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	Literary Awards, a beginners guide to. Book Prizes - What do they mean? The Booker, Whitbread, Orange Prize, The ...
		The awards are given in five categories (Poetry, Biography, First Novel, Novel, and Children's Literature) to authors who exemplify the best of contemporary British writing and who have lived in Great Britain or Ireland for at least three years.There is a panel of 3 judges in each category who select a short list and winner.
		The Kiriyama Prize is awarded in recognition of outstanding books that promote greater understanding of and among the nations of the Pacific Rim (East and Southeast Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands, Canada, Mexico, the United States, and the Pacific-bordering nations of Latin America) and of the South Asian subcontinent.
		The award is judged by a panel of three novelists and is awarded to the best published work of fiction by a contemporary American writer.
	www.book-club.co.nz /features/awards.htm (0 words)

	Book Awards, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Resource Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Awarded for excellence in literature for children and young adults in the categories of Picture Book, Fiction, and Nonfiction.
		The Edgar Allan Poe Awards® (the "Edgars®") are named after the Mystery Writers Association's patron saint, Edgar Allan Poe, and are awarded to authors of distinguished work in various categories of the genre.
		The UK's largest annual literary award for a single novel and one of the most prestigious and influential awards in the literary calendar; its aim is to promote women writers to as wide a range of male and female readers as possible.
	www.clpgh.org /subject/books/awards.html (0 words)

	Magpies Help: Searching Awards
		Awarded to an outstanding work of fiction for children (not picture books) written by a British or Commonwealth author, first published in the UK in the preceding year.
		The medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Services to Children of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children published in the preceding year.
		Awarded to the New Zealand author of the book that is considered to be the most distinguished contribution to nonfiction for young people.
	www.magpies.net.au /helpawards.html (0 words)

	YBP Library Services -- provider of books and supporting collection management and technical services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		This award is given to an outstanding picture book for young children--a book in which the text and illustrations are inseparable, each enhancing and enlarging on the other to produce a singular whole.
		Established in 1966, the award is a citation given to an American publisher for a children's book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States.
		This award is given annually to books (and also articles and booklets written in English or translated into English) dealing primarily with physics and astronomy, and directed at children from preschool age up to fifteen years of age.
	www.ybp.com /ybp/ChildrensAwards/annotations0903.html (0 words)

	Powell's Books - Award Winners
		The Orange Prize for fiction was created in 1995 in response to a growing awareness that often the considerable achievements of women novelists were frequently being passed over by the major literary prizes.
		The award was named for William Faulkner, who used his Nobel Prize funds to create an award for young writers, and is affiliated with PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists), the international writers' organization.
		The Whitbread awards are given annually in five categories: Poetry, Biography, First Novel, Novel, and Children's Literature to authors who exemplify the best of contemporary British writing and who have lived in Great Britain or Ireland for at least three years.
	www.powells.com /prizes/prizes.html (0 words)

	AwardWeb: Collections of Literary Award Information and Photographs -- http://www.awardweb.info
		Awarded annually for distinguished SF published as a paperback original in the U.S. To the International Fantasy Awards.
		The award is adminstered by the Permanent Trustee Co Ltd of Sydney.
		Sponsored by Vogel's Bread, it is awarded to a writer under 35 years of age for an original unpublished manuscript of fiction or Australian history or biography.
	dpsinfo.com /awardweb/index.html (0 words)

	Awards for Writers
		Two awards to feminist writers whose fiction or prose takes up a topic of discourse found in the work of Lorde or seeks to illustrate a condition, idea, or ideal inherent in her fiction or prose.
		The Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. during the preceding year.
		This award is given for a free verse, narrative poem or dramatic monologue by a fl lesbian poet.
	www.queertheory.com /academics/queer_awards_authors.htm (0 words)

	NMSU Library Award Winning Books
		Awards are for authors under 35 and commonwealth citizens for a first novel of a traditional or romantic nature.
		The Booker Prize Awards are the Commonwealth and Republic of Ireland's annual award for the outstanding novel in fiction.
		The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was established in 1992 by the late Kate Tufts in memory of her husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts.
	lib.nmsu.edu /depts/collserv/AWARDS99.html (0 words)

	DAWCL Explanation of Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Awarded to: The award is made to the author and illustrator of a children’s book which combines excellence in both text and illustration.
		Awarded to: An outstanding title of fiction or non-fiction published for young adults, defined as 12-18 years, inside or outside the U.S. from the proceeding year January 1 to December 31.
		Awarded to: Awards go to authors for books from ages K-12 (categories are divided by age) for books published anywhere in the world in the given time period.
	www.dawcl.com /awards.html (0 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 1995 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
		Summer - Iraq disarmament crisis: According to UNSCOM, the unity of the UN Security Council begins to fray, as a few countries, particularly France and Russia, are starting to become increasingly more interested in making financial deals with Iraq than disarming the country.
		This makes the 1995 the first year where the Dow surpasses two millennium marks in a single year.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com.cob-web.org:8888 /topic/1995.html (0 words)

