The Literary Award Database
Award Annals is where creative works judged the best of their kind are documented and ranked. This site ranks over 11,000 creative works honored by some of over 180 book awards, film awards, and music awards.
2011 Costa Book of the Year
Novelist Andrew Miller has won the 2011 Costa Book of the Year, his first major literary award, for his sixth novel. He received a cheque for £30,000 at the awards ceremony in London.
Geordie Greig chaired a final judging panel that included actor and comedian Hugh Dennis, actress Dervla Kirwan, broadcaster Mary Nightingale, novelist Patrick Gale, author Jojo Moyes, historical biographer Flora Fraser, author William Fiennes and children’s writer, Eleanor Updale.
The judges chose Pure, the winner of the Costa Book Award for Novel, over the winners in the other categories: First Novel, Biography, Poetry, and Children’s Book.
Since the introduction of the Book of the Year award in 1985, it has been won ten times by a novel, four times by a first novel, five times by a biography, five times by a collection of poetry and once by a children’s book.
Source: CostaBookAwards.com
Nominees for the 2012 Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 2012 nominees for its 84th Annual Academy Awards.
Nominations ballots were mailed to the 5,783 voting Academy members. Members from each of the branches voted to determine the nominees in their respective categories—actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. All voting members were eligible to select the Best Picture nominees. All active and life members of the Academy are eligible to select the winners in all categories.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012, in Hollywood. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.
Best Picture
Documentary Feature
Animated Feature Film
Original Score
Source: www.Oscars.org
Winners of the ALA 2012 Youth Media Awards
The American Library Association (ALA) has announced with winners of its 2012 Youth Media Awards. The announcement came at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Dallas.
Recognized worldwide for the high quality they represent, ALA awards guide parents, educators, librarians and others in selecting the best materials for youth. Selected by judging committees of librarians and other children’s experts, the awards encourage original and creative work.
John Newbery Medal
for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature
Randolph Caldecott Medal
for the most distinguished American picture book for children
Michael L. Printz Award
for excellence in literature written for young adults
Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Awards
recognizing an African American author of outstanding books for children and young adults
Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Awards
recognizing an African American illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults
Mildred L. Batchelder Award
for an outstanding children's book translated from a foreign language and subsequently published in the United States
Pura Belpré Illustrator Award
honoring a Latino illustrator whose children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience
Pura Belpré Author Award
honoring a Latino writer whose children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award
for most distinguished informational book for children
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
for the most distinguished beginning reader book
Source: www.ALA.org
Nominees for the 2011 Hammett Prize
The North American Branch of the International Association of Crime Writers has announced their nominees for the 2011 Hammett Prize for a work of literary excellence in the field of crime writing by a US or Canadian author. A reading committee of IACW/NA members selected the nominees, based on recommendations from other members and the publishing community. The committee was headed by Deen Kogan and included Jedediah Berry, Vicki Cameron, Lorenzo Carcaterra, and Thomas Laird.
The winner will be chosen by three distinguished outside judges: Kevin Connolly, Canadian poet and editor; Eileen Hutton, founder of Brilliance Audio; and Paula J. Massood, author of Black City Cinema: African American Urban Experiences in Film.
The winner, who will receive a bronze trophy, will be announced during the Bloody Words Conference in Toronto, June 1-3, 2012.
Source: CrimeWritersNA.org
Finalists for the 2011 National Book Critics Circle Award
The National Book Critics Circle has announced the finalists for its book awards for publishing year 2011 at a gala event held at Artists Space in downtown Manhattan.
The winners will be announced at on March 8 at the New School’s Tishman Auditorium in New York City.
Fiction
Nonfiction
Autobiography
Biography
Criticism
Poetry
Source: BookCritics.org
Nominees for the 2012 Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Mystery Writers of America has announced, on the 203rd anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, its nominees for the 2012 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery produced in 2011. Eligible novels were published in the U.S. in English and nominated by the publisher.
The winners will be announced on April 26 in New York City. Each will receive a bust of Edgar Allan Poe.
Best Novel
Best First Novel by an American Author
Best Paperback Original
Best Fact Crime
Best Critical/Biographical
Best Juvenile
Best Young Adult
Source: MysteryWriters.org
Nominees for the 2012 BAFTA Film Awards
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the nominees of the 2012 BAFTA Film Awards. Nominees and a winner are selected via a combination of membership votes, qualified industry chapters and specially selected juries. An eligible feature film must receive its first public exhibition or distribution as a theatrical release.
