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Contests & Award Winners Pulitzer Award for Fiction Pulitzer Award for Nonfiction Pulitzer Award for Biography Pulitzer Award for History Pulitzer Award for Poetry Audie Awards Since 1996, APA has hosted the The Audies® honoring excellence in audiobook publishing. In addition to this year's new category, "Audiobook of the Year," the The Audies® recognize excellence in audio publishing, including categories for Fiction (Abridged and Unabridged), Non-Fiction (Abridged and Unabridged), Classic, Business Informational/Educational, Children's Titles, Humor, Poetry, Audio Drama, Package Design and many more. Christy Awards In the spring of 1999, nearly a dozen Christian publishers confirmed the need for establishing a Christian fiction award to recognize novelists and novels of excellence in half a dozen genres of Christian fiction. By late summer, ideas and planning had come together to launch The Christy Award, named in honor of Catherine Marshall's novel and of her contribution to growth of the fiction Christians love to read! Edgar Awards The Edgar Award, in honor of Edgar Allan Poe, is given by The Mystery Writers of America to the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. Listed here are the winners in the fiction category. The first Edgar was awarded in 1954. Nebula Awards The Nebula Awards are chosen by the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) in the following categories: Novel, Novella, Novellette, Short Story, and Script. Hugo Awards The Hugo Award was named in honor 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). James Beard KitchenAid Book Awards The James Beard Foundation/KitchenAid Book Awards, the oldest recognition program for books on culinary topics in the United States, were originally established in 1966 as the R.T. French Tastemakers Awards. After R.T. French discontinued its funding for the program, the awards were sponsored by a number of organizations before becoming a permanent part of the James Beard Foundation Awards in 1990. National Book Awards for Fiction On March 15, 1950, a consortium of book publishing groups sponsored the first annual National Book Awards Ceremony and Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. Their goal was to enhance the public's awareness of exceptional books written by fellow Americans, and to increase the popularity of reading in general. National Book Awards for Nonfiction On March 15, 1950, a consortium of book publishing groups sponsored the first annual National Book Awards Ceremony and Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. Their goal was to enhance the public's awareness of exceptional books written by fellow Americans, and to increase the popularity of reading in general. National Book Awards for Poetry On March 15, 1950, a consortium of book publishing groups sponsored the first annual National Book Awards Ceremony and Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. Their goal was to enhance the public's awareness of exceptional books written by fellow Americans, and to increase the popularity of reading in general. PEN/Faulkner Awards Named for William Faulkner, who used his Nobel Prize funds to create an award for young writers, and affiliated with PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists), the international writers' organization, the PEN/Faulkner Award was founded by writers in 1980 to honor their peers, and is now the largest juried award for fiction in the United States.  The Booker Prize Awards for the best full-length novel written in English by a citizen of the UK, the Commonwealth, Eire, Pakistan or South Africa. Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest This site is sponsored by the San Jose State University English department (where it is reputed that WWW stands for "Wretched Writers Welcome"). This site was conceived to honour the memory of Victorian novelist Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton. Bulwer was selected as patron of the competition because he opened his novel "Paul Clifford" (1830) with the immortal words, "It was a dark and stormy night.". Be sure to read the previous winners for the most melodramatic, longwinded, overwrought and absurd opening lines that you will ever read. Canadian Children's Book Awards Site includes a comprehensive list of Canadian children's book award sites. CanLit Contests Annual listing of contests for writers, including all contest details and deadlines. Governor General's Literary Awards Site includes the nominees for the current year's Governor General's Literary Awards, as well as cumulative lists of past winners and nominees. NobelPrize.org Archive of winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature dating back to 1901. The Pulitzer Prizes This award "honors books which address the largest themes in life, the raw passions and tragedy of the human condition." Saskatchewan Book Awards These awards recognize and celebrate the achievements of Saskatchewan authors and publishers and help promote their books. Browse past winners by year and category. Site also includes instructions on how to submit a book in the contest. The Scotiabank Giller Prize This award is given annually to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English. |
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