Literature Awards and Prizes
Literary awards, book awards and prizes. Awards and prizes are tangible tokens of the respect humanity bears for those who do special things, or do ordinary things in special ways. Competition promotes extra effort on the part of the competitors, to be faster, stronger, or smarter than their fellows. Literary competitions, the rewards for which vary from humble (but useful) cash, to the esteem and veneration of one's peers, have long sparked extra efforts from the writers and poets of our communities. As readers, the public benefits from these exercises in skill, imagination and creativity. If you write, or appreciate exemplary writing, you might benefit from the links on this page.
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| Sideways and Sunshine Triumph at Screenwriting Awards Alexander Payne's Sideways and Charlie Kaufman's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind win Writers Guild Awards, boosting... |
Kefin Henkes and Cynthia Kadohata Win Top Awards for Children’s Literature The Association for Library Services to Children has chosen Kitten’s First Full Moon and Kira-Kira to be the 2005 award... |
| Debut Novel From Nigeria Storms Orange Shortlist A 25-year-old Nigerian teacher today becomes the first writer from the African country to reach the shortlist of a British... |
Repentant Rogue Dbc Pierre Wins Booker Winner faces big cash rewards - and a queue of debtors. Now, at least, he can start to pay that money back. The many... |
| Nobel prize for JM Coetzee - secretive author who made the outsider his art form World acclaim for exiled South African novelist unread at home. The South African writer JM Coetzee won the Nobel prize for... |
Booker Winner in Plagiarism Row Yann Martel, the Canadian author and winner of this year's Booker prize has become entangled in a row over the plagiarism... |
| Rohinton Mistry Wins Kiriyama Award Rohinton Mistry's Booker-shortlisted novel Family Matters has won this year's Kiriyama Pacific Rim prize. He shares the... |
The Nobel prize As Jimmy Carter is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, read our guide to the best sites on the international accolade. |
| Booker fatwa on 'pompous fiction' Judges declare new era in literary merit: endorsing popular writing, and disdaining novels laden with gravitas. The judges... |
Veteran novelist tipped for Booker prize William Trevor has emerged as the favourite to win this year's Booker prize with today's announcement of a shortlist that... |
| Veterans vie with newcomer in Booker prize stakes Two of Britain's most senior award-winning novelists will vie with a 26-year-old former restaurant dishwasher for this... |
Arundhati Roy: Under the nuclear shadow Arundhati Roy, Booker prize-winning author, looks at the conflict over Kashmir from her home in New Delhi. |
| Prize fighters From 2004, the Booker Prize will be open to American writers. Should we embrace them or fear a new US cultural onslaught?... |
US authors' entry to Booker prize seen as betrayal Booker prize judges warn that plans to Americanise the prestigious award would cause irreparable damage to a great British... |