The Literary Award Database
Award Annals is where creative works judged the best of their kind are documented and ranked. This site ranks over 12,000 award winning books and other works honored by some of about 200 book awards, film awards, and music awards.
Shortlists for the 2011 James Tait Black Memorial Prize
The University of Edinburgh has announced the shortlists for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. The prizes are for the best work of fiction and the best biography published during the previous 12 months. They are the only major British book awards judged by scholars and students of Literature.
The winners of the £10,000 prize will be announced as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival on Saturday August 25. The event will also see the announcement of “The Best of James Tait Black Prize”, a special award as part of the 250th English Literature anniversary at the University, celebrating the fiction winners from the past 93 years.
Fiction
Biography
Source: www.ed.ac.uk
Winner of the 2012 Arthur C. Clarke Award
The winner of the 2012 Arthur C. Clarke Award was announced at an award ceremony held in partnership SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival. Jane Rogers was presented with a cheque for £2012.00 and the award itself, a commemorative engraved bookend.
The judges chose Rogers’ dystopian novel from a shortlist of six books. This year’s judges were Juliet E. McKenna and Martin Lewis for the British Science Fiction Association, Phil Nanson and Nikkianne Moody for the Science Fiction Foundation, and Rob Grant for SF-FI-LONDON. Andrew M. Butler was chair of judges.
Source: www.LocusMag.com
Winners of the 2012 Young Reader's Choice Awards
The Pacific Northwest Library Association has announced its winners of the 2012 Young Reader's Choice Awards.
Eligible books were copyrighted in the U.S. or Canada within three years prior to selection, and were nominated by children, teachers, parents or librarians in the Pacific Northwest (Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, and Washington). Children selected these winners.
Source: www.PNLA.org
Nominees for the 2012 MTV Movie Awards
The nominations for the 2012 MTV Movie Awards are in and available for voting at MovieAwards.MTV.com. There are twelve categories of nominations. The winners will be announced Sunday, June 3rd, 2012.
The nominees for Best Picture are:
Source: MovieAwards.MTV.com
Winners of the 2011 Agatha Awards
The attendees of Malice Domestic 24 have chosen the winners of the 2011 Agatha Awards. The winners were announced at the awards banquet held in Bethesda, Maryland. Each winner receives a teapot emblazoned with a skull and crossbones.
For winners for categories Novel, First Novel, Non-fiction, and Children's/Young Adult are:
For the new category of Historical Novel, the winner is Naughty in Nice by Rhys Bowen. The Short Story winner is "Disarming" by Dana Cameron, published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine in June.
Source: www.MaliceDomestic.org
Winners of the 2012 Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Mystery Writers of America has announced, on the 203rd anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, its winners of the 2012 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery produced in 2011. The awards were presented in New York City to novels published in the U.S. in English and nominated by the publisher.
Each winner will receive a bust of Edgar Allan Poe.
Source: www.TheEdgars.com/
Winner of the 2012 Walt Whitman Award
The Academy of American Poets announced today that Matt Rasmussen has been selected by the poet Jane Hirshfield as the recipient of the 2012 Walt Whitman Award. Matt Rasmussen received the Award for his book-length collection of poems Black Aperture, which will be published in the spring of 2013 by Louisiana State University Press.
The Walt Whitman Award, is one of the most prestigious first book prizes in the country, as it publishes a first collection by an American poet, and distributes the book to thousands of members of the Academy. The Whitman Award also includes a $5,000 cash prize and a one-month residency at the Vermont Studio Center.
Last year's winner has now been published and is available for purchase:
Source: www.Poets.org
Winners of the 2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes
The LA Times has announced the winners of its Los Angeles Times Book Prizes for the best books of 2011. They were presented in a public ceremony preceding the annual Festival of Books at USC.
The winners shown below are for the categories Biography, Current Interest, Fiction, History, Mystery/Thriller, Poetry, Science & Technology, Young Adult Literature.
Finder: Voice by Carla Speed McNeil is the winner of the Graphic Novel category. Rudolfo Anaya is the recipient of the annual Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement. Figment, Co-Founded by Jacob Lewis and Dana Goodyear, is the winner of the Innovator’s award.
Source: LATimes.com
Shortlist for the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction
The Orange Prize for Fiction, the UK’s only annual book award for fiction written by a woman, has announced its 2012 shortlist. Now in its seventeenth year, the Prize celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women’s writing throughout the world.
