The literary world is full of several awards. We try to help you cut through the noise and keep you appraised of all the awards ongoing and upcoming.
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Literary Fiction Awards
The 2024 National Book Award for Fiction was awarded to James, by Percival Everett
The National Book Award is awarded in November of each year. The longlist is revealed in mid-September, and shortlist is announced in early October.
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The 2024 Booker Prize has been awarded to Orbital, by Samantha Harvey.
The Booker Prize is typically awarded in mid-November. The longlist is revealed in July, and shortlist is announced in September.
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The 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was awarded to Night Watch, by Jayne Anne Phillips.
The Pulitzer Prize is awarded in early May. The winner and finalists are revealed at the same time.
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The 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist has been announced.
This year's Women's Prize for Fiction will be announced on Thursday, June 12.
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Code Noir, by Canisia Lubrin, is the 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction winner.
The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction is the first major English-language literary prize to celebrate creativity and excellence in fiction by women and non-binary writers in Canada and the United States. The winner is announced in May of each year. The longlist is typically revealed in March, and the shortlist in April.
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The 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction winner is My Friends, by Hisham Matar.
The National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction is typically awarded in mid-to-late March and covers books released into the previous calendar year. The finalists are typically revealed in late January.
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The 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction was awarded to James, by Percival Everett.
The Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction is awarded in mid-to-late January. The longlist is typically revealed in mid-October of the prior year.
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The Aspen Words Literary Prize is a $35,000 annual award for an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture. The 2025 Aspen Words Literary Prize shortlist has been announced. The Prize will be awarded on April 23, 2025 in New York City.
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General Nonfiction Awards
The 2024 National Book Award for Fiction was awarded to Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Struggling, by Jason De Léon.
The National Book Award is awarded in November of each year. The longlist is revealed in mid-September, and shortlist is announced in early October.
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The 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction winner is Challenger: A True Story of Heroism of Disaster on the Edge of Space, by Adam Higginbotham.
The National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction is typically awarded in mid-to-late March and covers books released into the previous calendar year. The finalists are typically revealed in late January.
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The 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction was awarded to A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon, by Kevin Fedarko.
The Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Noniction is awarded in mid-to-late January. The longlist is typically revealed in mid-October of the prior year.
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The 2025 Women's Prize for Nonfiction shortlist has been revealed. The Women's Prize for Nonfiction will be awarded on Thursday, June 12.
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Science-Fiction and Fantasy Awards
The 2024 Hugo Award winners were:
- Best Novel: Some Desperate Glory, by Emily Tesh
- Best Novella: Thornhedge, by T. Kingfisher
The Hugo Award nominations are revealed in in the spring, and the winners are announced during the Worldcon Festival in August.
Best Novel
Best Novella
This year's Nebula Award finalists have been revealed. Winners will be announced on Saturday, June 7, at the 60th Annual Nebula Awards Conference. The awards recognize books published in the previous calendar year.
The Nebula Award nominations are revealed in March, and the winners are announced in early June.
Best Novel
Best Novella
The 2024 Locus Award winners were:
- Best Fantasy Novel: Witch King, by Martha Wells
- Best Science Fiction Novel: System Collapse, by Martha Wells
The Locus Award nominations are revealed in May, and the winners are announced during the in June.
Best Fantasy Novel
Best Science Fiction Novel
The 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction was awarded to It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over, by Anne de Marcken.
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Mystery, Thriller, and Horror Awards
The 2025 Edgar Award nominees for Best Novel and Best First Novel have been announced. The winner will be announced at the Edgar Awards on Thursday, May 1, in New York City.
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See the the most recent finalists - Best First Novel >>>
Previous winners and finalists - Best Novel >>>
Previous winners and finalists - Best First Novel >>>
The 2024 Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel was awarded to Tell Me What I Am, by Una Mannion.
The Gold Dagger is awarded in July. The finalists are typically revealed in mid-May.
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The finalists for the 2024 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel have been revealed.
The Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel will be awarded in June 2025 during StokerCon. It covers books published the previous calendar year.
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The 2023 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel was given to The Reformatory, by Tananarive Due. It was awarded in June 2024
The Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel is awarded in July and covers books published the previous year. The finalists are revealed in June.
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The 2025 finalists for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science & Technology have been announced. The winner will be revealed during the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on Friday, April 25.
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The 2024 Cundill History Prize was awarded to Native Nations: A Millennium in North America, by Kathleen DuVal.
The Cundill History Prize is awarded in late October or early November of each year. The longlist is typically revealed August, the shortlist in September, and finalists in early-to-mid October.
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The 2024 winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography was The Marriage Question: George Eliot's Double Life, by Clare Carlisle
In previous years, finalists for this award have been announced in February, with winners announced in the summer. This timeline may have been altered for future awards.
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The 2024 FT/Schroders Business Book of the Year was awarded to Supremacy, by Parmy Olson.
The FT/Schroders Business Book of the Year is typically awarded in December of each year. The longlist is revealed in August, and the shortlist in September.
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The 2025 Edgar Award nominees for Best Fact Crime (a genre similar to True Crime) have been announced. The winner will be announced at the Edgar Awards on Thursday, May 1, in New York City.
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Children's Book Awards
The 2024 National Book Award for Fiction was awarded to Kareem Between, by Shifa Saltagi Safadi.
The National Book Award is awarded in November of each year. The longlist is revealed in mid-September, and shortlist is announced in early October.
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The 2025 winner of the Newbery Medal was The First State of Being, by Erin Entrada Kelly.
The winner and honor books are announced annually in January.
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The 2025 winner of the Caldecott Medal was Chooch Helped, illustrated by Rebecca Lee Kunz and written Andrea L. Rogers.
The winner and honor books are announced annually in January.
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The 2025 winners of the Coretta Scott King Award were:
- Author: Twenty-four Seconds from Now, by Jason Reynolds
- Illustrator: My Daddy is a Cowboy, illustrated by C.G. Esperanza
- Steptoe Author (new talent): Kwame Crashes the Underworld, by Craig Kofi Farmer
- Steptoe Illustrator (new talent): Jimmy's Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin, illustrated by Jamiel Law
The winner and honor books are announced annually in January
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