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Women in Publishing began in March 1979. The first open meeting of what was to become WiP was in December 1979 in an upstairs room at the Globe pub, opposite Baker Street tube station. The meeting was chaired by Anne McDermid and the discussion led by Liz Calder and Ursula Owen, co-founder of Virago with Carmen Callil. About one hundred women attended the first meeting. Further meetings led to a more formal declaration of aims, and to the election of the first WiP committee.
LOGOS is not an academic journal, nor is it a news magazine. It is a forum where publishing professionals communicate with one another. Contributors are encouraged to express opinions, reflect personal experience, cite historic background and develop a thoughtful analysis leading to an informed view on the possible shape of the future.
Hurree Babu has been maintaining this very interesting blog on literature, primarily Indian and South Asian literature, but at times, there is other interesting stuff - like interviews, reviews etc. Well worth browsing and bookmarking!
DesiLit was founded in 2004 by Mary Mohan Raj, and works to build support for South Asian and diaspora writers by:
1. enhancing public awareness of their work through local readings and events,
2. creating opportunities for new and aspiring South Asian writers to learn from others in the field and develop their work, through workshops and classes, and
3. developing a supportive community among those interested in South Asian literature.
DesiLit also runs an online creative workshop as well as the DesiLit Magazine .
Guardian Unlimited: The Blog - Books
Boing Boing: A directory of wonderful things
Sometimes, one discovers perfect gems about publishing and the book community.
Perrera Hussein Publishing House, is an independent publishing house, set up by Ameena Hussein and Sam Perrera on 18 Dec 2003, Colombo. They are a young couple who are interested in publishing contemporary Sri Lankan fiction. In fact, one of their recent titles The Sweet and Simple Kind by Yasmine Gooneratne is on the Shortlist for the Commonwealth Prize for Literature, 2007.
Words Without Borders is an online magazine for International Literature. It is a partner of PEN American Center and is hosted by Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
SASIALIT is a popular and active mailing list on the literature of South Asia and the Indian diaspora. The site also contains guidelines to finding South Asian books abroad, and a short list of online resources.
Women Writers is an e-Zine with well written fiction, poetry and academic writing by women from around the world.
Jnanpith Award (pronounced Gyanpeeth awards)- is the highest literary honour conferred in India. The award carries a cheque for Rs. 500,000, a citation plaque and a bronze replica of Vagdevi. It is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. Before 1982, the awards were given for a single work by a writer. From 1982 onwards, the award has been given for a lifetime contribution to Indian literature. So far Kannada writers have won 7 awards, which is the highest for any language. Hindi writers have won 6.
Kalidas Samman- is a prestigious arts award presented annually in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India. The award carries a cash prize of 1 lakh (100,000) rupees. It is given to those persons who have made a great contribution in the field of arts, especially theatre.
Sahitya Akademi awards Every year since its inception in 1954, the Sahitya Akademi awards prizes to the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the major Indian languages recognised by it. The award carries a monetary component (Rupees 50,000) and a plaque.
Nobel Prize in Literature- The Nobel Prize in Literature has distinguished the works of authors from many different languages and cultural backgrounds. The prize has been awarded to unknown masters as well as authors acclaimed worldwide.
Man Booker Prize for Fiction -The Man Booker International Prize is unique in the world of literature in that it can be won by an author of any nationality, providing that his or her work is available in the English language. It is awarded every second year. The inaugural award was given in 2005.
Commonwealth Writers’ Prize - To encourage and reward the upsurge of new Commonwealth fiction and ensure that works of merit reach a wider audience outside their country of origin, the Commonwealth Foundation established the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1987.
The objectives of the prize are to promote new voices, reward achievement, encourage wider readership and greater literacy, thereby increasing appreciation of different cultures and building understanding between cultures.
Pulitzer Prize -is an American award regarded as the highest national honour in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. The formal announcement of the prizes, made each April, states that the awards are made by the president of Columbia University on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize board.
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize - The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, established in 1978, is given annually to a woman who deserves recognition for having written a work of outstanding quality for the English-speaking theatre. The Prize is administered in Houston, London and New York by a board of directors who choose six judges each year, three in the United States and three in Britain.
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award - In memory of Sweden’s most popular author Astrid Lindgren and to promote children’s and youth literature around the world, the Swedish government has founded an international prize in her name: The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.
The award, of five million Swedish crowns, is the world’s largest for children’s and youth literature, and the second-largest literature prize in the world. The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is more than just a literature prize, rather it is a literature prize in the widest possible sense of the phrase. Not only are authors eligible, but illustrators, story-tellers and people or organisations that make valuable contributions to the promotion of reading are also recognised for this award.
Indian Awards
Jnanpith Award (pronounced Gyanpeeth awards)- is the highest literary honour conferred in the Republic of India. . The award carries a cheque for Rs. 500,000, a citation plaque and a bronze replica of Vagdevi . It is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. Before 1982, the awards were given for a single work by a writer. From 1982 onwards, the award has been given for a lifetime contribution to Indian literature. So far Kannada writers have won 7 awards, which is the highest for any language. Hindi writers have won 6.
