Poetry Literary Awards

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

Prize: £30,000

The most prestigious poetry prize in the UK, awarded by the Poetry Book Society.

Prize: £25,000

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

Prize: £20,000

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

Prize: €50,000

Pulitzer Prize for distinguished volume of original verse by an American author.

Prize: $15,000

National Book Award recognizing the best poetry collection of the year.

Prize: $10,000

The Nobel Prize in Literature recognises an author’s literary work. It is awarded to a person, not a single winning book.