World Literary Awards

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580 literary awards

Dr. Harold and Dorothy Seymour Medal (Seymour Medal)

Established
1996
Frequency
Once a year
Organizer
Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)
Selection Method
Selection
Category
Nonfiction and Documentary Literature
Target
Professional
Baseball historyBiographySports nonfictionHistory

Annual award given by SABR to the best book on baseball history or biography published in the previous calendar year.

Prize: Bronze medal (approximately 3.5 inches in diameter) and recognition by SABR

Goodreads Choice Awards

Established
2009
Frequency
Once a year
Organizer
Goodreads
Selection Method
Vote
Category
Children's Literature, Fairy Tales, and Picture Books
Target
Newcomer
Application Deadline
around November
Announcement Period
around December
FictionHistorical FictionMystery & ThrillerRomanceRomantasyFantasyScience FictionHorrorDebut NovelAudiobookYoung Adult Fantasy & Science FictionYoung Adult FictionNonfictionMemoir & AutobiographyHistory & Biography

Annual reader-voted book award hosted by Goodreads. Selects the best books of the year in each genre through user voting.

Prize: No monetary prize; recognition and exposure on Goodreads (winner badge, winner list placement, in-site promotion)

Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize

Established
1999
Frequency
Annually
Organizer
Founded in honour of George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld, and supported by New College, The Queen's College, and St Anne's College, Oxford. Administered by Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation (OCCT), based at St Anne's College.
Selection Method
Open call
Category
Research, Translation, and Scholarship
Target
Open
Application Deadline
around January
Announcement Period
around June
Translation awardLiterary awardInternational literary translation

An annual prize of £2,000 for book-length literary translations into English from any living European language, established in 1999.

Prize: Winning the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize (specific prize amount not stated in the text)

Rossica Translation Prize

Established
2003
Frequency
Biennial (every two years)
Organizer
Academia Rossica
Selection Method
Open call
Category
Research, Translation, and Scholarship
Target
Open
Translation awardRussian Literature TranslationLiterature prizeEnglish Translation

Biennial prize for published literary translations from Russian to English.

Prize: Cash prize (prize money distributed between translator and publisher at judges' discretion)

National Book Award for Translated Literature

Established
1967
Frequency
Once a year
Organizer
National Book Foundation
Selection Method
Open call
Category
Research, Translation, and Scholarship
Target
Open
Application Deadline
around May
Announcement Period
around November
Translated literatureFictionNonfiction

Annual literary award organized by the US National Book Foundation for works translated into English.

Prize: Winner: $10,000 (divided equally between author and translator). Finalists: $1,000

Popescu Prize

Established
1983
Frequency
Biennial (every two years)
Organizer
Poetry Society (UK)
Selection Method
Selection
Category
Research, Translation, and Scholarship
Target
Professional
PoetryTranslationLiterary award

A biennial translation prize awarded to poetry collections translated from European languages into English.

Prize: Cash prize awarded to the translator (translation prize)

Rossica Young Translators Prize

Established
2009
Frequency
Annually
Organizer
Academia Rossica (London, dissolved 2016)
Selection Method
Open call
Category
Research, Translation, and Scholarship
Target
Open
Translation awardLiterature prizeFor Young Translators

Annual translation prize for under-25s translating excerpts of contemporary Russian literature from Russian to English.

Prize: Cash prize (exact amount not publicly disclosed)

Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing

Established
1991
Frequency
Once a year
Organizer
National Book Critics Circle (NBCC)
Selection Method
Selection
Category
Criticism and Critical Writing
Target
Professional
Announcement Period
around March
Book reviewsLiterary criticismCriticism

Annual honor award established by NBCC in 1991 to recognize outstanding book reviews.

Prize: Citation for excellence in reviewing (honorary commendation). No specific monetary prize has been publicly announced.

Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism

Established
1996
Frequency
Once a year
Organizer
University of Iowa (on behalf of the Truman Capote Literary Trust)
Selection Method
Recommendation
Category
Criticism and Critical Writing
Target
Professional
Announcement Period
around April–May
Literary CriticismAcademic AwardEnglish Literature

Annual award given for literary criticism in the English-speaking world. Prize money is US$30,000.

Prize: Cash prize (US$30,000)

Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism

Established
1966
Frequency
Once a year
Organizer
Kerala Sahitya Akademi
Selection Method
Selection
Category
Criticism and Critical Writing
Target
Professional
Application Deadline
around December
Literary criticismMalayalam literatureState / regional literary award

Annual award presented by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi for works of literary criticism in Malayalam.

Prize: Award presented by Kerala Sahitya Akademi for the literary criticism category (specifics such as certificate/medal or cash not specified in source).