List of richest literary prizes

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Many literary awards give significant remunerations. This is a list of active literary awards from around the world with a prize of at least {{currency|100,000}} or equivalent. Although global in scope and comprising over 35 awards, most of the prizes are in only four currencies: United Arab Emirates dirham, Swedish krona, Euro, and United States dollar.

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Inclusion criteria

The award is active and is primarily focused on writing (novels, poetry, non-fiction etc..)
The remuneration is equal to or greater than US$100,000 or equivalent. Because fluctuating exchange rates move non-US dollar denominated awards in and out of the list over time, awards near this amount are also included.
The award is for any genre of writing (fiction, journalism, etc.) or award type (book or author).
The listed remuneration is for a single winner or co-winners. The list does not aggregate the total value of runners-up and other prizes within the same award. For example, the Prime Minister's Literary Awards is listed as A$100,000 even though it is composed of four prizes totalling A$400,000.

Prizes

class="wikitable sortable"
scope="col"\| Approximate Equivalent in US$ (October 2024) ! scope="col" class="unsortable"\| Prize amount ! scope="col"\| Prize name ! scope="col"\| Type ! scope="col"\| Host country ! scope="col"\| Primary language ! scope="col" class="unsortable"\| Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable"\| Ref(s)
1,361,000 \|{{ntsh\|5000000}}{{currency\|5000000\|AED}} \|Million's Poet \|{{n/a}} \|UAE \|Arabic \|Award for a single poem. Total prizes for 2nd to 5th positions are approximately $2,723,000. Sister prize of Prince of Poets \|{{Cite news \|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117983540?refCatId=2862 \|first=Bryan \|last=Pearson \|work=Variety \|date=4 April 2008 \|title='Million's Poet' a runaway success}}
1,092,000 \|{{ntsh\|1000000}}{{currency\|1000000\|EU}} \|Premio Planeta de Novela (winner) \|Book \|Spain \|Spanish \|See also runner-up of same prize. \|{{cite web \|url=https://www.efe.com/efe/espana/cultura/la-misteriosa-carmen-mola-gana-el-premio-planeta-del-millon-de-euros/10005-4653294 \|title=El Planeta del millón de euros acaba con el secreto de Carmen Mola \|work=EFE \|date=October 16, 2021 \|access-date=October 15, 2021}}
1,000,000 \|{{ntsh\|9000000}}{{currency\|11000000\|SEK}} \|Nobel Prize in Literature \|Author \|Sweden \|Any \|There are five Nobel Prizes of 11 million kronor each. \|{{Cite web \|date=2023-09-15 \|title=Nobel Foundation raises the amount for this year’s Nobel Prize awards to 11 million kronor \|url=https://apnews.com/article/nobel-prize-increase-award-amount-122839c6c00d7659f60f4676004c89eb \|access-date=2024-11-06 \|website=AP News \|language=en}}
470,000 \|{{ntsh\|470000}}US$470,000 \|The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize \|Author^* \|United States \|English \|Open to all arts, not just writers. \|{{cite web \|last=Taylor \|first=Derrick Bryson \|title=A Master of Hawaiian Dance Wins the Gish Prize \|work=The New York Times \|date=November 13, 2024 \|access-date=2024-04-01 \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/arts/dance/vicky-holt-takamine-hawaiian-gish-prize.html}}
466,500 \|{{ntsh\|5000000}}{{currency\|5000000\|SEK}} \|Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award \|Author \|Sweden \|Any \|Authors, illustrators, oral storytellers and people or organisations that work with reading promotion in the area of children's and young adult literature, are eligible for the prize. \|[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/mar/20/guus-kuijer-astrid-lindgren-award "Dutch author Guus Kuijer wins Astrid Lindgren memorial award"], Alison Flood, The Guardian, 20 March 2012. Quote: "... the world's richest children's books prize, the Astrid Lindgren memorial award."
272,000 \|{{ntsh\|1000000}}{{currency\|1000000\|AED}} \|Prince of Poets \|{{n/a}} \|UAE \|Arabic \|Award for a single poem. Sister prize of Million's Poet \|{{Cite news \|work=Variety \|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117972029?refCatId=14 \|title=Abu Dhabi TV crowns 'Prince of Poets' \|first=Bryan \|last=Pearson \|date=14 September 2007}}{{Cite web \|title=Saudia Arabia'S Eyad Hakami Wins Prince of Poets Title and AED 1,000,000! \|url=https://www.dayofdubai.com/news/saudia-arabias-eyad-hakami-wins-prince-poets-title-and-aed-1000000 \|access-date=2024-11-05 \|website=www.dayofdubai.com}}
250,000 \|{{ntsh\|250000}}{{currency\|250000\|USD}} \|Carlos Fuentes International Prize for Literary Creation in the Spanish Language \|Author \|Mexico \|Spanish \|Any writer writing in the Spanish language \|{{cite web \|url=http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=531778&CategoryId=13003 \|title=Carlos Fuentes Literary Prize Created \|date=July 4, 2012 \|accessdate=July 4, 2012 \|work=Latin American Herald Tribune}}
228,000 \|{{ntsh\|2500000}}{{currency\|2500000\|NOK}} \|International Ibsen Award \|Author^* \|Norway \|Any \|Any drama and theater position eligible, not just writers. \|{{cite web \|url=http://www.internationalibsenaward.com \|title=International Ibsen Award \|publisher=International Ibsen Award \|author= \|date= \|accessdate=March 21, 2014}}
218,000 \|{{ntsh\|200000}}{{currency\|200000\|EU}} \|Prix mondial Cino Del Duca \|Author \|France \|Any \|Open to any writer working in either scientific or literary form \|{{Cite web \|last=Sabrina \|date=2021-05-18 \|title=World Editions - Maryse Condé Awarded the Prix Mondial Cino del Duca 2021 \|url=https://worldeditions.org/maryse-conde-awarded-the-prix-mondial-cino-del-duca-2021/ \|access-date=2024-11-05 \|website=World Editions \|language=en-US}}
200,000 \|{{ntsh\|777777}}{{currency\|750000\|AED}} \|Sheikh Zayed Book Award \|Book \|United Arab Emirates \|Arabic \|7 awards each valued at AED 750,000 \|https://scroll.in/article/1066374/sheikh-zayed-book-award-announces-the-2024-winners-in-seven-categories
