A complete guide to the major awards and prizes of the literary world.an invaluable source of information on awards and prizes world-widecovers over 1,000 awards and prizescomprehensive background information on each awardextensive contact details.Contentsincludes internationally awarded prizes along with prestigious national awardssubject areas covered include adult and children's fiction, non-fiction, poetry, lifetime's achievement, translation and dramainformation is provided on the history of each award, its purpose, what is awarded, how often the prize is awarded, eligibility and restrictions, the awarding organization and the most recent recipientsfull contact details of the awarding organization are provided, including main contact name, postal address, e-mail and Internet address, telephone and fax numbersfully indexed by keyword, awarding organization and award by subject.