	The Whitbread Children's Book of the Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Whitbread Awards "acknowledge outstanding books of literature not only for the qualities accorded to them by the critics of the day but for popular qualities which make them readable on a wide scale".
		The Whitbread Children's Book of the Year is open to books for children of seven and up, written by a British author.
		Before 1996, the award was known as the Children's Novel category of the Whitbread Book of the Year.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~dkbrown/whitbread.html (0 words)

	Countrybookshop.co.uk - Whitbread Book Awards
		The Whitbread Book Awards was established in 1971 and aims to celebrate and promote the best of contemporary British writing.
		The four Whitbread Awards are Poetry, Biography, First Novel and Novel, and are each chosen by a three-member judging panel.
		The winners of both the Whitbread Book of the Year and the Whitbread Children’s Book of the Year are chosen by a nine-member judging panel.
	www.countrybookshop.co.uk /books/awards/whitbread.phtml (0 words)

	Poetry Society of American Awards PSA
		Endowed under the wills of Louise Louis Whitbread and Ruth M. Bourne, this prize is awarded for the best unpublished poem by a student in grades 9 through 12 from the United States.
		This award acknowledges original work being done in midcareer by a poet who has not had substantial recognition, and is open to poets over forty who have published no more than one book.
		Awarded annually at the discretion of the PSA's Board of Governors, for distinguished lifetime service to American poetry.
	www.bookawards.bizland.com /poetry_awards_guidelines.htm (0 words)

	WHITBREAD BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Whitbread Book Awards, established in 1971, aim to celebrate and promote the best of British writing.
		The winners of the Awards for Poetry, Biography, Novel and First Novel are selected in each case by a panel of three judges.
		The 2002 award for poetry was announced on January 8, 2003.
	home.comcast.net /~netaylor1/whitbreadpoetry.html (0 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Books \| Special Reports \| Heaney pips his late friend to award
		There will be a fifth entrant for the overall title when the winner of the Whitbread Children's Book Of The Year prize is awarded later this month.
		The Whitbread awards are now in their 29th year, although the Book Of The Year category was not introduced until 1985.
		Heaney was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995.
	books.guardian.co.uk /specialreports/whitbread/story/0,,119389,00.html (0 words)

	Poetry Society of America Awards Guidelines
		The PSA sponsors twelve annual awards contests, with the aim of encouraging and rewarding excellence in poetry by both new and established poets.
		This award acknowledges original work being done in mid-career by a poet who has not had substantial recognition, and it is open to poets over forty who have published no more than one book.
		Since 1995, the recipient of the Frost Medal has delivered the Frost Medal Lecture, a retrospective reading and talk that is the highlight of the Annual Awards Ceremony.
	www.poetrysociety.org /psa-awards_gdln.html (0 words)

	Iris Murdoch - Penguin UK Authors - Penguin UK
		Awarded the CBE in 1976, Iris Murdoch was made a DBE in the 1987 New Year's Honours List.
		In the 1997 PEN Awards she received the Gold Pen for Distinguished Service to Literature.
		She recieved a number of other literary awards, among them the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for The Black Prince (1973) and the Whitbread Prize for The Sacred and Profane Love Machine (1974).
	www.penguin.co.uk /nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000023110,00.html (0 words)

	American Book Awards - Burnaby Public Library
		The award is chosen by the Booksellers Association of Great Britain and Ireland, with funds provided by Whitbread Breweries.
		The award is administered by The Booksellers Association of Great Britain and Ireland, with funds provided by Whitbread Breweries.
		The Book of the Year is chosen from the winners in the five award categories, not just fiction.
	www.bpl.burnaby.bc.ca /fiction/briawa.htm (0 words)

	The Whitbread Book Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Whitbread PLC sees itself in the business of providing enjoyment to millions of customers - and enjoyment is at the heart of the philosophy of the Whitbread Book Awards which seek out well-written, enjoyable books.
		Unlike these four category Award winners, a panel of three adult judges and two young judges selects a shortlist of four books for the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year - but the final judging panel decides the winner.
		The Whitbread Children's Book of the Year is then eligible for the £22,500 Whitbread Book of the Year, alongside the winners of the Poetry, Biography, First Novel and Novel Awards.
	www.dymocks.com.au /contentstatic/literarymatter/awards/whitbread.asp (0 words)