200,000 \|{{ntsh\|200000}}{{currency\|200000\|USD}} \|Saudi King Abdullah International Award for Translation \|Author \|Saudi Arabia \|Arabic \|5 awards of 200,000 each (1 million total) \|{{cite web \|url=http://en.qantara.de/Big-Words-Big-Prize-Money/20027c21628i1p501/index.html \|title=Big Words, Big Prize-Money \|work=Qantara.de \|author=Werner Bloch \|date=October 19, 2012 \|accessdate=October 19, 2012}}
175,000 \|{{ntsh\|175000}}{{currency\|175000\|USD}} \|Alfaguara Prize \|Book \|Spain \|Spanish \| \|[http://www.eltiempo.com/entretenimiento/libros/juan-gabriel-vasquez-gano-premio-alfagura-de-novela_9048800-4 Juan Gabriel Vásquez ganó el premio Alfaguara de novela] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419045024/http://www.eltiempo.com/entretenimiento/libros/juan-gabriel-vasquez-gano-premio-alfagura-de-novela_9048800-4 \|date=2014-04-19 }}
175,000 \|{{ntsh\|175000}}{{currency\|175000\|USD}} \|Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes \|Author \|United States \|English \|Composed of eight awards of $175,000 each. \|Charles McGrath. [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/18/books/yale-announcing-150000-literary-prizes.html "A Writer’s Estate to Yield $150,000 Literary Prizes"], New York Times, June 17, 2011.{{cite news \|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2011/06/yale-to-launch-writing-award.html \|title=Yale to launch $150,000 writing award \|newspaper=LA Times \|author=Carolyn Kellogg \|date=June 20, 2011 \|accessdate=October 11, 2012}}
164,000 \|{{ntsh\|150000}}{{currency\|150000\|EU}} \|Premio Planeta de Novela (runner-up) \|Book \|Spain \|Spanish \|See also winner of same prize. \|{{cite web \|url=http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=433595&CategoryId=13003 \|title=Javier Moro Wins Spain's Planeta Prize \|work=Latin American Herald Tribune \|access-date=October 16, 2012}}
150,000 \|{{ntsh\|150000}}{{currency\|150000\|USD}} \|Lannan Literary Awards \|Author \|United States \|English \|Composed of three awards of $150,000 each. Prize amount last verified for 2007. \|{{cite web \|url=http://today.uci.edu/briefs/2007/11/nb_Awards1060_071109.php \|title=Mike Davis recognized for literary achievements \|publisher=UC Irvine \|date=November 9, 2007 \|accessdate=January 23, 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130217102207/http://today.uci.edu/briefs/2007/11/nb_Awards1060_071109.php \|archivedate=February 17, 2013 }}
150,000 \|{{ntsh\|150000}}{{currency\|150000\|USD}} \|FIL Literature Award \|Author \|Mexico \|Spanish \| \|{{cite web \|url=http://www.pw.org/writing_contests/fil_prize_romance_languages \|title=FIL Prize in Romance Languages \|publisher=Poets&Writers \|accessdate=January 23, 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407181636/http://www.pw.org/writing_contests/fil_prize_romance_languages \|archivedate=April 7, 2013 }}
150,000 \|US$150,000 \|Carol Shields Prize for Fiction \|Author \|US \|English \|Prize awards works of fiction by women and non-binary writers in Canada and the United States. \|{{Cite web \|last=Hewitt \|first=Chris \|date=2024-05-15 \|title=University of Minnesota professor V.V. Ganeshananthan wins $150,000 literary prize for 'Brotherless Night' \|url=https://www.startribune.com/university-of-minnesota-prof-wins-massive-150000-novel-prize-hopes-it-will-allow-more-time-to-write/600366103 \|access-date=2024-11-05 \|website=www.startribune.com \|language=en}}
146,000 \|{{ntsh\|172000}}{{currency\|1000000\|DKK}} \|Sonning Prize \|Author^* \|Denmark \|Any \|Open to all arts not just writers. \|{{cite web \|url=http://event.ku.dk/sonning_prize \|title=Sonning Prize at the University of Copenhagen \|date=24 November 2008 \|publisher=University of Copenhagen \|accessdate=January 23, 2013}}
134,000 \|{{ntsh\|125000}}{{currency\|125000\|EU}} \|Miguel de Cervantes Prize \|Author \|Spain \|Spanish \| \|{{cite web \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/28/arts/28arts-MARSWINSCERV_BRF.html \|title=Marse Wins Cervantes Prize \|work=New York Times \|author=David Carr \|date=November 27, 2008 \|accessdate=January 23, 2013}}
134,000 \|{{ntsh\|125000}}{{currency\|125000\|EU}} \|RBA Prize for Crime Writing \|Book \|Spain \|Any \| \|{{cite web \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/sep/04/philip-kerr-wins-rba-prize \|title=Philip Kerr wins €125,000 RBA crime writing prize \|work=The Guardian \|author=Giles Tremlett \|date=3 September 2009 \|accessdate=September 13, 2013}}
131,000 \|{{ntsh\|120000}}{{currency\|120000\|EU}} \|Premio de Novela Fernando Lara \|Book \|Spain \|Spanish \| \|{{cite web \|url=http://www.planetadelibros.com/premios-premio-de-novela-fernando-lara-9.html \|title=Premio de Novela Fernando Lara \|publisher=PlanetadeLibros \|accessdate=January 23, 2013}}
110,000 \|{{ntsh\|100000}}{{currency\|100000\|EU}} \|Rómulo Gallegos Prize \|Book \|Venezuela \|Spanish \| \|{{cite web \|url=http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=340691&CategoryId=10717 \|title=Colombia's Ospina Receives Romulo Gallegos Lit Prize in Venezuela \|work=Latin American Herald Tribune \|author=Alfonso Fernandez \|date=2008 \|accessdate=January 23, 2013}}
110,000 \|{{ntsh\|100000}}{{currency\|100000\|EU}} \|Premio Primavera de Novela \|Book \|Spain \|Spanish \| \|{{cite web \|url=http://www.planetadelibros.com/premios-premio-primavera-de-novela-17.html \|title=Premio Primavera de Novela website \|publisher=PlanetadeLibros \|accessdate=January 23, 2013}}
110,000 \|{{ntsh\|100000}}{{currency\|100000\|EU}} \|International Dublin Literary Award \|Book \|Ireland \|English \| \|{{cite news\|url=http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/06/dutch_writer_wins_worlds_bigge.php\|title=Dutch writer wins world's biggest literature prize\|date=18 June 2010\|work=DutchNews.nl\|accessdate=18 June 2010}}
110,000 \|{{ntsh\|100000}}{{currency\|100000\|EU}} \|Premio Novela Histórica Alfonso X El Sabio \|Book \|Spain \|Spanish \| \|{{cite web \|url=http://www.planetadelibros.com/premios-premio-novela-historica-alfonso-x-el-sabio-12.html \|title=Premio Novela Histórica Alfonso X El Sabio \|publisher=PlanetadeLibros \|accessdate=January 23, 2013}}
