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Each year, the Langston Hughes’ Advisory Committee and Board reviews the work of major black writers from Africa to America whose work is accessed as likely having a lasting impact on world literature. Past award winners include James Baldwin, Gwendolyn Brooks, Toni Morrison, August Wilson, Wole Soyinka, Derek Walcott, Octavia E. Butler, and ...
Shirley Jackson Award – for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror and the dark fantastic, since 2007. Lord Ruthven Award – for the best fiction on vampires and the best academic work on the study of the vampire figure in culture and literature – since 1989
Unlike the Pulitzer Prizes for literature or journalism, or the Newbery Medal for children's literature, these awards are not focused upon a single work published. Unlike, say the Academy Awards, the writers nominated might not be present at an awards ceremony for many of these. The award is an honor that may be appreciated, but nominees might ...
Medal awarded by the British Royal Society of Literature (founded 1916) 1916 A. C. Benson: United Kingdom: Royal Society of Literature: Q3638315: Pulitzer Prize for Biography: American award for distinguished biographies 1917 United States of America: Q285117: Drachmannlegatet: Danish literary award founded in 1917 1917 Holger Drachmann ...
America Award in Literature; American Book Awards; American Library Association Rainbow Book List; AML Awards; Anthony Award for Best First Novel; Anthony Award for Best Short Story; Anthony Awards; Arab American Book Award; Army Historical Foundation; Asian American Literary Awards; Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature; Astounding ...
Award Description Founded Status Annual Literary Awards [16] [17]: Awards presented in 12 categories: Lifetime Achievement, Award of Honor, Freedom to Write, First Amendment, Award of Merit, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Research Nonfiction, Poetry, Children's and Young Adult Literature, Translation, Journalism, Drama, Teleplay, Screenplay, UC Press Exceptional First Book Award.
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The Mildred and Harold Strauss Livings: These Livings provide an annual stipend of $50,000 a year for five years, awarded to two writers of English prose literature to enable them to devote their time exclusively to writing. Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award: This $10,000 award is given each year to honor a writer of "recent prose that merits ...