Awards and Bursaries: Words - Writing
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Canada
Alberta
Book Awards
Deadline: see website
Prize: various
More info: Information about several awards administered by the
Writers Guild of Alberta. Includes rules and news for each.
Canadian Authors
Association Writing Awards
Deadline: May
Prize: various
More info: A series of prestigious annual literary
awards that recognize excellence in Canadian writing.
Norma
Fleck Award
Deadline: see website
Prize: $10 000
More info: Presented annually to an author and illustrator of Canadian
non-fiction for children. History and criteria.
Hackmatack Children's Choice Award
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info:
Atlantic Canadian book award chosen by children. Details and former
winners.
Stephen Leacock Medal For Humour
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: Annual awards given to the author of the best book of humour written by a
Canadian in the current year. Provides an overview of the award, rules,
and past winners.
The Manitoba Writing and
Publishing Awards
Deadline: various
Prize: various
More info: Several awards for Manitoba writers.
Prix Aurora Awards
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: Canadian author science fiction awards.
Quebec Writers' Federation Awards
Deadline: see website
Prize: $2000
More info:Current and past competitions, submission details, and winners.
Rea Award for the Short Story
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: Awarded by the
Dungannon Foundation for excellence in the short story form. Includes
current and previous winners.
Writers' Trust of
Canada: Annual Awards
Deadline: various
Prize: various
More info: A variety of awards for Canadian authors and
published works. Entry requirements, past winners, related links.
USA
Academy Book Awards
Deadline: various
Prize: various
More info: Awards, prizes and grants for poetry. Information and links
for other major poetry awards. Also presents poems and poets, events and
exhibits, discussion forums, and various related links.
American
Library Association
Deadline: various
Prize: various
More info: Book/media awards and notables lists offered by
various divisions, committees, and roundtables of the ALA. Links to awards
pages, and to winners lists. Further links to other awards, grants,
scholarships and honors offered by the ALA
APEX Awards for Publication Excellence
Deadline: March
Prize: see website
More info: An annual competition for writers, editors, publications staff, and both
business and non-profit communicators.
Associated Writing Programs Awards
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: Annual
awards of $2,000 (plus publication) are offered for original, unpublished,
book-length work in each of three categories: novels, poetry, and creative
non-fiction. Reading fee: $20. Deadline: February 28. Open to U.S. residents
only.
Deadline: see website
Prize: 2 x $500
More info: The Black Caucus of the ALA presents several awards each year for works
relating to the African diaspora - fiction and non-fiction. There are
special awards for first-time novelists and for outstanding contributions
to publishing. Entry details and winners lists. Further links to the BCALA
and its resources.
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: Given annually for excellence in children's/young adult literature -
fiction, poetry, non-fiction and picture book. Winners, guidelines,
reviews, articles, and other related resources.
John W. Campbell
Award
Deadline:see website
Prize: see website
More info: The John W. Campbell Award is awardedfor the best science-fiction novel
of the year.
Rebecca Caudhill Young Readers' Book Award
Deadline: see website
Prize: various
More info: Official website of the annual Illinois award for outstanding literature
for young people. Books are nominated by librarians, and winners are
chosen by students in grades four through eight at participating schools.
History, winners, master lists, sponsors, entry details and forms.
Philip K. Dick
Awards
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: The Philip K. Dick Awards for distinguished science fiction.
Deadline: February
Prize: see website
More info:
Presented by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association for the
year's favorite mystery, as chosen by the IMBA membership. Lists nominees
and previous winners. Links to fiction and non-fiction bestsellers lists,
and the 100 favorite mysteries of the century.
Independent
Publisher Book Awards
Deadline: April
Prize: see website
More info: Annual awards for the best titles, in various
categories, by independent authors and publishers, including university,
small press and self-publishers. Links to guidelines and entry forms, and
to IP Online resources.
International Reading Association Awards
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: Awards to new authors of
exceptional literature for children or young adults - in fiction,
non-fiction, poetry and short stories. Information on the awards, winners
lists, entry guidelines, and links to other Association awards and grants.
Kiriyama Prize
Deadline:see website
Prize:$30 000
More info: International prize awarded each year by Pacific Rim Voices, for fiction
and nonfiction books that contribute to understanding and cooperation
among the peoples and nations of the Pacific Rim and South Asia. Winners,
reviews, author biographies, articles, and rules.
Koret Jewish Book Awards
Deadline: October
Prize: $10 000
More info: Identifies the most distinguished Jewish books each year
Massachusetts Book
Awards
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: Website contains a list of winners, guidelines, and entry forms.