110,000 \|{{ntsh\|100000}}{{currency\|100000\|EU}} \|Camões Prize \|Author \|Portugal Brazil \|Portuguese \| \|{{cite web \|url=http://portuguese-american-journal.com/literature-brazilian-author-dalton-trevsian-awardedcamoesprize-2012-portugal/ \|title=Literature: Brazilian author Dalton Trevisan awarded "Camões Prize" – Portugal \|work=Portuguese American Journal \|author= \|date=22 May 2012 \|accessdate=January 23, 2013}}
110,000 \|{{ntsh\|100000}}{{currency\|100000\|EU}} \|Prémio Leya \|Book \|Portugal \|Portuguese \| \|{{cite web \|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u456104.shtml \|language=Portuguese \|title=Brasileiro Murilo Antonio Carvalho ganha Prêmio Leya de Literatura \|accessdate=2008-10-15 \|publisher=Folha Online \|date=October 14, 2008}}{{cite web\|url=https://visao.sapo.pt/nuno-camarneiro-vence-premio-leya=f702751 \|title=Nuno Camarneiro vence Prémio LeYa \|language=Portuguese \|publisher=JL, Jornal de Letras, Artes e Ideias \|date=17 December 2012 \|accessdate=17 December 2012}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.leya.com/pt/noticias/romance-uma-outra-voz-de-gabriela-ruivo-trindade-vence-o-premio-leya-2013/\|title=Gabriela Ruivo Trindade vence Prémio LeYa \|language=Portuguese \|publisher=Leya News \|accessdate=27 October 2013}}
100,000 \|{{ntsh\|100000}}{{currency\|100000\|USD}} \|Premio de Traducción Literaria Tomás Segovia \|Author \|Mexico \|Spanish \|Translator award \|{{cite web \|url=http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2012/08/23/mexico-creates-prize-to-honor-literary-translators/ \|title=Mexico creates prize to honor literary translators \|work=Fox News \|date=August 23, 2012 \|accessdate=August 23, 2012}}
100,000 \|{{ntsh\|100000}}{{currency\|100000\|USD}} \|Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding \|Book \|Qatar \|Arabic \|Translation award. Total award value is $2 million. \|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.hta.qa/en\|title=Hamad Award\|website=Hamad Award\|language=en\|access-date=2017-09-17}}
100,000 \|{{ntsh\|100000}}{{currency\|100000\|USD}} \|Nigeria Prize for Literature \|Book \|Nigeria \|English \| \|[http://www.nlng.com/News.aspx?&id=41 The Nigeria Prize for Literature Competition] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930011402/http://www.nlng.com/News.aspx?&id=41 \|date=2011-09-30 }}, official website.Tolulope Odeyemi. [http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5721421-146/story.csp "On the hundred thousand dollar prize"] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701073047/http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5721421-146/story.csp \|date=2011-07-01 }}, Next, June 26, 2011
100,000 \|{{ntsh\|100000}}{{currency\|100000\|USD}} \|Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing \|Author \|United States \|English \| \|{{cite web \|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/52614-max-hastings-receives-2012-pritzker-military-award.html \|title=Max Hastings Receives 2012 Pritzker Military Award \|work=Publishers Weekly \|author= \|date=Jun 19, 2012 \|accessdate=October 11, 2012}}
100,000 \|{{ntsh\|100000}}{{currency\|100000\|USD}} \|Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize \|Author \|United States \|English \| \|[http://www.poetryfoundation.org/programs/awards.html "Awards"] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509195729/http://www.poetryfoundation.org/programs/awards.html \|date=2008-05-09 }}, webpage maintained by The Poetry Foundation. Online version retrieved May 22, 2008.Kinzer, Stephen (2004). [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/07/books/07poet.html "Poetry Starts to Wear $100 Million Crown"], The New York Times October 7, 2004. Online version retrieved May 22, 2008.
100,000 \|{{ntsh\|100000}}{{currency\|100000\|USD}} \|Wallace Stevens Award \|Author \|United States \|English \| \|{{cite web \|url=http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/107 \|title=Wallace Stevens Award \|publisher=Academy of American Poets \|accessdate=2009-05-04 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615195748/http://poets.org/page.php/prmID/107 \|archive-date=2010-06-15 \|url-status=dead }}
100,000 \|{{ntsh\|100000}}{{currency\|100000\|USD}} \|Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature \|Book \|United States \|English \| \|{{cite web \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/11/books/sami-rohr-jewish-philanthropist-remembered-by-a-writing-prize-dies-at-86.html \|title=Sami Rohr, Jewish Philanthropist Remembered by a Writing Prize, Dies at 86 \|work=New York Times \|author=Dennis Hevesi \|date=August 10, 2012 \|accessdate=January 23, 2013}}
100,000 \|{{ntsh\|100000}}{{currency\|100000\|USD}} \|The Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards \|Author \|United States \|English \| \|{{cite web \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/books/04arts-100000POETRY_BRF.html \|title=$100,000 Poetry Prize Goes to D. A. Powell \|work=New York Times \|author=Dave Itzkoff \|date=February 3, 2010 \|accessdate=January 23, 2013}}
100,000 \|{{ntsh\|100000}}{{currency\|100000\|USD}} \|Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Awards \|Author \|United Arab Emirates \|Arabic \|Composed of five awards of $100,000 each. \|[http://www.alowaisnet.org/en/portal/paenel.aspx Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Award for Scientific and Cultural Achievement] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507221354/http://www.alowaisnet.org/en/portal/paenel.aspx \|date=2012-05-07 }}, award criteria for Scientific and Cultural Achievement
100,000 \|{{ntsh\|100000}}{{currency\|100000\|USD}} \|Park Kyong-ni Prize \|Author \|South Korea \|Any \| \|{{cite web \|url=http://www.haaretz.com/life/arts-leisure/.premium-1.678295 \|title=Amos Oz Picked for South Korea's Top Literary Prize \|work=Haaretz \|author=Gili Izikovich \|date=October 1, 2015 \|accessdate=October 2, 2015}}

