The St. Louis Literary Award has been given every year since 1967 to an important person in literature. The Saint Louis University Library Associates support this award.
The St. Francis College Literary Prize is a literary award given every two years. It was started in 2009.
Spur Awards are literary prizes given each year by the Western Writers of America (WWA). These awards recognize writers for outstanding writing about the American West. The Spur Awards began in 1953, the same year the WWA was created.
The Sophie Brody Award (Sophie Brody Medal) is an annual award given by the American Library Association and managed by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). It honors the best books about Jewish culture and history published in the United States the year before the award is given. The award was created in 2006.
The Scott Moncrieff Prize was created in 1965 and is named after the translator C. K. Scott Moncrieff.
The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) is part of the American Library Association (ALA). In 1972, the Adult Services Division and the Reference Services Division of the ALA were combined into the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD). RUSA was formed in 1996.
The Raiziss and de Palchi Translation Awards were created in 1995 by Sonia Raiziss Giop. She left a gift to The New York Community Trust. Sonia was a poet, translator, and editor who worked at Chelsea.
The Quill Award was an American literary award that lasted for three years, from 2005 to 2007. It was an award started by readers to encourage reading and help improve literacy. The Quills Foundation, the group behind the award, received support from several well-known media companies, including Reed Business Information, which was the parent company of Publishers Weekly, NBC Universal Television Stations, Parade Magazine, Borders, Barnes & Noble, and the American Booksellers Association.
The Pushcart Prize is a literary award in the United States, created by Pushcart Press. It recognizes outstanding poetry, short stories, essays, and other creative writing published by small presses in the past year. Editors from magazines and small book publishers are invited to submit up to six works they have published.
The Digital Book World Publishing Innovation Award is a literary award supported by the magazine Digital Book World. It recognizes creativity and progress in electronic books. The award was introduced in 2010, with the first ceremony held on January 24, 2011.