Mythopoeic Awards
Deadline: see website
Prize: various
More info: Fantasy award for adult and children's literature. Site has selection
guidelines, voting process, winners lists and acceptance remarks.
National Book Awards
Deadline: see website
Prize: $10 000
More info: Presented annually in the USA, by the National Book Foundation, to
recognise achievements in fiction, non-fiction, poetry,and young people's
literature. Winners lists, biographies, excerpts, and entry guidelines.
National Outdoor Book Awards
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: Annual presentations for full-length books on outdoor adventure
activities, nature, or the environment. There is a special award for books
of lasting significance in the field. General information, winners lists
and reviews, press releases, entry requirements, and application forms.
Nebula Awards
Deadline: May
Prize: see website
More info: Science fiction awards from the
SFWA.
PEN Literary Awards
Deadline: see website:
Prize: various
More info: The
American branch of International PEN - an association of writers and
editors, offers a variety of prizes for excellence among American authors.
Background and entry requirements for each award. Further links to PEN and
its activities.
Edgar
Allan Poe Awards
Deadline: April
Prize: see website
More info: Awarded by the Mystery Writers of America, for
distinguished work in the mystery genre - novels, television, and motion
pictures. Links to winner and nominee lists, and to other MWA awards.
The Pulitzer Prizes
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: Annual awards by
Columbia University. Prizes in Letters are for books published in the US -
fiction, biography, general non-fiction, history and poetry. Searchable
database, history of the prize, guidelines and entry forms, and related
links.
Skylark Awards
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: The Edward
E. Smith memorial award for imaginative fiction.
Society of Children's Book Writers
and Illustrators
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: Annual awards and grants to children's book authors
and illustrators, for fiction, non-fiction, poetry, illustration and
picture books (and for magazine work). Information on the awards and entry
requirements, links to winners lists
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info:
Presented annually by the Horror Writers Association, for outstanding work
in twelve different categories of the genre. History of the awards, and
winners lists. Links to the HWA, other HWA awards, a variety of resources
and literary links.
The Stonewall Book Awards
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: Formerly the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Book Award.
Offered annually by the GLBT Round Table of the ALA, for fiction and
nonfiction books of "exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgendered
experience". Current and previous winners, award history, committee
and selection process. Further links to the ALA and GLBTRT.
Winterhouse Awards for Design Writing and Criticism
Deadline: see website
Prize: $5000
More info: Winterhouse Institute and AIGA seek to increase the
appreciation of design throughout the design community, and for the
greater public, by recognizing excellent writing about design, and by
discovering new voices in design criticism and commentary.
World Fantasy Awards
Deadline: see website
Prize: various
More info: A selection of presentations made by the World Fantasy convention, for
various categories in the field of light and dark fantasy literature.
EU
Hans Christian Andersen Awards (Swizterland)
Deadline: see website
Prize: Gold medal + diploma
More info: Bi Annual award for authors whose complete works have made a lasting contribution to children's literature.
Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage (Germany)
Deadline: see website
Prize: 50 000, 30 000, 20 000
More info: Aim is to draw international attention to the
outstanding achievements of reportage literature worldwide, adn to
provide financial, moral and symbolic support to its authors.
Ireland
Bisto Book Awards
Deadline: January
Prize: £3000 - 1000
More info: Author/Illustrator must have been born in Ireland or be resident in Ireland.
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
Deadline: see website
Prize: 100 000
More info: Largest and most international award of its kind
James White Award
Deadline: June
Prize: see website
More info: Science Fiction short story contest.
Angus Book Award
Deadline: see website
Prize: £250
More info: For books aimed at the 13-15 year old age range.
Asham Award
Deadline: January
Prize: £1000 - 250
More info: Award open to women writers who have not yet had a novel published. Stories must not exceed 4000 words.
BA/Nielson Book Data Author of the Year Award
Deadline: February
Prize: £1000 + trophy
More info: BA members vote for their favourite author.
BBC Talent Award
Deadline: February
Prize: £1000 + trophy
More info: BA members vote for their favourite author.
Booktrust
Deadline: various
Prize: various
More info: Designed to encourage
UK readers and writers. Administers several book prizes - national and
international. Database of other literary prizes. Information on grants
and funding for writers. Recommended books, author profiles, literary
projects, events, issues, and related links
Boardman Tasker Award
Deadline: August
Prize: £2000
More info: Books with a mountain theme, written in the English language are eligible.
Booktrust Early Years Award
Deadline: see website
Prize: £2000 + crystal award
More info: Award aims to celebrate, publicise and reward books being published today for babies, toddlers and pre-school children.
Branford Bouse Award
Deadline: see website
Prize: award
More info: Celebrates the most promising new children's writer of the previous year.
