Agatha
Awards (traditional mystery)
http://www.readersread.com/awards/agatha.htm
The Agatha Awards, named for Malice inspiration Agatha Christie,
are awarded for the Best Novel, First Mystery Novel, Nonfiction,
and Short Story in the genre for the previous year.
American
Library Association Prizes and Lists
visit website
ALA's yearly choices for Notable Books for Adults for fiction,
nonfiction, and poetry are selected for their exceptional literary
merit, expanded horizons of human knowledge, specialized subject
matter, and/or proposed solution to a contemporary problem.
Bram Stoker Awards (horror)
http://www.horror.org/stokers.htm
Each year the Horror Writer's Association presents the Bram Stoker
Awards for Superior Achievement, named in honor of Bram Stoker,
author of the seminal horror work, Dracula. The Stoker Awards
were instituted immediately after the organization's incorporation
in 1987.
Dublin Literary Award
http://www.impacdublinaward.ie
The International IMPAC Dublin Award is the largest international
prize of its kind. Books are nominated by selected libraries from
all over the world and can include books written in any language.
Search the archives for winners, short listed or finalist books,
and nominated books back to 1996.
Hugo Award (science fiction)
http://www.wsfs.org/hugos.html
The Hugo Award, named in honor of Hugo Gernsback ("The Father
of Magazine Science Fiction") and also known as the Science
Fiction Achievement Award, is given annually along with other
awards by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS).
Literature
Awards
http://www.literature-awards.com/
Offers a comprehensive, up-to-date list of literary awards, and
book news.
Modern
Library 100 Best
http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100best.html
The 100 best books of the 20th century compiled by a board from
the Modern Library for both fiction and nonfiction. Parallel lists
voted upon by more than 400,000 readers are also presented.
Mystery
Writers of America Awards (including Edgar)
http://www.mysterywriters.org/awards.html
Mystery Writers of America, Inc., is the premier organization
for mystery writers and other professionals in the mystery field.
MWA presents the Edgar Allen Poe Awards and other awards, honoring
the best in mystery fiction, non- fiction, television and film
published or produced each year.
National
Book Awards
http://www.nationalbook.org/nba.html
Read about winners back to 1950 for the different categories,
which can vary from year to year. Entries include short author
bios and sometimes acceptance speeches.
Nebula
Awards (science fiction)
http://www.sfwa.org/awards/
The Nebula Awards® are voted on, and presented by, active
members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America,
Inc. Since 1965, the Nebula Awards have been given each year for
the best novel, novella, novelette, and short story eligible for
that year's award. An anthology including the winner and several
runners-up is also published every year.
Nobel
Prize in Literature
http://www.nobel.se/literature/
Find out facts about all Nobel Prize Laureates in Literature through
press releases, biographies, Nobel lectures, and interviews. Read
articles written by Nobel Laureates and other invited authors.
PEN/Faulkner
Award for Fiction
http://www.folger.edu/public/pfaulk/awards.htm
Named for William Faulkner, who used his Nobel Prize funds to
create an award for young writers, and affiliated with PEN (Poets,
Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists), the international
writers' organization, the PEN/Faulkner Award was founded by writers
in 1980 to honor their peers.
PEN/Hemingway
Award
http://www.literature-awards.com/penhemingway_awards.htm
The PEN/Hemingway Awards are presented by PEN (Poets, Playwrights,
Editors, Essayists and Novelists) New England to an American author
who has not previously published a book of fiction. The late Mary
Hemingway created the Hemingway Foundation in 1976 both to honor
the memory of Ernest Hemingway and to recognize outstanding first
books of fiction.
Pulitzer
Prizes
http://www.pulitzer.org
Site includes citation of the award winning work, biography of
the author, and jurors for each selection dating back to 1917.
Romance
Writers of America Awards (including RITA)
http://www.rwanational.org/awards.cfm
The RITA Awards are presented annually by the Romance Writers
of America to the best novels in romantic fiction. RITA Award
entrants are judged by fellow romance writers for quality in writing
and overall excellence.
Spur
Awards (western)
http://www.westernwriters.org/spur_awards.htm
Established in 1953 and given annually for distinguished writing
about the American West, the Spur Awards are among the oldest
and most prestigious in American literature.
Yahoo!
Directory: Literature Awards
http://dir.yahoo.com/arts/humanities/literature/awards/
Lists over 31 awards in different categories including children's,
mystery, literature, plays, poetry, science fiction, fantasy,
and horror.