	Book Reviews by Kids
		The Whitbread awards started in 1971 and the first award for a children's novel was given in 1972.
		The format changed in 1985 when the Whitbread Book of the Year was launched, and in 1996, children’s books were taken out of the main category and given a prize of their own.
		Qualifying books must be written by authors who have been resident in the UK or Eire for three years and whose book has been published between 1 November and 31 October of the year of the prize.
	www.bookreviewsbykids.com /whitbread_childrens_book_of_the_year.htm (0 words)

	Costa Book Awards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		They were known as the Whitbread Awards until 2006, when Costa Coffee took over sponsorship.
		The awards, launched in 1971, are given both for high literary merit but also for works that are enjoyable reading and whose aim is to convey the enjoyment of reading to the widest possible audience.
		The overall Whitbread book of the year is chosen by a judging panel that comprises five judges from the previous category round and four new ones.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Whitbread_Book_Awards (0 words)

	literaryawards
		Small descriptions of each award and their history are also given.
		Biographies and photographs of winners from 1995 to present are included on the website.
		The website for this UK award features an archive of past winners and the "A Year in Books" section provides additional links to important festivals, awards and other important literary events taking place during the year.
	www.library.uiuc.edu /egx/literaryawards.html (0 words)

	whitbreadbookoftheyear (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Established in 1971, the Whitbread Book Awards are now in their 30th year.
		The Awards actively promote the enjoyment of reading, working in partnership with amazon.co.uk, CILIP (previously the Library Association), the National Reading Campaign and the Booksellers Association.
		It has already won numerous children’s and teenage fiction awards and was initially entered for the Children’s Book Award as well, but was withdrawn by the publishers in preference to the Novel Award.
	home.comcast.net /~netaylor1/whitbreadbookoftheyear.html (0 words)

	Whitbread Book Awards
		Founded in 1971 and sponsored by Whitbread Breweries and administered by the Booksellers Association of Great Britain and Ireland, the Whitbread Prize is usually considered second only to the Booker in esteem, and by some a more important award.
		There are actually five Whitbread genre prizes each year--best novel, best first novel, best biography, best book of poems, and best children's book--from which one is chosen as Whitbread book of the year.
		Category winners receive £5000; the overall winner, for the Whitbread Book of the Year, receives an additional £25,000, one of the richest of all literary awards.
	www.unca.edu /~moseley/whitbread.html (0 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Whitbread Prize: Author profiles
		She made her mark on the literary scene in 1995 with her first book, Free Love, a collection of short stories.
		Hilary Spurling won the Whitbread's biography award with the second part of her study of the painter Matisse.
		Cold Calls won the Whitbread Poetry award as the fifth and penultimate instalment of Logue's account of the Iliad.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/4578178.stm (0 words)

	Iris Murdoch - Penguin Group (USA) Authors - Penguin Group (USA)
		Her novels have won many prizes: the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for The Black Prince, the Whitbread Literary Award for Fiction for The Sacred and Profane Love Machine, and the Booker Prize for The Sea, The Sea.
		She herself was also the recipient of many esteemed awards: Dame of the Order of the British Empire, the Royal Society of Literature's Companion of Literature award, and the National Arts Club's (New York) Medal of Honor for Literature.
		Her last novel, Jackson's Dilemma (1995), was published just as Alzheimer's began to take its toll.
	us.penguingroup.com /nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000023110,00.html (0 words)

	Powell's Books - Award Winners - Whitbread Book of the Year
		The Whitbread Book of the Year Award celebrates the best of contemporary British writing.
		The Whitbread awards are given annually in five categories — Poetry, Biography, First Novel, Novel, and Children's Literature — to authors who have lived in Great Britain or Ireland for at least three years.
		From these five winners, one book is chosen as the Whitbread Book of the Year.
	www.powells.com /prizes/whitbread.html (0 words)

	ashgroveaudiobook.com - Literary Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Whitbread Prize recognizes excellence in five categories: Novel, First Novel, Children's Novel, Biography/Autobiography, and Poetry.
		To be eligible, writers must have lived in Great Britain or Ireland for three or more years.
		The overall winner is awarded the Book of the Year Prize.
	www.ashgroveaudiobook.com /grove/resource_awards_whitbread.html (0 words)

	Whitbread Book Award for Novel: most honored books
		Wins are scored higher than nominations, and the scores are weighted differently (very slightly) for each award.
		Central to this novel are two men divided by class and experience, but sharing a mutual respect and empathy.
		Compare the Whitbread Award with other awards in genre: Fiction
	www.awardannals.com /award/whitbread/novel/honors (0 words)

	Agatha Award
		Also called "Malice Domestic," these awards are given annually to books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie.
		awards contain no explicit sex, gore, or violence and feature an amateur detective.
		The number in parentheses after each book is the year in which it was awarded the Agatha Award.
	midhudson.org /Awards/agatha.htm (0 words)

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