Kalidas Samman- is a prestigious arts award presented annually in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India. The award carries a cash prize of 1 lakh (100,000) rupees. It is given to those persons who have made a great contribution in the field of arts, especially theatre.
Sahitya Akademi awards- every year since its inception in 1954, the Sahitya Akademi awards prizes to the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the major Indian languages recognised by it. The award carries a monetary component (Rupees 50,000) and a plaque.
Nobel Prize in Literature- The Nobel Prize in Literature has distinguished the works of authors from many different languages and cultural backgrounds. The prize has been awarded to unknown masters as well as authors acclaimed worldwide.
Man Booker Prize for Fiction(Commonwealth Nations and Republic Of Ireland)- The Man Booker International Prize is unique in the world of literature in that it can be won by an author of any nationality, providing that his or her work is available in the English language. It is awarded every second year. The inaugural award was given in 2005.
Commonwealth Writers’ Prize(Commonwealth Nations)- To encourage and reward the upsurge of new Commonwealth fiction and ensure that works of merit reach a wider audience outside their country of origin, the Commonwealth Foundation established the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1987. The objectives of the prize are to promote new voices, reward achievement, encourage wider readership and greater literacy, thereby increasing appreciation of different cultures and building understanding between cultures.
Pulitzer Prize-is an American award regarded as the highest national honour in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. The formal announcement of the prizes, made each April, states that the awards are made by the president of Columbia University on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize board.
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize- The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, established in 1978, is given annually to a woman who deserves recognition for having written a work of outstanding quality for the English-speaking theatre. The Prize is administered in Houston, London and New York by a board of directors who choose six judges each year, three in the United States and three in Britain.
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award- In memory of Sweden’s most popular author Astrid Lindgren and to promote children’s and youth literature around the world, the Swedish government has founded an international prize in her name: The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.
The award, of five million Swedish crowns, is the world’s largest for children’s and youth literature, and the second-largest literature prize in the world. The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is more than just a literature prize, rather it is a literature prize in the widest possible sense of the phrase. Not only are authors eligible, but illustrators, story-tellers and people or organisations that make valuable contributions to the promotion of reading are also recognised for this award.
Willa Award- Awarded annually for outstanding literature featuring women's stories set in the West, the WILLA Literary Awards are chosen by a distinguished panel of twenty-one professional librarians. The contest is open to both men and women, however their (authors or publishers) stories must feature a woman/girl or women set in the American west during any period.
Franz Kafka Prize- The mission of the Franz Kafka Prize is the evaluation of artistically exceptional literary creation of a contemporary author whose work addresses the readers regardless of their origin, nationality and culture. It also evaluates the work of Franz Kafka, one of the greatest authors of modern world literature.
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (Great Britain)- was first awarded in 1942 and is in honour of the writer John Llewellyn Rhys, who was killed in action in the Second World War. It is open to British and Commonwealth writers of fiction and non-fiction aged 35 or under. It is presented for the best work of literature in the categories of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and drama. The prize was funded from 1987 to 2003 by the Mail on Sunday, however after the 2002 award was given out the Mail on Sunday pulled out. Since then the prize has been funded by an organisation known as Booktrust which is an independent educational charity.
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award- The Australian/Vogel Literary Award is one of the richest awards in Australia for an unpublished manuscript, offering a prize of $20,000 in addition to normal royalties from sales.
Miles Franklin Literary Award(Australia)- The Miles Franklin Literary Award celebrates Australian character and creativity and nurtures the continuing life of literature based on Australia. It is awarded for the novel of the year which is of the highest literary merit and which presents Australian life in any of its phases.
Patrick White Awards (Australia)- The Patrick White Playwrights' Award is a major playwriting initiative of Sydney Theatre Company and The Sydney Morning Herald, offering Australia's richest playwriting award ($20,000) to a full-length unproduced play of any genre by an Australian playwright 20 years of age or over.
American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals- In 1941 the Academy established awards to encourage creative work in the arts. Now $7500 each, Academy Awards are given annually: five to artists, eight to writers, four to composers, and three to architects. The two awards are taken in rotation from these categories:
Belles Lettres and Criticism, and Painting;
• Biography and Music;
• Fiction and Sculpture;
• History and Architecture, including Landscape Architecture;
• Poetry and Music;
• Drama and Graphic Art.
The Gold Medal is given for the entire work of the recipient.
Arthur Rense Prize- In 1998, Paige Rense established an award of $20,000 in memory of her husband, the poet Arthur Rense. The prize is given triennially to an exceptional poet. This award is presented by the American Academy Of Arts and Letters.
The Bancroft Prize- The Bancroft prizes are awarded annually by Columbia University in the City of New York. Under the terms of the will of the late Fredric Bancroft, provision is made for two annual prizes of equal rank to be awarded to the authors of distinguished works in either or both of the following categories: American History (including biography) and Diplomacy. The competition is open to all persons whether connected with Columbia University or not and whether citizens of the United States or any other country.
Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry- The biennial, privately funded $10,000 prize, given on behalf of the nation, recognizes the most distinguished book of poetry written by an American and published during the preceding two years. The prize is donated by the family of the late Mrs. Bobbitt of Austin, Texas, in her memory, and established at the Library of Congress.
Edgar Allan Poe Awards- The Edgar Allan Poe Awards® (the "Edgars®") are named after Mystery Writers of America patron saint, Edgar Allan Poe, and are awarded to authors of distinguished work in various categories of the genre. All books, short stories, television shows, and films in the mystery, crime, suspense, and intrigue fields are eligible for Edgar® Awards in their respective category if they were published or produced for the first time in the U.S. during this calendar year.
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction- Each year the University of Georgia Press selects two winners of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Authors of winning manuscripts receive a cash award of $1,000, and their collections are subsequently published by The Press under a standard book contract. The Press may occasionally select more than two winners. The competition is open to writers in English, whether published or unpublished. Collections that include long stories or novellas are acceptable. Estimated length of a novella is between 50 and 150 pages. Novels or single novellas will not be considered.
Goldsmith Book Prize- The Goldsmith Awards Program, launched in 1991, has as its goal the encouragement of a more insightful, spirited public debate about government, politics and the press. The program includes the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, two book prizes, Fellowships and the Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism. The $25,000 Prize for Investigative Reporting has honored pioneering work by teams of journalists from across the country.
Harold Morton Landon Translation Award- This $1,000 award recognizes a published translation of poetry from any language into English. Founded in 1976, the award was originally biennial. It has been given annually since 1984. A noted translator chooses the winning book. Books must be submitted by December 31 of the year that they are published. Books must be published in a standard edition (40 pages or more and 500 or more copies), and must consist primarily of poetry.
Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award- The late Mary Hemingway, a member of PEN, founded this award in 1976 both to honor the memory of her husband, Ernest Hemingway, and to recognize distinguished first books of fiction. The award is funded by the Ernest Hemingway Foundation, which has been administered by the Hemingway Society since 1987, and PEN New England. A panel of three distinguished fiction writers selects the winner. Eligible titles, which must be the first published book length work of fiction by an American citizen or resident, published in the United States in 2006, may be submitted by publishers, agents, or the authors themselves.
Hopwood Awards- Under the terms of the will of Avery Hopwood, prominent American dramatist and member of the Class of 1905 of The University of Michigan, one-fifth of Mr. Hopwood's estate was given to the Regents of the University for the encouragement of creative work in writing. The first awards were made in 1931, and today the Hopwood Program is proud to offer approximately $135,000 in prizes every year to young aspiring writers at the University of Michigan.
James Laughlin Award-The James Laughlin Award is given to recognize and support a poet's second book. It is the only second-book award for poetry in the United States. Offered since 1954, the award was endowed in 1995 by a gift to the Academy from the Drue Heinz Trust. It is named for the poet and publisher James Laughlin (1914-1997), who founded New Directions in 1936.
Only manuscripts already under contract with publishers are considered for the James Laughlin Award. The Academy awards the winning poet a cash prize of $5,000 and purchases copies of the book for distribution to its members.
Kate Tufts Discovery Award- Established in 1993, the Kate Tufts Discovery Award is presented annually for a first book by a poet of genuine promise. In 2007, the purse for this award will be $10,000.
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award- Established in 1992 by Kate Tufts to honour her late husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award is presented annually for a work by an emerging poet, one who is past the very beginning but has not yet reached the acknowledged pinnacle of his or her career.
While some poetry prizes discover and honor new voices and others crown an indisputably major body of work, this award at Claremont Graduate University aims to sustain a poet who is laboring in the difficult middle between these extremes. In 2007, the purse for this award will be $100,000. Work must be original poetry written originally in English by a poet who is a citizen or legal resident alien of the United States. The work may be submitted by its author or, with the poet's consent, by a publisher, agent, or other representative.
Lannan Literary Awards- The Lannan Literary Awards and Fellowships were established in 1989 to honor both established and emerging writers whose work is of exceptional quality. Over the last 18 years, through its Awards and Fellowships program, the Foundation has awarded 161 writers and poets over $11 million. The awards recognize writers who have made significant contributions to English-language literature. The fellowships recognize writers of distinctive literary merit who demonstrate potential for continued outstanding work.
Michael Braude Award for Light Verse- This $5000 biennial award, established by Mrs. Lillian Braude in memory of her husband is given for light verse written in English regardless of the country of origin of the writer.
National Book Awards- Through The National Book Awards -- the nation's preeminent literary prize – the National Book Foundation recognizes books of exceptional merit written by Americans. Categories for the award include Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People's Literature. The winner in each genre receives a prize of $10,000.
The National Poetry Series- Established in 1978 to recognize and promote excellence in contemporary poetry by ensuring the publication of five books of poetry a year through a series of participating publishers. Five distinguished poets will each select one winning manuscript for publication from entries to the Open Competition. Each winner will receive $1,000.
The National Poetry Series seeks book-length manuscripts of poetry written by American citizens. All manuscripts must be previously unpublished.
