Many literary awards give significant remunerations. This is a list of active literary awards from around the world with a prize of at least or equivalent. Although global in scope and comprising over 35 awards, most of the prizes are in only four currencies: United Arab Emirates dirham, Swedish krona, Euro, and United States dollar.
Inclusion criteria
- The award is active and is primarily focused on writing (novels, poetry, non-fiction etc..)
- The remuneration is equal to or greater than US$100,000 or equivalent. Because fluctuating exchange rates move non-US dollar denominated awards in and out of the list over time, awards near this amount are also included.
- The award is for any genre of writing (fiction, journalism, etc.) or award type (book or author).
- The listed remuneration is for a single winner or co-winners. The list does not aggregate the total value of runners-up and other prizes within the same award. For example, the Prime Minister's Literary Awards is listed as A$100,000 even though it is composed of four prizes totalling A$400,000.
Awards
Key
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*Type: Book: Award is for a book title / Author: Award is for an author name
*() Award is not literary-specific but has some literary winners.
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The following awards have a superlative claim within certain defined categories, as described and sourced in the Notes column.
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