The award ceremony will take place in London on 30 May 2012. The winner will be presented with a cheque for £30,000 and a limited edition bronze statue known as ‘the Bessie’, created by artist Grizel Niven. Both are anonymously endowed.
Judges:
- Joanna Trollope, (Chair), Writer
- Lisa Appignanesi, Writer, Novelist and Broadcaster
- Victoria Derbyshire, Journalist and Broadcaster
- Natalie Haynes, Writer and Broadcaster
- Natasha Kaplinsky, Broadcaster
Source: www.OrangePrize.co.uk
Finalists and winners of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Letters
The finalists and winners of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize have been announced. The award, administered by Columbia University, honors many categories of Journalism as well as Letters, Drama, and Music.
Each winner in the Letters category will receive $10,000.
Fiction
No award was given in this category—the Pulitzer board failed to reach a majority.
Judges:
- Susan Larson, former book editor, The Times-Picayune and, host, "The Reading Life", WWNO-FM (Chair)
- Maureen Corrigan, critic in residence, Georgetown University and, book critic, "Fresh Air," NPR
- Michael Cunningham, novelist, New York, NY
History
Judges:
- Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, professor of history, Harvard University (Chair)
- Ned Blackhawk, professor of history and American studies, Yale University
- Walter McDougall, professor of history and chair, international relations, University of Pennsylvania
Biography or Autobiography
Judges:
- H.W. Brands, Dickson Allen Anderson Centennial Professor of History and Government, University of Texas, Austin (Chair)
- John Milton Cooper Jr., professor of history, emeritus, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Kenneth R. Manning, Thomas Meloy Professor of Rhetoric and the History of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Poetry
Judges:
- Philip Schultz, poet and founder, The Writers Studio, East Hampton, NY (Chair)
- Arthur Sze, poet and professor emeritus, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
- Jean Valentine, poet and former state poet of New York
General Nonfiction
Judges:
- Roy Peter Clark, senior scholar, The Poynter Institute (Chair)
- Deborah Blum, science writer and professor of journalism, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Andrew Ross, professor of social and cultural analysis, New York University
Source: www.Pulitzer.org
Shortlist for the 2012 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
The Lord Mayor of Dublin Cllr. Andrew Montague, Patron of the Award, has announced the shortlist for the 2012 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. The 10 shortlisted titles were nominated by public libraries in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Portugal, Russia, The Netherlands and the USA.
The 2012 shortlist is truly international, including authors from Australia (Jon Bauer), Brazil (Cristovão Tezza), the USA (Jennifer Egan, Karl Marlantes and Willy Vlautin), Canada (David Bergen), Britain (Tim Pears, Animatta Forna and Jon McGregor) and Israel (Yishai Sarid). The two novels in translation are The Eternal Son translated from Portuguese by Alison Entrekin, and Limassol Translated from Hebrew by Barbara Harshav.
The five member international judging panel will select one winner which will be announced on Wednesday, 13th June 2012. The prize is €100,000.
Source: www.ImpacDublinAward.ie
Shortlist for the 2012 Griffin Poetry Prize
The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry has announced its shortlist for its 2012 Griffin Poetry Prize. Judges Heather McHugh (USA), David O’Meara (Canada) and Fiona Sampson (England) each read 481 books of poetry, from 37 countries, including 19 translations.
The seven finalists—four International and three Canadian—will be invited to read in Toronto at Koerner Hall on Wednesday, June 6th. The seven finalists will each be awarded $10,000 for their participation in the Shortlist Readings.
The winners, announced on Thursday, June 7th, will each be awarded $65,000.
International Poet
Canadian Poet
Source: www. GriffinPoetryPrize.com
Nominees for the 2012 Hugo Awards
Chicon 7, the 70th World Science Fiction Convention, has announced the nominees for the 2012 Hugo Awards. There were 1,101 nominating ballots submitted by members of Chicon 7 and Renovation.
Final ballots must be submitted by July 31, 2012. The winner will be announced at the Hugo Awards ceremony on September 2, 2012 at Chicon 7 in Chicago, Illinois.
Best Novel
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
For a full list of nominees, see the official website of the Hugo Awards.