The O. Henry Prize- The O. Henry Prize is a yearly prize given to short stories of exceptional merit. The story must be originally written in English and published in a Canadian or American magazine. The nationality of the author is not a factor for this prize. Entries longer than 1,000 words are not eligible for this prize.
Barnard Women Poets Prize- The Barnard Women Poets Prize is given bi-annually for an exceptional second collection of poems written by an American woman who has already published one book of poetry (in an edition of 500 copies or more). The winner will receive an honorarium of $1,500 and publication of her manuscript by W.W. Norton & Co.
Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Awards- Established in 1995, this award recognizes outstanding translations into English of modern Italian poetry through a $5,000 book prize and a $20,000 fellowship, given in alternating years. Publishers may submit translations published anytime in the past (not necessarily in the year of the judging), but only books by living translators are eligible.
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize-Awarded annually, the $100,000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize honors a living U.S. poet whose lifetime accomplishments warrant extraordinary recognition. Established in 1986 by Ruth Lilly, the Prize is one of the most prestigious awards given to American poets and is one of the largest literary honors for work in the English language.
Stonewall Book Awards- The first and most enduring award for lesbigay books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by the American Library Association's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table. Since Isabel Miller's Patience and Sarah received the first award in 1971, a total of forty-eight books have been honored for exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgendered experience.
The Wallace Stevens Award- The Wallace Stevens Award is given annually to recognize outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry. Established in 1994, the award now carries a stipend of $100,000 for the recipient.
Walt Whitman Award- The Walt Whitman Award brings first-book publication, a cash prize of $5,000, and a one-month residency at the Vermont Studio Center to an American who has never before published a book of poetry. The winning manuscript, chosen by an eminent poet, is published by Louisiana State University Press. The Academy purchases copies of the book for distribution to its members. Contestants must be living citizens of the United States who have neither published, nor committed to publish, a volume of poetry 40 pages or more in length and in an edition of 500 or more copies, either in the U.S. or abroad.
Whiting Writers’ Award- The Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation today named ten recipients of the 2002 Whiting Writers’ Awards. The awards, which are $35,000 each, totaling $350,000, have been given annually since 1985 to emerging writers of exceptional talent and promise. Now in its eighteenth year, the program has awarded more than $5 million to 180 poets, fiction and nonfiction writers, and playwrights.
Typically, a Whiting Award winner has published one book, although some of the Whiting recipients in the past have published more, and some have not yet published in book form. Writers who have a considerable body of published work or whose work has already received substantial attention are not eligible for consideration.
British Book Awards(The Nibbies)- The British Book Awards( also known as the Galaxy British Book Awards) are the publishing industry's equivalent of the BAFTA's or the Oscars and are the glitziest event in the UK book trade industry's calendar. The Awards celebrate the nation's favourite books, authors and publishers. The British Book Awards were founded and are still organised by Publishing News - the leading weekly magazine for the book trade business.
The awards are made in a number of headline categories:
• Best Read of the Year
• Lifetime Achievement Award
• Author of the Year
• Biography of the Year
• Book of the Year
• Children's Book of the Year
• Crime Thriller of the Year
• Writer of the Year
• History Book of the Year
• Literary Fiction Award
• Newcomer of the Year Award
• Sports Book of the Year
• TV & Film Book of the Year
Forward Poetry Prize- The Forward Poetry prizes were created in 1991 to bring contemporary poetry to a wider audience. Known as the 'bardic booker', this is the UK's most valuable annual poetry competition as well as the only major awards that honour both established and up-and-coming poets.
All entries must be published in the UK or Republic of Ireland, poems or collections of poetry must be written in English. Translations from other languages are not eligible for this prize.
Hessell-Tiltman History Prize- Marjorie Hessell-Tiltman was a member of PEN during the '60s and '70s. On her death in 1999 she bequeathed £100,000 to the PEN Literary Foundation to found a prize in her name. This prize of £3,000 is awarded annually for a non-fiction book of specifically historical content.
Entrants, which may include first British translations, are to be books of high literary merit - that is, not primarily written for the academic market - and can cover all historical periods up to and including the Second World War.
Samuel Johnson Prize- The Samuel Johnson prize is the UK's most prestigious non-fiction literary award. Now in its ninth year, the prize is open to books in the areas of current affairs, history, politics, science, sport, travel, biography, autobiography and the arts. All books published in the UK by writers of any nationality are eligible. The award is managed by BBC Four.
The T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry-The PBS awards the annual T S Eliot Prize for Poetry. The Prize - described by Poet Laureate Andrew Motion as 'the Prize most poets want to win' - was launched in 1993 to celebrate the Poetry Book Society's 40th birthday and to honour its founding poet. It is awarded annually to the writer of the best new single-author collection of poetry published in the UK or Ireland.
Submissions for the Eliot prize must be made by the publisher, not the poet - self-published collections are not eligible. The £10,000 prize money is kindly donated by Eliot's widow, Mrs. Valerie Eliot
Costa Book Awards(formerly known as the Whitbread award)- The Costa Book Awards recognise the most enjoyable books of the last year by writers based in the UK and Ireland. Formerly known as the Whitbread Book Awards, Costa announced its takeover of the sponsorship of the UK's most prestigious book prize in 2006. The Costa Book Awards has five categories First Novel, Novel, Biography, Poetry and Childrens Book.
