The Oceanos-Prêmio de Literatura em Língua Portuguesa (formerly known as the Portugal Telecom Prize for Literature) is a Brazilian literary award created in 2003 by Portugal Telecom. It is given every year to recognize works of literature written in Portuguese. Beginning in 2007, the award also considers books written in Portuguese from other countries.
The Prémio Leya is a literary award created in 2008. It is given every year by the Portuguese publishing company Leya to a novel written in Portuguese that has not been published before. The winner of the award receives €50,000.
The Camões Prize (Portuguese: Prémio Camões, said in Portuguese as [ˈpɾɛmju kaˈmõjʃ]), named after the famous writer Luís de Camões, is the most respected prize for literature in the Portuguese language. It was created in 1989 and is supported by the governments of Brazil and Portugal. The prize is given every year to an author who has written a very important collection of work in Portuguese.
The Wisława Szymborska Award is a Polish prize given each year for literature. It was created in 2013 and named after the Nobel Prize-winning poet Wisława Szymborska, who was born in 1923 and died in 2012. The award is given to authors of the best poetry books published the year before.
The South African Football Association (SAFA) Awards are honors given to football players and coaches who are from South Africa. These awards were created in 2008 by the South African Football Association.
The Silesius Poetry Award (Polish: Wrocławska Nagroda Poetycka Silesius) is a yearly Polish literary prize given by the city of Wrocław in Lower Silesia.
The Ryszard Kapuściński Award (Polish: Nagroda im. Ryszarda Kapuścińskiego) is an important annual award given in Poland. It is the most significant honor for a type of writing called literary reportage.
The Nike Literary Award is a prize given each year to the best book written by a living Polish author and published the year before. It is considered the most important award for Polish literature. The award was started in 1997 and is supported by Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland’s second-largest newspaper, and NICOM, a consulting company.
The Kościelski Award is a Polish literary award that has been given since 1962 by the Kościelski Foundation, which is based in Geneva. Each year, a group of judges selects awards for “promising writers” who are 40 years old or younger. Some past winners include Sławomir Mrożek, Zbigniew Herbert, Alicja Iwańska, Bolesław Taborski, Wiktor Woroszylski, Adam Zagajewski, Wojciech Karpiński, Jarosław Marek Rymkiewicz, Stefan Chwin, Jerzy Pilch, Marian Stala, Paweł Huelle, Andrzej Stasiuk, Olga Tokarczuk, Tomasz Różycki, Jacek Dehnel, Maciej Płaza, Krzysztof Siwczyk, Jolanta Stefko, Mikołaj Łoziński, and most recently, Jacek Dukaj.
The Gdynia Literary Prize (Polish: Nagroda Literacka Gdynia) is a Polish award given each year to authors who write the best books published the year before. These books are in the categories of prose, poetry, essays, and translations (added in 2014). The prize was created in 2006 by Wojciech Szczurek, the mayor of Gdynia.