class="wikitable sortable"

scope="col"| Approximate

Equivalent in US$
(October 2024)

! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Prize amount

! scope="col"| Prize name

! scope="col"| Type

! scope="col"| Host country

! scope="col"| Primary language

! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes

! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Ref(s)

1,361,000

|{{ntsh|5000000}}{{currency|5000000|AED}}

|Million's Poet

|{{n/a}}

|UAE

|Arabic

|Award for a single poem. Total prizes for 2nd to 5th positions are approximately $2,723,000. Sister prize of Prince of Poets

|{{Cite news |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117983540?refCatId=2862 |first=Bryan |last=Pearson |work=Variety |date=4 April 2008 |title='Million's Poet' a runaway success}}

1,092,000

|{{ntsh|1000000}}{{currency|1000000|EU}}

|Premio Planeta de Novela (winner)

|Book

|Spain

|Spanish

|See also runner-up of same prize.

|{{cite web |url=https://www.efe.com/efe/espana/cultura/la-misteriosa-carmen-mola-gana-el-premio-planeta-del-millon-de-euros/10005-4653294 |title=El Planeta del millón de euros acaba con el secreto de Carmen Mola |work=EFE |date=October 16, 2021 |access-date=October 15, 2021}}

1,000,000

|{{ntsh|9000000}}{{currency|11000000|SEK}}

|Nobel Prize in Literature

|Author

|Sweden

|Any

|There are five Nobel Prizes of 11 million kronor each.

|{{Cite web |date=2023-09-15 |title=Nobel Foundation raises the amount for this year’s Nobel Prize awards to 11 million kronor |url=https://apnews.com/article/nobel-prize-increase-award-amount-122839c6c00d7659f60f4676004c89eb |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=AP News |language=en}}

470,000

|{{ntsh|470000}}US$470,000

|The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize

|Author^*

|United States

|English

|Open to all arts, not just writers.