Arthur Ellis Awards- The year 2007 marks the 24th year for the prestigious Arthur Ellis Awards, named after the nom de travail of Canada's official hangman and recognizing excellence in Canadian crime writing.
Awards are presented in six categories for works in the crime genre published for the first time in the previous year by authors living in Canada, regardless of their nationality, or by Canadian writers living outside of Canada.
Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young Readers- The Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, a $1000 prize, is awarded annually to reward excellence in the writing of an outstanding work of historical fiction for young readers, by a Canadian author, published in the previous calendar year. The award winner is decided by a jury selected by the Canadian Children's Book Centre.
All books written by Canadian citizens or landed immigrants are eligible for consideration.
Gerald Lampert Memorial Award- The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is given in the memory of Gerald Lampert, an arts administrator who organized authors' tours and took a particular interest in the work of new writers. The award recognizes the best first book of poetry published by a Canadian in the preceding year. The Award carries a prize of $1,000 and is sponsored by the League of Canadian Poets. The author must be a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant.
Scotiabank Giller Prize- The Scotiabank Giller Prize awards $40,000 annually to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English and $2,500 to each of the finalists. The award was established in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller. The Prize is now in its 14th year.
To be eligible, a book must be a first-edition full-length novel or short story collection, written by a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada.
Griffin Poetry Prize- The Griffin Trusts’ support for poets, poetry and for the publishers of poetry includes two annual literary prizes worth $40,000 (Cdn) each. In April 2005, Scott Griffin increased the amount of the prize which now awards each of the two winners $50,000 (Cdn). These prizes will be awarded annually for collections of poetry published in English during the preceding year. One prize will go to a living Canadian poet, the other to a living poet from any other country, which may include Canada. Qualified judges will be selected annually by the Trustees and the prizes will be awarded in the spring of each year.
Governor General's Literary Awards- The Governor General’s Literary Awards were inaugurated in 1937 when Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir (John Buchan, author of The Thirty-Nine Steps) honoured the best books of 1936. The GGs have since evolved into Canada’s pre-eminent national literary awards. Launched by the Canadian Authors Association, the awards were at first non-monetary prizes for the best works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama written in English or translated from French into English. A prize of $250 was introduced in 1951, rising to $15,000 in 2000. Today, the total value of the awards is over $300,000. BMO Financial Group has sponsored the awards since 1988. Books must be first foreign or first Canadian edition trade books that have been written, translated or illustrated by Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada. In the Translation category, the original work, written in French, must also be a Canadian-authored title.
Marian Engel Award-The Marian Engel Award was established by the Writers' Trust to honour the memory of one of Canada's most beloved and respected writers. Marian Engel won the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction in 1976 for her novel, Bear, and was the first chair of the Writers' Union of Canada in 1973-74. The award is presented once a year to a female Canadian writer, not for a single book, but for a body of work and in anticipation of her future contribution to Canadian literature.
Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction- Canada’s non-fiction books for young people are internationally renowned for the superb quality of their text, illustration and design. The Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction was established by the Fleck Family Foundation and The Canadian Children's Book Centre in May 1999 to recognize and raise the profile of these exceptional non-fiction books.
The $10,000 Norma Fleck Award is the largest of its kind in Canadian children’s books, and is considered to be one of Canada’s most prestigious literary prizes. The Norma Fleck Award is exclusively a non-fiction prize. Criteria used by the jury to evaluate the books submitted for the Norma Fleck Award include: text of exceptional quality; subject matter presented in a way that informs and excites; visuals that clarify, extend and complement the text.
Pat Lowther Memorial Award-The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is given for a book of poetry by a Canadian woman published in the preceding year, and is in memory of the late Pat Lowther, whose career was cut short by her untimely death in 1975. The award carries a $1,000 prize. The author of the work must be female and a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant.
Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour-Is an annual award presented to the best work of humorous literature written in English by a Canadian. The award is a tribute to well-known Canadian humorist Stephen Leacock (1869–1944), and is accompanied by a cash prize of $10,000 (CAD). It is presented each year during a banquet ceremony in Leacock’s hometown of Orillia, Ontario.
The major emphasis of each entry MUST be on humour, but literary merit is also important. Books of cartoons are only eligible if they contain a substantial amount of textual material and the author or authors must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants and living at the time of publication.
The Doug Wright Awards- The Doug Wright Awards were established in 2005 to cast a spotlight on the range of cartoonists and comic artists working in Canada. The Wright trophies are handed out in two categories; Best Book and Best Emerging Talent:
1. Best Book includes any comic book, graphic novel or collected work published in the previous year.
2. Best Emerging Talent includes any cartoonist who has recently begun their career.
The Wright Awards will take a liberal view of who qualifies as a Canadian, requiring only a period of residency in this country while active as a cartoonist. Thus a landed immigrant who cartoons in Canada would be eligible, as would someone who cartooned in Canada and then moved elsewhere.