Source: www.TheHugoAwards.org
Winner of the 2011 Philip K. Dick Award
The judges of the 2011 Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia SF Society, along with the Philip K. Dick Trust, have announced the winner of the 2011 Philip K. Dick Award for a distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States in 2011. The ceremony was sponsored by the NorthWest Science Fiction Society.
The winner is:
A special citation was given to:
This judges were Bruce Bethke, Sydney Duncan, Daryl Gregory, Bridget McKenna, and Paul Witcover.
Source: www.PhilipKDickAward.org
Finalists for the 2012 Prometheus Award
The Libertarian Futurist Society has announced the finalists for the 2012 Prometheus Award, recognize pro-freedom novels published in 2011. The award will be presented during the 70th World Science Fiction Convention over Labor Day weekend in Chicago.
The 2012 Prometheus Award finalists are:
Source: www.LFS.org
Winners of the 2011 Bram Stoker Awards
The Horror Writers Association has announced the winners of its 2011 Bram Stoker Awards. This year’s presentation was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the World Horror Convention, and marks the 25th Anniversary of the awards.
Since 1987, the nominees have been recommended and selected by the a HWA membership but, beginning in 2011, a jury places up to 3 works on the final ballot. Active members have voted on the winners. Twelve new bronze haunted-house statuettes were handed over to the writers responsible for creating superior works of horror in the year 2011.
This year’s winners are:
HWA, in conjunction with the Bram Stoker Family Estate and the Rosenbach Museum & Library, also presented the special one-time only Vampire Novel of the Century Award to Richard Matheson for his modern classic I Am Legend.
The Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Rick Hautala and Joe R. Lansdale.
The Specialty Press Awards went to Derrick Hussey of Hippocampus Press and Roy Robbins of Bad Moon Books.
The Silver Hammer Award, for outstanding service to HWA, was voted by the organization’s board of trustees to Guy Anthony DeMarco.
The President’s Richard Laymon Service Award was given to HWA co-founder Karen Lansdale.
Source: Horror.org
Shortlists for the 2012 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals
The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) has announced the shortlists for the 2012 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards. Librarians from across the UK nominated titles for the longlist, and twelve librarians from CILIP's Youth Libraries Group have discussed the long list and chosen titles for the shortlist.
The winners will be announced at a ceremony at London's Barbican Centre on Thursday, 14 June.
Carnegie Medal
The CILIP Carnegie Medal is the UK's oldest and most prestigious book award for children's writing.
Kate Greenaway Medal
The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, established in 1956 and named in honour of the distinguished illustrator is awarded for "outstanding illustration in a children's book".
Source: www.CarnegieGreenaway.org.uk
Winner of the 2012 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
The PEN/Faulkner Foundation has announced the winner of the 2012 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, a national prize that honors outstanding works of fiction by American writers each year. Three judges, chosen annually by the directors of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation, selected the winner and four finalists from among the more than 300 submitted works, making this the largest peer-juried award in the country. This year’s judges were Marita Golden, Maureen Howard, and Steve Yarbrough.
Julie Otsuka will receive $15,000, while the four finalists will receive $5,000 each.
The Buddha in the Attic: A Novel
Source: PENFaulkner.org
Shortlist for the 2012 Arthur C. Clarke Award
The shortlist for the 2012 Arthur C. Clarke Award has been announced. The judges have selected six titles from a long list of 60 eligible submissions put forward by twenty-five different publishing houses and imprints.
The winner will be announced on Wednesday May 2nd at an award ceremony held in partnership SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival. The winner with a cheque for £2012.00 and the award itself, a commemorative engraved bookend.
Source: www.ClarkeAward.com
Finalists for the 2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes
The LA Times has announced the finalists for the 2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes.
The Book Prizes will be presented on Friday, April 20, 2012, in a public ceremony on the campus of University of Southern California. The Book Prizes are awarded the night before the weekend's Festival of Books at USC. Tickets for the Book Prizes ceremony will be available for purchase on March 26.
Biography
Current Interest
Fiction
Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction
History
Mystery/Thriller
Poetry
Science & Technology
Young Adult Literature
Graphic Novel
- I Will Bite You! And Other Stories by Joseph Lambert (Secret Acres)
- Celluloid by Dave McKean (Fantagraphics)
- Finder: Voice by Carla Speed McNeil (Dark Horse)
- Congress of the Animals by Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics)
- Garden by Yuichi Yokoyama (PictureBox)
Source: LATimes.com