|{{cite web |last=Taylor |first=Derrick Bryson |title=A Master of Hawaiian Dance Wins the Gish Prize |work=The New York Times |date=November 13, 2024 |access-date=2024-04-01 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/arts/dance/vicky-holt-takamine-hawaiian-gish-prize.html}}

466,500

|{{ntsh|5000000}}{{currency|5000000|SEK}}

|Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

|Author

|Sweden

|Any

|Authors, illustrators, oral storytellers and people or organisations that work with reading promotion in the area of children's and young adult literature, are eligible for the prize.

|[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/mar/20/guus-kuijer-astrid-lindgren-award "Dutch author Guus Kuijer wins Astrid Lindgren memorial award"], Alison Flood, The Guardian, 20 March 2012. Quote: "... the world's richest children's books prize, the Astrid Lindgren memorial award."

272,000

|{{ntsh|1000000}}{{currency|1000000|AED}}

|Prince of Poets

|{{n/a}}

|UAE

|Arabic

|Award for a single poem. Sister prize of Million's Poet

|{{Cite news |work=Variety |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117972029?refCatId=14 |title=Abu Dhabi TV crowns 'Prince of Poets' |first=Bryan |last=Pearson |date=14 September 2007}}{{Cite web |title=Saudia Arabia'S Eyad Hakami Wins Prince of Poets Title and AED 1,000,000! |url=https://www.dayofdubai.com/news/saudia-arabias-eyad-hakami-wins-prince-poets-title-and-aed-1000000 |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=www.dayofdubai.com}}

250,000

|{{ntsh|250000}}{{currency|250000|USD}}

|Carlos Fuentes International Prize for Literary Creation in the Spanish Language

|Author

|Mexico

|Spanish

|Any writer writing in the Spanish language

|{{cite web |url=http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=531778&CategoryId=13003 |title=Carlos Fuentes Literary Prize Created |date=July 4, 2012 |accessdate=July 4, 2012 |work=Latin American Herald Tribune}}

228,000

|{{ntsh|2500000}}{{currency|2500000|NOK}}

|International Ibsen Award

|Author^*

|Norway

|Any

|Any drama and theater position eligible, not just writers.

|{{cite web |url=http://www.internationalibsenaward.com |title=International Ibsen Award |publisher=International Ibsen Award |author= |date= |accessdate=March 21, 2014}}

218,000

|{{ntsh|200000}}{{currency|200000|EU}}

|Prix mondial Cino Del Duca

|Author

|France

|Any

|Open to any writer working in either scientific or literary form

|{{Cite web |last=Sabrina |date=2021-05-18 |title=World Editions - Maryse Condé Awarded the Prix Mondial Cino del Duca 2021 |url=https://worldeditions.org/maryse-conde-awarded-the-prix-mondial-cino-del-duca-2021/ |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=World Editions |language=en-US}}

200,000

|{{ntsh|777777}}{{currency|750000|AED}}

|Sheikh Zayed Book Award

|Book

|United Arab Emirates

|Arabic

|7 awards each valued at AED 750,000

|https://scroll.in/article/1066374/sheikh-zayed-book-award-announces-the-2024-winners-in-seven-categories

200,000

|{{ntsh|200000}}{{currency|200000|USD}}

|Saudi King Abdullah International Award for Translation

|Author

|Saudi Arabia

|Arabic

|5 awards of 200,000 each (1 million total)

|{{cite web |url=http://en.qantara.de/Big-Words-Big-Prize-Money/20027c21628i1p501/index.html |title=Big Words, Big Prize-Money |work=Qantara.de |author=Werner Bloch |date=October 19, 2012 |accessdate=October 19, 2012}}

175,000

|{{ntsh|175000}}{{currency|175000|USD}}

|Alfaguara Prize

|Book

|Spain

|Spanish

|[http://www.eltiempo.com/entretenimiento/libros/juan-gabriel-vasquez-gano-premio-alfagura-de-novela_9048800-4 Juan Gabriel Vásquez ganó el premio Alfaguara de novela] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419045024/http://www.eltiempo.com/entretenimiento/libros/juan-gabriel-vasquez-gano-premio-alfagura-de-novela_9048800-4 |date=2014-04-19 }}

175,000

|{{ntsh|175000}}{{currency|175000|USD}}

|Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes

|Author

|United States

|English

|Composed of eight awards of $175,000 each.

|Charles McGrath. [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/18/books/yale-announcing-150000-literary-prizes.html "A Writer’s Estate to Yield $150,000 Literary Prizes"], New York Times, June 17, 2011.{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2011/06/yale-to-launch-writing-award.html |title=Yale to launch $150,000 writing award |newspaper=LA Times |author=Carolyn Kellogg |date=June 20, 2011 |accessdate=October 11, 2012}}

164,000

|{{ntsh|150000}}{{currency|150000|EU}}

|Premio Planeta de Novela (runner-up)

|Book

|Spain

|Spanish

|See also winner of same prize.

|{{cite web |url=http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=433595&CategoryId=13003 |title=Javier Moro Wins Spain's Planeta Prize |work=Latin American Herald Tribune |access-date=October 16, 2012}}

150,000

|{{ntsh|150000}}{{currency|150000|USD}}

|Lannan Literary Awards

|Author

|United States

|English

|Composed of three awards of $150,000 each. Prize amount last verified for 2007.