Vilenica prize-The Vilenica International Literary Festival, a gathering of poets, prose writers, dramatists and essayists, is organized by the Slovene Writers' Association in collaboration with the Cultural Centre Vilenica from Sežana. The festival takes place annually in Lipica and at other venues in Slovenia. Since the first international festival Vilenica in1986, the climax of the event has been the presentation of the Vilenica International Literary Prize, awarded by the Slovene Writers' Association in accordance with its statute to a Central European author for outstanding achievements in the field of literature and essay writing.
Palanca Awards-The awards started in 1951 with the Short Story Category in English and Filipino. Through the years, as the awards elicited overwhelming response, new categories were added: One-act Play in 1953, Poetry in 1963, Full-length Play in 1975, Essay in 1979, Novel in 1980, Short Story for Children in 1989, Teleplay in 1990 and Screenplay in 1994. In 1997, three new divisions in the Short Story category were opened. These are the Iluko, Cebuano and Hiligaynon divisions, three of the Philippines’ local dialects. The contest is open to all Filipino citizens or former Filipino citizens.
Janusz A. Zajdel Award- The Janusz A. Zajdel Award (Nagroda imienia Janusza A. Zajdla), often called just Zajdel, is the annual award given by the Polish science fiction & fantasy fandom for the best stories published during the previous year. The winners are chosen in a vote by fans present at the Polcon convention from up to five nominations in each of two categories:
• Novel: works longer than 100 standard pages (of 1800 characters),
• Short story: shorter works.
NIKE Literary Award-The NIKE Literary Award was founded in 1997 by "Gazeta Wyborcza" and Nicom Consulting to promote Polish literature. Every year the nine-member jury, currently headed by the prominent Polish literature scholar, Professor Maria Janion, selects the Polish book of the year from a set of 20 nominee titles in a three-stage competition. The author of the winning book receives the NIKE statuette and a cheque.(For information in English please click on the following link The NIKE Literary Award).
Awards For Science Fiction And Fantasy
The Hugo Award- The Hugo Award was named in honour of Hugo Gernsback, "The Father of Magazine Science Fiction," as he was described in a special award given to him in 1960. The Hugo Award, also known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award, is given annually by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS).
Unless otherwise specified, Hugo Awards are given for work in the field of science fiction or fantasy appearing for the first time during the previous calendar year.
A work originally appearing in a language other than English shall also be eligible for the year in which it is first issued in English translation.
The Nebula-Since 1965, the Nebula Awards have been given each year for the best novel, novella, novelette, and short story eligible for that year's award. An anthology including the winning pieces of short fiction and several runners-up is also published every year.
Works are eligible whether or not their authors are members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). Works are eligible whether or not they have been previously published outside the United States of America. Awards will be made in the following categories:
Short Story: less than 7,500 words.
Novelette: at least 7,500 words but less than 17,500 words.
Novella: at least 17,500 words but less than 40,000 words.
Novel: 40,000 words or more. At the author's request, a novella-length work published individually, rather than as part of a collection or an anthology, shall appear in the novel category.
Script: a professionally produced audio, radio, television, motion picture, multimedia, or theatrical script.
Sidewise Award-The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were conceived in late 1995 to honor the best "genre" publications of the year, and the first awards were announced in summer 1996. The award takes its name from Murray Leinster's 1934 short story "Sidewise In Time", in which a strange storm causes portions of Earth to swap places with their analogs from other timelines.
Two awards are given each year. To be considered, a work must have either first English-language publication or first American publication in the calendar year prior to the year in which the award is to be presented. In other words, awards announced in 1997 honored works published in 1996 and were called the "1996 Sidewise Awards".
James Tiptree, Jr. Award- In February of 1991 at WisCon (the world's only feminist-oriented science fiction convention), award-winning SF author Pat Murphy announced the creation of the James Tiptree, Jr. Award, an annual literary prize for science fiction or fantasy that expands or explores our understanding of gender. The aim of the award is not to look for work that falls into some narrow definition of political correctness, but rather to seek out work that is thought provoking, imaginative, and perhaps even infuriating. The Tiptree Award is intended to reward those women and men who are bold enough to contemplate shifts and changes in gender roles, a fundamental aspect of any society.
British Science Fiction Association Award(BSFA award)- The British Science Fiction Association(BSFA) presents the BSFA award for works of science fiction. The award is based on a vote given by BSFA members and (recently) Eastercon.
Arthur C. Clarke Award-The Arthur C. Clarke Award is the most prestigious award for science fiction in Britain. The annual award is presented for the best science fiction novel of the year, and selected from a shortlist of novels whose UK first edition was published in the previous calendar year.
The Award was originally established by a generous grant from Sir Arthur C. Clarke with the aim of promoting science fiction in Britain, and is currently administered by the Serendip Foundation with Sir Arthur continuing to donate a cash prize via Rocket Publishing, his UK representatives. The prize is open to any full-length novel, written in English by an author of any nationality, provided that the novel is published for the first time in the United Kingdom between 1 January and 31 December of the year before the prize is awarded.