Winners will be announced on Sunday 12 February at London's Royal Opera House.
Best Feature Film
Best Animated Film
Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
Source: BAFTA.org
Winner of the 2011 T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry
The Poetry Book Society has announced the winner of the 2011 T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry. Mrs Valerie Eliot, who has generously donated the prize money since the inception of the Prize, will present John Burnside with a cheque for £15,000.
Each of the shortlisted poets will receive a cheque for £1,000.
Source: guardian.co.uk
Winners of the 2012 Golden Globe Awards
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced the winners of the 2012 Golden Globe Awards. Here are the winners of the categories of Best Drama, Best Musical or Comedy, Best Animated Feature, and Best Score.
Source: GoldenGlobes.org.
Finalists for the 2011 Story Prize
The Story Prize, an annual award for books of short fiction, is pleased to honor three outstanding short story collections chosen from among a field of 92 books that 60 different publishers or imprints submitted in 2011. The three finalists are:
- The Angel Esmeralda by Don DeLillo
- We Others by Steven Millhauser
- Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman
The Story Prize’s annual event will take place at the New School’s Tishman Auditorium in New York City on Wednesday, March 21. Each finalist will receive $5000, and the winner will receive $20,000 and an engraved silver bowl.
Source: TheStoryPrize.org
Nominees for 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 seven nominated works that comprise the final ballot for the award.
First prize and any special citations will be announced on Friday, April 6, 2012 at Norwescon 35 at the Doubletree Seattle Airport Hotel, SeaTac, Washington.
The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States. The award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the Philip K. Dick Trust and the award ceremony is sponsored by the NorthWest Science Fiction Society.
Source: PhilipKDickAward.org
Finalists for the 2012 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Nonfiction
The finalists for the 2012 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Nonfiction have been announced.
- Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest by Wade Davis
- Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe by Charlotte Gill
- The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit by J.J. Lee
- Afflictions and Departures by Madeline Sonik
- The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary: A Canadian Story of Resilience and Recovery by Andrew Westoll
Eligible books must be Canadian-authored and published in English.Each finalist will receive $2000 and promotional support. The winner, announced March 5, will receive $25,000 and a crystal trophy.
The judges:
- Allan M. Brandt, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University
- Stevie Cameron, award-winning author
- Susan Renouf, principal of Abanaki Editorial and Consulting
Source: TheCharlesTaylorPrize.ca
Winners of the 2011 Costa Book Awards
Costa has announced the category winners of the 2011 Costa Book Awards. The Costa Book Awards recognize the most enjoyable books published in the last year by writers based in the UK and Ireland. The five categories received 568 entries, and shortlists of four books each where chosen by five panels of three judges each.
Each category winner, announced 4 January 2012, will receive £5,000 and will be eligible to win the £30,000 Costa Book of the Year award, announced 24 January 2012.
Novel Award:
Judges: Patrick Gale, novelist; Emma Milne-White, owner of The Hungerford Bookshop; Michael Prodger, critic and former literary editor of Sunday Telegraph.
First Novel Award:
Judges: Henry Layte, owner of The Book Hive Bookshop in Norwich; Emma Lee-Potter, journalist; Jojo Moyes, author
Biography Award:
Now All Roads Lead to France: The Last Years of Edward Thomas
- 2011 Costa-Biography winner
- Score: 10.61
Judges: Sue Baker, reviewer (The Bookseller/lovereading.co.uk); Peter Donaldson, owner of Red Lion Bookshop in Colchester; Flora Fraser, writer/historical biographer
Poetry Award:
Judges: Sarah Crown, editor, guardian.co.uk/books; William Fiennes, author; Sharon Murray, director of operations, Hammicks
Children's Book Award:
Judges: Helen Fospero, television presenter; Eleanor Updale, author; Tony West, manager, Lion and Unicorn Bookshop, Richmond
Source: Guardian.co.uk
Winner of the 2011 Galaxy Book of the Year
The winner of the 2011 Galaxy Book of the Year Award is The Times columnist Caitlin Moran for her irreverent take on modern feminism, How To Be A Woman. The Non-Fiction Book of the Year was the overall winner of the public vote which comprised winners of all eleven categories from the Galaxy National Book Awards.
