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Book Awards: Genre-Specific Awards

Are you looking for quality reading material? Interested in award-winning books? Check out the resources on this page to find links to some of the biggest awards in the publishing industry, as well as winners in specific genres.

Horror

Bram Stoker Award
Shirley Jackson Awards
(Psychological suspense, horror, or dark fantasy)
This is Horror Awards
UK

Mystery

Romance

Diamond Heart Award
(formerly The VIVIAN Award)
Romantic Novel of the Year Awards
(UK)

Historical Fiction

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Arthur C. Clarke Award
Compton Crook Award
Dragon Awards
Elgin Awards
Endeavour Award
(Written by a Pacific Northwest author)
Future Worlds Prize
UK
Hugo Awards
Locus Awards
Mythopoeic Awards
Nebula Awards
Otherwise Award
Philip K. Dick Award
Prometheus Awards
World Fantasy Awards

Comics & Graphic Novels

Eisner Awards

Miscellaneous

Carol Awards
Christian Fiction
Christianity Today's Book Awards
Evangelical life, thought, and culture.
Colby Award
Military History, Intelligence Operations, or International Affairs
Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award
Pertains to any aspect of the thoroughbred horse (any genre).
Lord Ruthven Award
Study of the vampire in culture and literature.
Orwell Prizes
Political Writing
Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
Imaginative Fiction
W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction
Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing

LGBTQ+

Crime Writing

Alternate History

Sidewise Awards

Thrillers

ITW Thriller Awards