetry collection of the year.

Prize: $10,000

National Book Award recognizing an outstanding work of translated fiction or nonfiction published in the United States.

Prize: $10,000

National Book Award recognizing outstanding literature written for children and teenagers.

Prize: $10,000

Award presented by the National Book Critics Circle for the finest fiction published in the US.

A peer-juried award for fiction in the United States.

Prize: $15,000

Science fiction and fantasy's most prestigious award, voted by members of the World Science Fiction Convention.

Awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association for the best science fiction or fantasy novel.

Japan's most prestigious literary award for emerging writers, presented twice a year for the best serious literary story published in a newspaper or magazine.