INDEPTH: LITERARY AWARDS
Literary Awards
CBC News Online | October 2, 2003
Every year, hundreds of thousands of dollars are showered over the world's most talented writers. Although not all awards come with a heavy purse, literacy has become lucrative and increased sales after such recognition have made prize-winning writers good publishing investments.
Here are just a few of the biggest and brightest honours given each year in the business:
The Giller Prize
$25,000 awarded to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English.
Nobel Prize for Literature
Approximately $1.5 million (the prize amount varies) as well as a medal and a specially commissioned diploma are awarded to authors for their entire body of work.
Man Booker Prize for Fiction
Approximately $110,000 awarded to the best full-length novel written in English by a citizen of the Commonwealth.
IMPAC Dublin literary award
$146,000 and a Waterford crystal trophy are given to the world's best book published in English.
Orange Prize for Fiction
The author of the best novel written in English by a woman and published in Britain is presented with a "Bessie" and $65,000.
The Governor General's Literary Awards
The Canada Council for the Arts selects seven French books and seven English books. Winners are given $15,000 and a special edition of their book.
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
$10,000 is given to an American author of a book that deals with American life.
Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize
The $40,000 award is split between a fiction and a non-fiction author of books that contribute to greater understanding and co-operation among the people of the Pacific Rim.
The Koret Foundation Awards
$15,000 is given to the author of a book addressing aspects of Jewish life.
Prix Goncourt
$10 and unlimited media attention are promised to the author of the best new work in French literature.
The Betty Trask Prizes
$55,000 is given for first novels published in the United Kingdom in English by Commonwealth citizens under 35.
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