Second place was award to Fiction Book of the Year A Tiny Bit Marvellous by Dawn French. Third place was awarded to Paperback of the Year Room by Emma Donoghue.
Source: GalaxyNationalBookAwards.com
Nominations for the 2012 Golden Globe Awards
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced the nominees for the 2012 Golden Globe Awards. The winners will be revealed at “The 69th Annual Golden Globe® Awards” on Sunday, January 15, 2012.
Best Motion Picture—Drama:
Best Motion Picture—Musical or Comedy:
Best Animated Feature Film:
Best Original Score:
Source: GoldenGlobes.org.
Shortlist for the 2012 BC National Award for Canadian Nonfiction
The British Columbia Achievement Foundation has announced the shortlist for the 2012 BC National Award for Canadian Nonfiction:
- Human Happiness by Brian Fawcett
- Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe by Charlotte Gill
- The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary: A Canadian Story of Resilience and Recovery by Andrew Westoll
- Bad Animals: A Father’s Accidental Education in Autism by Joel Yanofsky
The award recognizes and honors fine Canadian writing in the field of non-fiction. The winning author will receive $40,000 while the remaining finalists will each receive $2,500. The winner will be announced at a special ceremony in Vancouver in early 2012.
Jury:
- Paul Whitney, retired City Librarian at Vancouver Public Library
- Patricia Graham, Vice President, Digital, for Pacific Newspaper Group
- Shari Graydon, award-winning author and editor
Source: BCAchievement.com
Winner of the 2011 Nero Award
Louise Penny was presented the 2011 Nero Award by the Wolfe Pack last night at the Black Orchid Banquet in New York. Her book was judged the year’s best mystery book written in the tradition of Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe stories.
Bury Your Dead: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
The finalists were:
- Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen
- The Book of Spies by Gayle Lynds
- The Midnight Show Murders by Al Roker
- Think of a Number by John Verdon
Source: Mystery Fanfare
Winner of the 2011 Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award
| A dark tale of wartime intrigue has been named by The Crime Writers’ Association in London as the winner of the 2011 Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award. Andrew Martin was selected for the first prize from a shortlist of six novels. He will receive £3,000 and an ornamental dagger. |
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The judges:
- Eileen Roberts (chair): Originator and organiser of St Hilda’s annual crime symposium in Oxford.
- Geoffrey Bailey: Bookseller specialising in crime.
- Barry Forshaw: reviewer, editor of Crime Time magazine, and editor of British Crime Writing: An Encyclopaedia.
- Sir Bernard Ingham: Press Secretary to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
- Jake Kerridge: the Telegraph's crime fiction critic.
Source: TheCWA.co.uk
Winners of the 2011 Gotham Independent Film Awards
The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the nation’s oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, has announced the nominees for the 2011 Gotham Independent Film Awards.
- Best Feature (tie):
- The Tree of Life
- Beginners
- Best Documentary: Better This World
- Best Ensemble Performance: the cast of Beginners
- Breakthrough Director: Dee Rees for Pariah
- Breakthrough Actor: Felicity Jones in Like Crazy
- Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You: Scenes of a Crime
Source: reuters.com
Winner of the 2011 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award
The winner of the 2011 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award is:
- A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke by Ronald Reng.
The “Bookie Prize” is open to any full-length book published in the UK, providing the subject is predominantly sporting. Mr. Reng will receive a £23,000 cheque, a £2,000 William Hill bet, a hand-bound copy of his book, and a day at the races.
The the author of each shortlisted book will receive £3,000 cash, a leather-bound copy of their book, and a free £1,000 bet:
- Among The Fans: From Ashes to the Arrows, a Year of Watching the Watchers by Patrick Collins
- Into The Arena: The World of the Spanish Bullfight by Alexander Fiske-Harrison
- The Ghost Runner: The Tragedy of the Man They Couldn’t Stop by Bill Jones
- Engage: The Fall and Rise of Matt Hampson by Paul Kimmage
- Racing Through The Dark: The Fall and Rise of David Millar by David Millar
- 32 Programmes by Dave Roberts
The judging panel:
- John Inverdale, broadcaster and writer
- Hugh McIlvanney, award-winning journalist
- Danny Kelly, broadcaster
- Alyson Rudd, columnist and author
- John Gaustad (chair), co-creator of the award and founder of the Sportspages bookshop
Source: WilliamHillMedia.com