|{{cite web |url=http://today.uci.edu/briefs/2007/11/nb_Awards1060_071109.php |title=Mike Davis recognized for literary achievements |publisher=UC Irvine |date=November 9, 2007 |accessdate=January 23, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130217102207/http://today.uci.edu/briefs/2007/11/nb_Awards1060_071109.php |archivedate=February 17, 2013 }}

150,000

|{{ntsh|150000}}{{currency|150000|USD}}

|FIL Literature Award

|Author

|Mexico

|Spanish

|{{cite web |url=http://www.pw.org/writing_contests/fil_prize_romance_languages |title=FIL Prize in Romance Languages |publisher=Poets&Writers |accessdate=January 23, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407181636/http://www.pw.org/writing_contests/fil_prize_romance_languages |archivedate=April 7, 2013 }}

150,000

|US$150,000

|Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

|Author

|US

|English

|Prize awards works of fiction by women and non-binary writers in Canada and the United States.

|{{Cite web |last=Hewitt |first=Chris |date=2024-05-15 |title=University of Minnesota professor V.V. Ganeshananthan wins $150,000 literary prize for 'Brotherless Night' |url=https://www.startribune.com/university-of-minnesota-prof-wins-massive-150000-novel-prize-hopes-it-will-allow-more-time-to-write/600366103 |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=www.startribune.com |language=en}}

146,000

|{{ntsh|172000}}{{currency|1000000|DKK}}

|Sonning Prize

|Author^*

|Denmark

|Any

|Open to all arts not just writers.

|{{cite web |url=http://event.ku.dk/sonning_prize |title=Sonning Prize at the University of Copenhagen |date=24 November 2008 |publisher=University of Copenhagen |accessdate=January 23, 2013}}

134,000

|{{ntsh|125000}}{{currency|125000|EU}}

|Miguel de Cervantes Prize

|Author

|Spain

|Spanish

|{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/28/arts/28arts-MARSWINSCERV_BRF.html |title=Marse Wins Cervantes Prize |work=New York Times |author=David Carr |date=November 27, 2008 |accessdate=January 23, 2013}}

134,000

|{{ntsh|125000}}{{currency|125000|EU}}

|RBA Prize for Crime Writing

|Book

|Spain

|Any

|{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/sep/04/philip-kerr-wins-rba-prize |title=Philip Kerr wins €125,000 RBA crime writing prize |work=The Guardian |author=Giles Tremlett |date=3 September 2009 |accessdate=September 13, 2013}}

131,000

|{{ntsh|120000}}{{currency|120000|EU}}

|Premio de Novela Fernando Lara

|Book

|Spain

|Spanish

|{{cite web |url=http://www.planetadelibros.com/premios-premio-de-novela-fernando-lara-9.html |title=Premio de Novela Fernando Lara |publisher=PlanetadeLibros |accessdate=January 23, 2013}}

110,000

|{{ntsh|100000}}{{currency|100000|EU}}

|Rómulo Gallegos Prize

|Book

|Venezuela

|Spanish

|{{cite web |url=http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=340691&CategoryId=10717 |title=Colombia's Ospina Receives Romulo Gallegos Lit Prize in Venezuela |work=Latin American Herald Tribune |author=Alfonso Fernandez |date=2008 |accessdate=January 23, 2013}}

110,000

|{{ntsh|100000}}{{currency|100000|EU}}

|Premio Primavera de Novela

|Book

|Spain

|Spanish

|{{cite web |url=http://www.planetadelibros.com/premios-premio-primavera-de-novela-17.html |title=Premio Primavera de Novela website |publisher=PlanetadeLibros |accessdate=January 23, 2013}}

110,000

|{{ntsh|100000}}{{currency|100000|EU}}

|International Dublin Literary Award

|Book

|Ireland

|English

|{{cite news|url=http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/06/dutch_writer_wins_worlds_bigge.php|title=Dutch writer wins world's biggest literature prize|date=18 June 2010|work=DutchNews.nl|accessdate=18 June 2010}}

110,000

|{{ntsh|100000}}{{currency|100000|EU}}

|Premio Novela Histórica Alfonso X El Sabio

|Book

|Spain

|Spanish

|{{cite web |url=http://www.planetadelibros.com/premios-premio-novela-historica-alfonso-x-el-sabio-12.html |title=Premio Novela Histórica Alfonso X El Sabio |publisher=PlanetadeLibros |accessdate=January 23, 2013}}

110,000

|{{ntsh|100000}}{{currency|100000|EU}}

|Camões Prize

|Author

|Portugal
Brazil

|Portuguese

|{{cite web |url=http://portuguese-american-journal.com/literature-brazilian-author-dalton-trevsian-awardedcamoesprize-2012-portugal/ |title=Literature: Brazilian author Dalton Trevisan awarded "Camões Prize" – Portugal |work=Portuguese American Journal |author= |date=22 May 2012 |accessdate=January 23, 2013}}