Katherine Briggs Folklore Award
Deadline: May
Prize: £50 + engraved goblet
More info: Annual award made to a book which is judged to have made the most distinguished contribution to folklore studies.
British Book Award
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: Winners announced at an annual trade awards ceremony.
British Fantasy Society Awards
Deadline: January
Prize: various
More info: Awards for novel, short fiction and artwork.
BSFA Awards
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: The British
Science Fiction Association Awards.
Carnegie Medal
Deadline: July
Prize: medal
More info: Awarded annually, the medal is awarded by chldren's librarians for an outstanding book for children or young people.
Chapter One Promotions Short Story Competition
Deadline: January
Prize: see website
More info: Maximum words is 2500
CILIP Children's Book
Awards
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: The Carnegie Medal and the Kate Greenaway Medal are awarded
for outstanding writing and illustration, respectively, in books for
children and young people. Presented by CILIP for books first published in
the UK. Background, winners, archives, and eligibility criteria
Arthur C Clarke Award
Deadline: December
Prize: Matches the year (e.g. £2007, £2008)
More info: Published annually to the best science fiction novel.
Commonwealth Writers Prize
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: Annual award sponsored by the Commonwealth Foundation, to new writers
from the British Commonwealth, for prose fiction (novel or short stories).
Presents winners, events, judges, and entry details.
Thomas Cook Travel Book Award
Deadline: December
Prize: £ 10 000
More info: Travel narrative books only.
Crime Writers Association Award
Deadline: various
Prize: various
More info: see website
Tony Doyle Bursary for New Writing
Deadline: see website
Prize: £2000
More info: Aim is to encourage television drama about Ireland by writers new to the medium.
S T Dupont Golden Pen Award
Deadline: see website
Prize: award
More info: Presented to an author whose work has given both readers and writers pleasure and inspiration throughout his or her career.
Encore Award
Deadline: November
Prize: £10 000
More info: Work must be a novel by one author who has had one novel published previously.
Glenfiddich Food and Drink Awards
Deadline: December
Prize: £ 10 000
More info: Travel narrative books only.
Kate Greenaway Medal
Deadline: see website
Prize: £5000
More info: For distinguished illustration in a book for children.
Guardian Chldren's Fiction Award
Deadline: July
Prize: £1500
More info: Made to an outstanding work of fiction for children's writers by a British or Commonwealth author.
Guardian First Book Award
Deadline: July
Prize: £ 10 000
More info: To reward the finest young literary talent.
Guardian Student Media Awards
Deadline: various
Prize: various
More info: Various awards.
Guardian/Piccadilly Press Writing Competition for Teenagers
Deadline: September
Prize: see website
More info: Entries must be no longer than 3000 words.
Guild of Food Writers Awards
Deadline: February
Prize: £1000
More info: Various awards available.
William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award
Deadline: DOctober
Prize: £ 15 000
More info: annual award for the best sports book published in the preceding year.
ISG (CILIP)/Nielsen BookData Reference Awards
Deadline: see website
Prize: £500
More info: Recognises excellence and promotes awareness of outstanding reference books.
King's Cross Award for New Writing
Deadline: May
Prize: see website
More info: Now biennial, the Award, which is open to writers of all levels of
experience resident in the UK or Republic of Ireland, rewards the author of the most outstanding, imaginative and original play submitted with a full, professional production of his/her work.
Kraszna - Krausz Book Awards
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: International prize for books on still photography or the moving image,
awarded on alternating years by the Kraszna - Krause Foundation. Awards,
winners, applications, and related links.
Mary Vaughan Jones Award
Deadline: see website
Prize: Silver trophy
More info: Triennial award.
miniWords
Deadline: February
Prize: various
More info: miniWORDS has become one of Charnwood Arts' (based in Loughborough) biggest success stories. The competition has been made possible with the generous support of AstraZeneca R&D Charnwood and Arts & Business New Partners and this year offers substantial cash prizes to the most skilled at brevity.
Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards
Deadline: July
Prize: £5000
More info: Prizes for books on still photography.
Lancashire Children's Book of the Year Award
Deadline: March
Prize: £1000
More info: Award for a work of fiction for 12-14 year olds.
Longman History Today Awards
Deadline: see website
Prize: £1000-500
More info: Includes 'Book of the Year', 'New Generation Book of the Year' and 'Historical Picture Researcher of the Year.'
Marsh Biography Award
Deadline: April
Prize: £4000 + silver trophy
More info: Biennial award given for the best biography published by a British author.
