Fiction Literary Awards

The leading literary award in the English-speaking world, awarded annually for the best novel written in English and published in the UK or Ireland.

Prize: £50,000

Awarded for a single book translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland. The prize is split between author and translator.

Prize: £50,000

Celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in writing by women throughout the world. Previously known as the Orange Prize.

Prize: £30,000

Formerly the Whitbread Book Awards, honoured books across multiple categories by authors resident in UK/Ireland. Discontinued in 2022.

Prize: £30,000

Launched to fill the gap left by Costa, celebrating the best reads of the year by UK and Ireland-based writers.

Prize: £15,000

Known as the "Nibbies", these awards recognize literary quality and commercial success, plus the industry behind bringing books to readers.

Britain's oldest literary award, administered by the University of Edinburgh.

Prize: £10,000

Awarded to the best published literary work in English by an author aged 39 or under.

Prize: £20,000

Prizes for political writing that comes closest to George Orwell's ambition to make political writing into an art.

Prize: £3,000

Recognizes the best emerging fiction writers in Europe, highlighting the wealth of creativity and diversity of European contemporary literature.

Prize: €5,000

France's most prestigious literary award, given annually to the author of the best and most imaginative prose work of the year.

Prize: €10

One of the major French literary prizes, awarded by an all-female jury.

Prize: None

Major French literary prize announced on the same day as the Prix Goncourt.

French literary prize rewarding a novel or collection of short stories by an author whose fame does not yet match their talent.

Awarded annually during the Frankfurt Book Fair for the best German-language novel of the year.

Prize: €25,000

The most important literary award in Germany, recognizing writers who have made significant contributions to German-language literature.

Prize: €50,000

Italy's most prestigious literary prize, awarded annually for the best Italian-language novel.

Major Italian literary award presented annually for Italian fiction.

The richest literary prize in the Spanish-speaking world, awarded for unpublished Spanish-language fiction.

Prize: €1,000,000

The oldest literary prize in Spain, awarded annually for Spanish-language novels.

Prize: €30,000

Unique among international literary prizes as nominations come from public libraries worldwide.

Prize: €100,000

French literary prize awarded by journalists to a novel by a French journalist.

One of the most prestigious American awards for achievements in journalism, literature, and music.

Prize: $15,000

One of the most prestigious literary prizes in the United States, administered by the National Book Foundation.

Prize: $10,000

Award presented by the National Book Critics Circle for the finest fiction published in the US.

The largest peer-juried award for fiction in the United States.

Prize: $15,000

One of the richest literary awards in the world, bestowed by Kirkus Reviews.

Prize: $50,000

Awarded by the American Library Association for the best fiction book for adult readers.

Prize: $5,000