110,000

|{{ntsh|100000}}{{currency|100000|EU}}

|Prémio Leya

|Book

|Portugal

|Portuguese

|{{cite web |url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u456104.shtml |language=Portuguese |title=Brasileiro Murilo Antonio Carvalho ganha Prêmio Leya de Literatura |accessdate=2008-10-15 |publisher=Folha Online |date=October 14, 2008}}{{cite web|url=https://visao.sapo.pt/nuno-camarneiro-vence-premio-leya=f702751 |title=Nuno Camarneiro vence Prémio LeYa |language=Portuguese |publisher=JL, Jornal de Letras, Artes e Ideias |date=17 December 2012 |accessdate=17 December 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.leya.com/pt/noticias/romance-uma-outra-voz-de-gabriela-ruivo-trindade-vence-o-premio-leya-2013/|title=Gabriela Ruivo Trindade vence Prémio LeYa |language=Portuguese |publisher=Leya News |accessdate=27 October 2013}}

100,000

|{{ntsh|100000}}{{currency|100000|USD}}

|Premio de Traducción Literaria Tomás Segovia

|Author

|Mexico

|Spanish

|Translator award

|{{cite web |url=http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2012/08/23/mexico-creates-prize-to-honor-literary-translators/ |title=Mexico creates prize to honor literary translators |work=Fox News |date=August 23, 2012 |accessdate=August 23, 2012}}

100,000

|{{ntsh|100000}}{{currency|100000|USD}}

|Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding

|Book

|Qatar

|Arabic

|Translation award. Total award value is $2 million.

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.hta.qa/en|title=Hamad Award|website=Hamad Award|language=en|access-date=2017-09-17}}

100,000

|{{ntsh|100000}}{{currency|100000|USD}}

|Nigeria Prize for Literature

|Book

|Nigeria

|English

|[http://www.nlng.com/News.aspx?&id=41 The Nigeria Prize for Literature Competition] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930011402/http://www.nlng.com/News.aspx?&id=41 |date=2011-09-30 }}, official website.Tolulope Odeyemi. [http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5721421-146/story.csp "On the hundred thousand dollar prize"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701073047/http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5721421-146/story.csp |date=2011-07-01 }}, Next, June 26, 2011

100,000

|{{ntsh|100000}}{{currency|100000|USD}}

|Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing

|Author

|United States

|English

|{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/52614-max-hastings-receives-2012-pritzker-military-award.html |title=Max Hastings Receives 2012 Pritzker Military Award |work=Publishers Weekly |author= |date=Jun 19, 2012 |accessdate=October 11, 2012}}

100,000

|{{ntsh|100000}}{{currency|100000|USD}}

|Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize

|Author

|United States

|English

|[http://www.poetryfoundation.org/programs/awards.html "Awards"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509195729/http://www.poetryfoundation.org/programs/awards.html |date=2008-05-09 }}, webpage maintained by The Poetry Foundation. Online version retrieved May 22, 2008.Kinzer, Stephen (2004). [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/07/books/07poet.html "Poetry Starts to Wear $100 Million Crown"], The New York Times October 7, 2004. Online version retrieved May 22, 2008.

100,000

|{{ntsh|100000}}{{currency|100000|USD}}

|Wallace Stevens Award

|Author

|United States

|English

|{{cite web |url=http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/107 |title=Wallace Stevens Award |publisher=Academy of American Poets |accessdate=2009-05-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615195748/http://poets.org/page.php/prmID/107 |archive-date=2010-06-15 |url-status=dead }}

100,000

|{{ntsh|100000}}{{currency|100000|USD}}

|Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature

|Book

|United States

|English

|{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/11/books/sami-rohr-jewish-philanthropist-remembered-by-a-writing-prize-dies-at-86.html |title=Sami Rohr, Jewish Philanthropist Remembered by a Writing Prize, Dies at 86 |work=New York Times |author=Dennis Hevesi |date=August 10, 2012 |accessdate=January 23, 2013}}

100,000

|{{ntsh|100000}}{{currency|100000|USD}}

|The Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards

|Author

|United States

|English

|{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/books/04arts-100000POETRY_BRF.html |title=$100,000 Poetry Prize Goes to D. A. Powell |work=New York Times |author=Dave Itzkoff |date=February 3, 2010 |accessdate=January 23, 2013}}

100,000

|{{ntsh|100000}}{{currency|100000|USD}}

|Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Awards

|Author

|United Arab Emirates

|Arabic

|Composed of five awards of $100,000 each.

|[http://www.alowaisnet.org/en/portal/paenel.aspx Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Award for Scientific and Cultural Achievement] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507221354/http://www.alowaisnet.org/en/portal/paenel.aspx |date=2012-05-07 }}, award criteria for Scientific and Cultural Achievement

100,000

|{{ntsh|100000}}{{currency|100000|USD}}

|Park Kyong-ni Prize

|Author

|South Korea

|Any

|{{cite web |url=http://www.haaretz.com/life/arts-leisure/.premium-1.678295 |title=Amos Oz Picked for South Korea's Top Literary Prize |work=Haaretz |author=Gili Izikovich |date=October 1, 2015 |accessdate=October 2, 2015}}

:Key

:*Columns are sortable (click small square)

:*Type: Book: Award is for a book title / Author: Award is for an author name

:*({{large|*}}) Award is not literary-specific but has some literary winners.

