The Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry is a yearly prize managed by the Sewanee Review and the University of the South. It is given to a writer who has had a long and successful career in poetry. The award was created from a gift left by Dr.
The Aga Khan Prize for Fiction was given by the editors of The Paris Review to the best short story published in the magazine each year. The last prize was awarded in 2004. No applications were accepted for the prize.
The Nordic Council Literature Prize is given for a piece of literature written in one of the languages spoken in the Nordic countries. The work must show “very high quality in writing and art.” Created in 1962, the prize is given each year and is worth 350,000 Danish kroner (2008). Works that can be entered are usually novels, plays, poetry collections, short stories, essays, or other works that were published for the first time in the last four years.
The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize was a literary prize given every year for the best work of literature (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, or drama) by an author from the Commonwealth who is 35 years old or younger. The work must be written in English and published in the United Kingdom. Created in 1942, it was one of the earliest literary awards in the United Kingdom.
The £15,000 Encore Award for the best second novel was first given in 1990. It is supported by Lucy Astor and presented by the Royal Society of Literature. The award highlights the importance of second novels, which are sometimes not given as much attention as first books.
The Commonwealth Foundation has given out several prizes since 1987. The main award was called the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and had two parts: the Best Book Prize (for overall and regional winners) was given from 1987 to 2011; the Best First Book Prize was given from 1989 to 2011. In addition, the Commonwealth Short Story Competition was given from 1996 to 2011.
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is given each year for the best short story that has not been published before. The story must be between 2,000 and 5,000 words long. People who live in countries that are part of the Commonwealth of Nations and are at least 18 years old can enter.
The Booker Prize, which was first called the Booker Prize for Fiction from 1969 to 2001 and the Man Booker Prize from 2002 to 2019, is an award given yearly for the best long story written in English that was published in the United Kingdom or Ireland. It is considered one of the most important literary awards, and the winner receives £50,000 and international attention that often increases the book’s sales. When the prize was first created, only novels written by people from the Commonwealth, Ireland, South Africa (and later Zimbabwe) were eligible to win; in 2014, the rules changed to include any English-language novel, a decision that caused debate.
The OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature was started in 2011 by the NGC Bocas Lit Fest. It is an annual award given to books written by Caribbean authors and published in the year before the award. This prize is the only one in the region that allows entries from any literary genre, including books written by people born in or citizens of the Caribbean.
The Casa de las Américas Prize (Premio Literario Casa de las Américas) is a literary award given out by the Cuban Casa de las Américas. It was started in 1959 and is one of the oldest and most important literary prizes in Latin America. The award is given for books written in Spanish, Portuguese, English, and French by authors from Latin America and the Caribbean.