Writers of the Future (WOTF)- Established and sponsored by L. Ron Hubbard in 1983, the “Writers Award Contest” was a budding competition aimed at discovering, and eventually publishing, deserving amateur and aspiring writers. The field of speculative fiction and fantasy was chosen not only for Mr. Hubbard’s love of and success within the genre-but for the freedom of imagination and expression it provided as what he described as the “herald of possibility.” All entries must be original works, in English.
Illustrators of the Future-In 1988, under L. Ron Hubbard’s inspiration, the Writers of the Future Contest was joined by a companion competition-The Illustrators of the Future Contest. It was intended to do for new illustrators what the writers contest had done for new writers-discover new talent, acknowledge them, bring them to the attention of publishers and help launch their professional careers. The Contest is open to entrants from all nations.
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel-The John W. Campbell Memorial Award for the best science-fiction novel of the year is one of the three major annual awards for science fiction. The first Campbell Award was presented at the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1973. Since then the Award has been presented in various parts of the world: at California State University at Fullerton; at St. John's College, Oxford; at the World SF Writers Conference in Dublin; in Stockholm; at the World SF meeting in Dublin again; and since 1979 at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.
The Award was created to honour the late editor of Astounding Science Fiction magazine, which is now named Analog. Campbell, who edited the magazine from 1937 until his death in 1971, is called, by many writers and scholars, the father of modern science fiction.
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer- John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer is awarded annually to the best new science fiction or fantasy writer whose first work of science fiction or fantasy appearing in a professional publication was published in the previous two calendar years. For the purposes of the Campbell Award, professional publications are works sold for more than a nominal amount and published anywhere in the world.
Writers with a qualifying professional work published in 2005 or 2006 are eligible for the award.
Philip K. Dick Award- The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States. The award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society.
Publishers who issue eligible titles during the calendar year 2006 are encouraged to provide copies to each of the judges as the books are published during the year. (All works of science fiction originally published in the US, as paperbacks during the year 2006 are eligible). The nominees will be announced in January 2007.
Compton Crook Award- The Compton Crook Award is presented to the best first novel of the year written by a single author: collaborations are not eligible: in the field of Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror by the members of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society, Inc., at their annual Baltimore-area science fiction convention, Balticon.
To be eligible the book must be an author's first solo science fiction, fantasy or horror novel. The book must also have been published in the calendar year immediately preceding the current Balticon. For eligibility requirements, click the following link Compton Crook Award Winners [Version HH-51].
Prometheus Award- In 1979, science fiction writer L. Neil Smith created the Prometheus Awards, to honor libertarian fiction however due to the cost of the award, and lack of a formal organization, the Prometheus Awards fell into limbo the following year. Founded in 1982 to provide encouragement to science fiction writers whose books examine the meaning of freedom, the Libertarian Futurist Society revived the Prometheus Award for best libertarian novel of the year. A second annual award called the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award was also added which is designed to honor classic libertarian fiction.
World Fantasy Awards- The World Fantasy Awards are annual, international awards given to authors and artists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of fantasy. The categories for the awards are:
o Novel
o Novella (10,001 to 40,000 words)
o Short Fiction (under 10,000 words)
o Anthology (multiple author - original or reprint - single or multiple editors)
o Collection (single author - original or reprint - single or multiple editors)
o Artist
o Special Awards
Convention Award
Life Achievement
Special Award: Professional
Special Award: Non-Professional
Pioneer Award- The Pioneer Award is given to the writer or writers of the best critical essay-length work of the year, an article in a reasonably broad subject that embodies high standards of scholarship; particularly essays that deal with larger issues.
Consequently, analyses of single works or single authors, narrow explications, and items with relevance to only a small area within the genre are typically excluded, as are reprints and revisions.
Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service- The Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service is presented for outstanding service activities-promotion of SF teaching and study, editing, reviewing, editorial writing, publishing, organizing meetings, mentoring, and leadership in SF/fantasy organizations.
Literary Awards for Children’s literature
The John Newbery Medal(USA)- The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. 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.
There are no limitations as to the character of the book considered except that it be original work. Honor Books may be named. These shall be books that are also truly distinguished. The Award is restricted to authors who are citizens or residents of the United States.
Caldecott Medal(USA)-The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
There are no limitations as to the character of the picture book except that the illustrations be original work. Honor Books may be named. These shall be books that are also truly distinguished. The Award is restricted to artists who are citizens or residents of the United States.
Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal(USA)-Administered by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award was first given to its namesake in 1954. The award, a bronze medal, honors 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.
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award(USA)-Established in 1956, Vermont's Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award is the second oldest child-selected book award in the United States. Early each year, a committee of adults selects a Master List consisting of 30 of the most distinguished books published for children during the preceding calendar year. In April of the following year, children in grades four to eight vote to choose the best of these books as that year's winner.
Books must be written by living authors who are citizens or residents of the united states or canada. the author's work must be original, and not previously published.
