Award-Winning
Books and Authors
Literary
Awards | Awards
in Genre Fiction |
Children's Book Awards
Literary
Awards
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
http://www.penfaulkner.org/
Named for William Faulkner and affiliated
with PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists
and Novelists), the international writers'
organization, this yearly award recognizes
the best, published works of fiction by contemporary
American writers.
Pulitzer Prizes
http://www.pulitzer.org/
Established in 1917, 21 Pulitzer Prizes are
awarded each April in categories, which include
American journalism, biography or autobiography,
original verse, and nonfiction.
National Book Awards
http://www.nationalbook.org/
Here you will find up to date information
about awards given by a consortium of book
publishers to recognize achievements in Fiction,
Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s
Literature.
Awards
in Genre Fiction
AwardWeb
http://www.dpsinfo.com/awardweb/
This is the place to go for a collection of
links devoted to award-winning works of science
fiction. While that is the main focus, there
is also current information about some of
the other major literary awards.
The Mythopoeic Awards
http://www.mythsoc.org/awards.html
Sponsored by The Mythopoeic Society, a non-profit
international literary and educational organization
for the study, discussion, and enjoyment of
fantasy and mythic literature, especially
the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and
Charles Williams.
Children's
Book Awards
Coretta Scott King Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/emiert/corettascottkingbookawards/
winnersa/cskawardwinners.htm
The Coretta Scott King Task Force awards “authors
and illustrators of African descent whose
distinguished books promote an understanding
and appreciation of the ‘American dream.’”
Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/
literaryawds/wildermedal/wildermedal.htm
The Association for Library Service to Children
presents this award every three years to an
author or illustrator “whose books,
published in the United States, have made,
over a period of years, a substantial and
lasting contribution to literature for children.”
Michael L. Prinz Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/
printzaward/Printz,_Michael_L__Award.htm
The Michael L. Prinz Award For Excellence
in Young Adult Literature is for a book that
exemplifies literary excellence in young adult
literature. It is named for a Topeka, Kansas
school librarian who was a long-time active
member of the Young Adult Library Services
Association.
Newbery Medal
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/
literaryawds/newberymedal/newberymedal.htm
The Association for Library Service to Children
awards authors of the “most distinguished
contribution to American literature for children.”
Pura Belpre Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/
literaryawds/belpremedal/belprmedal.htm
The Association for Library Service to Children
and the National Association to Promote Library
Services to the Spanish Speaking (REFORMA)
co-sponsor this biennial award to a Latino/Latina
author and illustrator “whose work best
portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino
cultural experience.” |