NOMA Award for Publishing in Africa
Deadline: February
Prize: $10 000
More info: Offered annually for an outstanding book written in Africa
Outstanding Contribution to Literature
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info:Winners receive twelve months of support in Incwriters imprints, Incorporating Writing (ISSN 1743-0380) and Red Ink (ISSN 1751-1496), which has a combined readership of 100,000+ a year (figures taken from 2005-2006 site figures and census).
Somerset Maugham Awards
Deadline: December
Prize: £12 000 (shared)
More info: Awarded to British authors under the age of 35 for a published work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry.
Juliet McLauchlan Award
Deadline: April
Prize: £200
More info: Annual prize awarded for an essay on any aspects of the work or life of Joseph Conrad.
MIND Book of the Year
Deadline: December
Prize: £1000
More info: For fiction or non-fiction dealing with the experience of emotional distress in its widest interpretation.
NASEN & TES Special Educational Needs Book Award
Deadline: June
Prize: £500
More info: Awards created to recognise the authors and publishers of high quality books that inspire both children with special educational needs and their teachers.
Nobel Prize for Literature
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: Chosen annually each autumn by the Swedish Academy.
Northern Rock Foundation Writer's Award
Deadline: January
Prize: £60 000
More info: Supports the creative work of an individual writer over a substantial length of time rather than give an award retrospectively.
Northern Writer's Award
Deadline: see website
Prize: various
More info: Awarded to writers in the north-east of England.
Orange Prize for Fiction
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: International award for the best full-length novel, written in English, by
a woman. Presents background, winners, judges, and entry requirements.
Samuel Pepys Award
Deadline: see website
Prize: £2000 plus a specially cast silver medal
More info: Biennial award given to the book which makes the greatest contribution to understandings of Pepys.
Matthew Prichard Award for Short Story Writing
Deadline: February
Prize: £1000 - 100
More info: Entries must be a maximum of 2000 words.
Real Writers Short Story Award
Deadline: November
Prize: £2500 + 10 x regional awards
More info: See website
Saltire Society Literary Awards
Deadline: see website
Prize: various
More info: Offers the 'Scottish Book of the Year Award' and the 'Scottish First Book of the Year Award.'
Sheffield Children's Book Award
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: There are three categories: picture book, shorter novels and longer novels.
UH Writing Awards
Deadline: £1000 - 500
Prize: various
More info: The winner will also be able to apply for the UH Writing Award three-year scholarship to the University of Hertfordshire
WH Smith Literary Award
Deadline: Nominations made by judges
Prize: £10 000
More info: Celebrates books from all genres of literature.
Deadline: see website
Prize: 1000 per category
More info: Awards 'Best English Language Book with an Authentic Welsh Background,' 'Best Welsh-language fiction' and 'Best Welsh-language Non-Fiction.
Betty Trash Award
Deadline: January
Prize: £25 000 (shared)
More info: Author must be a Commonwealth citizen who has not had a novel published.
Whitbread Book Awards
Deadline: June
Prize: various
More info: See website for details of various awards.
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info:-
Annual prize for unpublished authors over the age of 18.
More info: National science fiction, fantasy, and horror prizes; with
newsletters, past winners, and entry forms.
Australian
Children's Choice Awards
Deadline: see website
Prize: various
More info: Index of Australian book awards given for
favorite books chosen by children and youth. Lists of recent winners, and
links to official websites.
Prize:see website
More info: Annual award for unpublished manuscripts by authors
younger than 35 years old; with entry forms.
Bilby Awards
Deadline: April
Prize: see website
More info: Queensland children's choice awards.
Children's Book Council of
Australia
Deadline: see website
Prize: various
More info: Presents annual awards for books of literary merit, for
outstanding contribution to Australian children's literature, and for new
talent. History, winners, entry requirements, further CBC links, and links
to other Australian and international awards.
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: South Australian
children's choice awards.
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: New South Wales
children's choice awards, with prizes.
Tasmanian
Literary Prizes
Deadline: see website
Prize: $25 000, 2 x 5 000
More info: Annual awards; with entry forms and winners lists.
Trust
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: Administrators
of the Miles Franklin, Kathleen Mitchell and Max Afford prizes.
Victorian
Premier's Literary Awards
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: Annual award; with judging details and
shortlists.
Wayrba
Deadline: see website
Prize: see website
More info: West Australian Young
Reader's Book Award; children's choice, with reading lists and
newsletters.
Western Australian Premier's
Book Awards
Deadline:see website
Prize: see website
More info: Annual awards; with winners list and judges reports.
Yabba
Deadline: see website
Prize:see website
More info: Victorian
children's choice award.
Yara
Deadline:see website
Prize: see website
More info: Annual national student-voted award; with reviews
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