Award Winners
- Books & Authors – Award Winners
Listing of over 400 different awards for all ages.
- National Book Awards
Annual awards for the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people’s literature.
- Notable Books for Adults
An annual list of approximately 25 very good, very readable, and at times very important fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books for the adult reader.
- Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize includes annual awards for fiction, drama, poetry, nonfiction, etc.
- Agatha Awards
For the best in Mystery Fiction.
- Best Books for Young Adults
- Booker Prize
It is awarded to the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland
- Bram Stoker Awards
Given by the Horror Writers Association.
- Caldecott Awards
The Caldecott Medal is awarded to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published in the United States during the preceding year.
- Children's Book Awards
A very extensive list of awards given to children's books.
- Christy Awards
Award for Christian fiction.
- Coretta Scott King Award
Presented annually to an African American author and an African American illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution published during the previous year.
- Edgar Allan Poe Awards
The award is given by Mystery Writers of America.
- Gateway Book Award
The Missouri Gateway Readers' Choice Award for Teens
- Hugo Awards
Officially called the Science Fiction Achievement Award™, it is given annually by the World Science Fiction Society.
- Mark Twain Awards
Established in 1971 by the Missouri Association of School Librarians and the Missouri Library Association.
- Michael L. Printz Award
The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.
- Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award
The Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award is presented annually to the author and illustrator of the picture book voted most popular by preschool children in Missouri's public libraries.
- National Book Awards for Fiction
Awarded annually by the National Book Foundation for the best fiction in the United States.
- Nebula Awards
The Nebula Awards are presented by the Science Fiction Writers of America to acknowledge excellence in science fiction writing.
- Newbery Awards
It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
- Nobel Laureates
Awarded annually for an outstanding body of work in the field of literature.
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
- PEN/Faulkner Awards
PEN/Faulkner was founded in 1980 by writers to honor their peers, and is now the largest juried award for fiction in the U.S.
- Pulitzer Awards
Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the New York Globe, established the Pulitzer Prize through an endowment to Columbia University.
- RITA Awards
The RITA Awards are presented annually by the Romance Writers of America to the best novels in romantic fiction.
- Show Me Readers Awards
The Show Me Readers Award is a children's choice award sponsored by the Missouri Association of School Librarians.
- Spur Awards
Given annually by the Western Writers of America for distinguished writing about the American West.
- World Fantasy Awards
The World Fantasy Awards are presented by members of the World Fantasy Convention to acknowledge excellence in fantasy writing.
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