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The following awards have a superlative claim within certain defined categories, as described and sourced in the Notes column.

class="wikitable sortable"
scope="col" \|Equivalent in US$ (April 2016) ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \|Prize amount ! scope="col" \|Prize name ! scope="col" \|Type ! scope="col" \|Host country ! scope="col" \|Primary language ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \|Claim
524,527 \|{{ntsh\|5000000}}{{currency\|5000000\|SEK}} \|Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award \|Children's literature \|Sweden \|Any \|The richest children's literature prize in the world.{{cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2011/mar/29/shaun-tan-astrid-lindgren-prize \|title=Shaun Tan wins Astrid Lindgren prize \|author=Claire Armitstead \|date=29 March 2011 \|work=The Guardian \|accessdate=September 29, 2012}}
138,180 \|{{ntsh\|125000}}{{currency\|125000\|EU}} \|RBA Prize for Crime Writing \|Crime fiction \|Spain \|Any \|"The world's most lucrative crime fiction prize."
75,000 \|{{ntsh\|75000}}{{currency\|75000\|USD}} \|Cundill History Prize \|Non-fiction and history \|Canada \|English \|"the world's largest non-fiction purse"{{cite news \|date=November 9, 2023 \|title=Chinese history title wins Cundill \|url=https://www.bookbrunch.co.uk/download_pdf.php?k=chinese-history-title-wins-cundill \|work=BookBrunch \|access-date=November 22, 2023}}
55,270 \|{{ntsh\|50000}}{{currency\|50000\|EUR}} \|Premio de Narrativa Breve Ribera del Duero \|Short story collection \|Spain \|Spanish \|"the largest in the world for a competition of this kind".{{cite web \|url=http://www.riberadelduero.es/fr/node/909 \|title=Call For Award \|work=riberadelduero.es \|author= \|date=July 25, 2014 \|accessdate=December 7, 2014}}
39,358 \|{{ntsh\|30000}}{{currency\|30000\|GBP}} \|Sunday Times Short Story Award \|Short story \|United Kingdom \|English \|"The world's richest short story prize" (single short story).{{cite web \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9090753/OMG-Text-speak-short-story-in-running-for-30000-prize.html \|title=OMG: Text speak short story in running for £30,000 prize \|work=The Telegraph \|author=Staff writer \|author-link=Staff writer \|date=19 February 2012 \|accessdate=January 22, 2013}}
38,081 \|{{ntsh\|50000}}{{currency\|50000\|CAD}} \|Montreal International Poetry Prize \|Poetry \|Canada \|Any \|Thought to be the world's richest award for a single-poem.{{cite news \|author=Jeff Heinrich \|title=Your key to winning $50,000? Pure poetry \|quote=We realized that there's nothing on that scale for just one poem. And so there was an opportunity there. And when we started to think of it globally, that’s when we realized how unique it could be. \|newspaper=Montreal Gazette \|date=March 31, 2011 \|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/Your+winning+poetry/4531603/story.html \|accessdate=April 7, 2011}}

class="wikitable sortable"

scope="col" |Equivalent in US$
(April 2016)

! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Prize amount

! scope="col" |Prize name

! scope="col" |Type

! scope="col" |Host country

! scope="col" |Primary language

! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Claim

524,527

|{{ntsh|5000000}}{{currency|5000000|SEK}}

|Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

|Children's literature

|Sweden

|Any

|The richest children's literature prize in the world.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2011/mar/29/shaun-tan-astrid-lindgren-prize |title=Shaun Tan wins Astrid Lindgren prize |author=Claire Armitstead |date=29 March 2011 |work=The Guardian |accessdate=September 29, 2012}}

138,180

|{{ntsh|125000}}{{currency|125000|EU}}

|RBA Prize for Crime Writing

|Crime fiction

|Spain

|Any

|"The world's most lucrative crime fiction prize."

75,000

|{{ntsh|75000}}{{currency|75000|USD}}

|Cundill History Prize

|Non-fiction and history

|Canada

|English

|"the world's largest non-fiction purse"{{cite news |date=November 9, 2023 |title=Chinese history title wins Cundill |url=https://www.bookbrunch.co.uk/download_pdf.php?k=chinese-history-title-wins-cundill |work=BookBrunch |access-date=November 22, 2023}}

55,270

|{{ntsh|50000}}{{currency|50000|EUR}}

|Premio de Narrativa Breve Ribera del Duero

|Short story collection

|Spain

|Spanish

|"the largest in the world for a competition of this kind".{{cite web |url=http://www.riberadelduero.es/fr/node/909 |title=Call For Award |work=riberadelduero.es |author= |date=July 25, 2014 |accessdate=December 7, 2014}}

39,358

|{{ntsh|30000}}{{currency|30000|GBP}}

|Sunday Times Short Story Award

|Short story

|United Kingdom

|English

|"The world's richest short story prize" (single short story).{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9090753/OMG-Text-speak-short-story-in-running-for-30000-prize.html |title=OMG: Text speak short story in running for £30,000 prize |work=The Telegraph |author=Staff writer |author-link=Staff writer |date=19 February 2012 |accessdate=January 22, 2013}}

38,081

|{{ntsh|50000}}{{currency|50000|CAD}}

|Montreal International Poetry Prize

|Poetry

|Canada

|Any

|Thought to be the world's richest award for a single-poem.{{cite news |author=Jeff Heinrich |title=Your key to winning $50,000? Pure poetry |quote=We realized that there's nothing on that scale for just one poem. And so there was an opportunity there. And when we started to think of it globally, that’s when we realized how unique it could be. |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |date=March 31, 2011 |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/Your+winning+poetry/4531603/story.html |accessdate=April 7, 2011}}

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