Carnegie Medal in Literature(UK)-It was established by The Library Association in 1936, in memory of the great Scottish-born philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919). The medal is now awarded by CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, which is a new organisation formed by the Unification of the Institute of Information Scientists and The Library Association on 1 April 2002. The winner receives a golden medal and £500 worth of books to donate to a library of their choice. The book must be written in the English language. The book must be published originally for children and young people.The book must have received its first publication in the United Kingdom or have had co-publication elsewhere within a three month time lapse.
Children's Laureate(UK)-The role of Children's Laureate, which has a bursary of £10,000, is awarded once every two years to an eminent writer or illustrator of children's books to celebrate outstanding achievement in their field. The appointment of a Children's Laureate acknowledges the importance of exceptional children's authors in creating the readers of tomorrow.
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize(UK)-Founded in 1967, the prize has a tradition of finding new voices in children's fiction before the rest of the world is aware of them. Past winners include Philip Pullman, Jacqueline Wilson and Mark Haddon.
Kate Greenaway Medal(UK)-The Kate Greenaway Medal was established by The Library Association in 1955, for distinguished illustration in a book for children. It is named after the popular nineteenth century artist known for her fine children's illustrations and designs. The medal is now awarded by CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, The winner receives a golden medal and £500 worth of books to donate to a library of their choice.
Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation(UK)-The Marsh Award was established in 1996 to highlight the quality and raise the profile of children's literature in translation. Back then, books were eligible for entry if they had been published in the preceding six years, a reflection of the paucity of translated fiction for children in the UK at the time.
These days the situation is slightly brighter, and continues to improve, with the prize now given biennially and a greater number of books being submitted for each successive award.
Nestlé Children's Book Prize(UK)-The prize is awarded annually to a work of fiction or poetry for children written in English by a UK citizen, or an author resident in the UK in the year ending 31 October.
The name of the prize changed in 2005 from the former Nestle Smarties Book Prize to the current Nestle Children’s Book Prize.
Angus Book Award(UK)-The Angus Book Award was launched in 1996 as an Angus Council initiative to encourage pupils to read and enjoy quality teenage fiction. It is based on pupils not only voting for the winner, but also actively participating in all aspects of the Award from the selection of the shortlist to the Award ceremony. The Award was the first of its kind in Scotland and is now one of the most established and highly regarded regional book awards.
The book must be a work of teenage fiction appropriate for the 13/15-year-old age group, published in a first paperback edition between July and June of the previous year and written by an author living and working in the UK.
Tir na n-Og Awards(UK- Wales)-The Tir na n-Og Awards were established in 1976 with the intention of raising the standard of children's and young people's books published during the year, and to encourage the buying and reading of good books. Three awards are presented annually, and are sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals and the Welsh Books Council. Categories include:
(i) English-language books
The best English-language book of the year with an authentic Welsh background. Fiction and factual books originally in English are eligible. Translations from Welsh or any other language are not eligible.
Prize: £1,000
(ii) Welsh-language books - Primary Sector
Original Welsh-language books, aimed at the primary sector.
Prize: £1,000
(iii) Welsh-language books - Secondary Sector
Original Welsh-language books, aimed at the secondary sector.
Prize: £1,000
Bisto Book of the Year Awards(Ireland)-The CBI Bisto Awards are the leading annual Children's Book Awards in Ireland. Now in their 17th year, the awards have been sponsored since their inception by Bisto (RHM Ireland). The Awards are made annually by Children's Books Ireland to authors and illustrators born or resident in Ireland.
Hans Christian Andersen Award(International)-Every other year IBBY presents the Hans Christian Andersen Awards to a living author and illustrator whose complete works have made a lasting contribution to children's literature.
The Hans Christian Andersen Award is the highest international recognition given to an author and an illustrator of children's books. Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is the Patron of the Andersen Awards.
The nominations are made by the National Sections of IBBY and the recipients are selected by a distinguished international jury of children's literature specialists.
The Coretta Scott King Award(USA)-Given to African American authors and illustrator for outstanding inspirational and educational contributions, the Coretta Scott King Book Award titles promote understanding and appreciation of the culture of all peoples and their contribution to the realization of the American dream.
To be eligible the book:
o Must portray some aspect of the African American experience, past, present, or future.
o Must be written/illustrated by a African American.
o Must be published in the U.S. in the year preceding presentation of the Award.
o Must be original work
Pura Belpré Award for Latino literature(USA)-The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. It is co-sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), and the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking (REFORMA), an ALA Affiliate.
The award-winning books must be published in the United States or Puerto Rico. Recipients of the Pura Belpré Medal must be residents or citizens of the United States or Puerto Rico.
Michael L. Printz Award(USA)-The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. The award is sponsored by Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association.
The Printz Award is selected annually and recognizes the best book written for young adults, based solely on literary merit. It must have been designated by its publisher as being either a young adult book or one published for the age range that YALSA defines as "young adult;" i.e., 12 through 18, and must have been copyrighted and introduced during the assigned calendar year.
Robert F. Sibert Award for informational books (USA)-The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, established by the Association for Library Service to Children in 2001, is awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in English during the preceding year.
The award is restricted to authors, author/illustrator, co-authors, or author and illustrator named on the title page who are citizens or residents of the United States.
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