Award Winners

Agatha Award Winners
A fan-nominated award, the Agathas honor the traditional mystery – books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie. – Updated: 7/09

Bram Stoker Awards
Awards presented by the Horror Writers Association – Updated: 6/09

Christy Awards
The Christy Award was named in honor of Catherine Marshall's novel and of her contribution to the growth of the fiction Christians love to read. – Updated: 7/09

CWA Dagger Awards
The Dagger Award is presented annually by the British Crime Writers' Association (CWA) for the best crime fiction published in the previous year. – Updated: 10/09

Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners
The Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel is the most prestigious in the realm of mystery and detective fiction. – Updated: 4/09

Eisner Awards
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are considered the "Oscars" of the comic book industry. – Updated: 7/09

Hugo Awards
The Hugo Awards are the premier awards in the Science Fiction field and are voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Committee. – Updated: 8/09

Man Booker Prize Winners
Established in 1968, the prize aims to reward the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the British Commonwealth or Republic of Ireland. – Updated: 10/09

National Book Award Fiction Winners
The National Book Award, the nation's preeminent literary prize, recognizes books of exceptional merit written by Americans. – Updated: 11/09

National Book Award Nonfiction Winners
Starting in 1950, the National Book Awards have been presented to enhance the public's awareness of exceptional books written by Americans, and to increase the popularity of reading in general. Here are the nonfiction winners. – Updated 11/09

National Book Critics Circle Award Fiction Winners
The National Book Critics Circle is a not-for-profit organization of book editors and critics whose purpose is to encourage and raise the quality of book criticism in all media. – Updated: 3/09

Nebula Awards
The Nebula Awards are the "Oscars" of the Science Fiction & Fantasy field, awards presented by professionals to professionals. – Updated: 04/09

Nobel Prize in Literature
This international prize is presented to honor an author’s entire body of work, not just one novel. The Nobel Prize in Literature recognizes the whole spectrum of literary works: poetry, novels, short stories, plays, essays and speeches. – Updated: 10/09

Pen/Faulkner Award Winners
The Pen/Faulkner Foundation confers an annual national prize for the best work of fiction by an American author. – Updated: 3/09

Pulitzer Prize Winners: Biography
The Pulitzer in Biography is presented for a distinguished book in the category by an American author. – Updated: 4/09

Pulitzer Prize Winners: General Nonfiction
The Pulitzer in General Nonfiction is presented for a distinguished Nonfiction book (which is not History or Biography) by an American author. – Updated 4/09

Pulitzer Prize Winners: Literature
The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction recognizes distinguished fiction published in book form by an American author, preferably dealing with American life. – Updated 4/09

RITA Awards
The RITA Award is presented by the Romance Writers of America each year at their annual convention, usually held in July. – Updated 10/09

Spur Awards
Given annually by Western Writers of America, the Spur Awards recognize distinguished writing about the American West. Established in 1953, they are among the oldest and most prestigious in American literature. –Updated 7/09