Reference Shelf - Awards

Books/ Literary Awards

Academy of American Poets Awards
http://www.poets.org/awards/
Information about the seven major annual awards and 100+ College Poet Awards funded by the Academy.

Man Booker Prize for Fiction
http://www.literature-awards.com/booker_prize.html
A prestigious literary prize awarded for fiction in English written by a citizen of the U.K., The British Commonwealth, Ireland, Pakistan, or South Africa.

Caldecott Award for Children’s Illustration
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.htm
Awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.

Lambda Literary Awards
http://www.lambdalit.org/lammy.html
Provides information on current and past winners of the annual Gay and Lesbian literature awards.

Newbery Award for Children’s Literature
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberymedal.htm
Awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.

Nobel Prize in Literature
http://www.nobel.se/literature/index.html
The official web site of the Nobel Foundation provides direct links for current and past winners of the Nobel Prize winners.

PEN American Center Literary Awards
http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/149
Information about 16 different literary awards for American authors in a variety of genres awarded by the U.S. chapter of the international literary society, PEN.

Poetry Society of America Awards
http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa-awards.html
A variety of different awards offered by the Society to advance excellence in poetry

Pulitzer Prize
http://www.pulitzer.org//index.html
Created to honor excellence in journalism, letters, drama and music. Site includes links to current and past winners.

National Book Critics Circle Awards
http://www.bookcritics.org
Awards for "the finest books published in English."

Broadcast and Journalism Awards

National Association of Black Journalists
http://www.nabj.org/awards/index.html
Annual awards for print and broadcast journalism.

Pulitzer Prize
http://www.pulitzer.org//index.html
Created to honor excellence in journalism, letters, drama and music. Site includes links to current and past winners.

George Foster Peabody Awards
http://www.peabody.uga.edu/about/
The Peabody Awards recognize outstanding achievement in broadcasting and cable, but also open to entries produced for alternative distribution, including corporate, educational, home-video release, CD-ROM and World Wide Web. The awards program is administered by the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.

The Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Awards
http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/events/dupont/
Recognizes excellence in broadcast journalism and. regarded as the most prestigious prizes in television and radio news - the broadcast equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes. Administered by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism since 1968.

Business Awards

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/factsheet/mbnqa.htm
The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Improvement Act of 1987 was signed by President Reagan on August 20, 1987. This site provides information about current and past award winners.

Education & Teaching Awards

Lee County Golden Apple Teacher Recognition Program
http://www.leeschoolfoundation.org/golden_apple.html
From the Foundation for Lee County [Fla.] Public Schools, Inc.

DisneyHand Teacher Awards
http://disney.go.com/disneyhand/learning/teacherawards/index.html
Annual award honoring teachers who successfully take a creative approach in the classroom.

Collier County Golden Apple Teacher Recognition Program
http://www.educationforcollier.org/index.cfm?page=28
From The Education Foundation of Collier County [Fla.].

Nat'l Education Association Excellence in the Academy Awards
http://www.nea.org/he/ajeaward.html
A series of awards given in higher education.

Teachers Are Heroes / Citigroup Team Mentor Grants
http://www.cfef.net/index.cfm/fuseaction/Heroes.Home
From the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations.

Film ,Television and Performing Arts Awards

Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Awards Database
http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearchInput.jsp;jsessionid=3F7EA133A2BA043A5597F22659BAD130
Search for Oscar winners from the 75+ year history of the Academy Awards.

Screen Actors Guild Awards
http://www.sagawards.com/
Awards for on-screen performance and for lifetime achievement.

Tony Awards
http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/index.html
American theatre's most coveted honor, presented by the League of American Theatres and Producers and the American Theatre Wing.

Grammy Awards
http://www.grammy.com/awards/
The most prestigious award in the recording industry. Presented by the Recording Academy.

New York Drama Critics Circle Awards
http://www.goldderby.com/lostmind/year/2003/2003_2004nydc.htm
Annual awards for best plays and musicals.

Golden Globes Awards
http://www.thegoldenglobes.com/
Presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for achievements in film and television.

Halls of Fame

American Police Hall of Fame
http://www.aphf.org/
Titusville, Fla.

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/default.htm
Cooperstown, N.Y.

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
http://www.hoophall.com/index.htm
Springfield, Mass.

Florida Sports Hall of Fame
http://www.florida-sports.org/mainpage.htm
Lake City, Fla.

Pro Football Hall of Fame
http://www.profootballhof.com/
Canton, Ohio.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
http://www.rockhall.com/home/
Cleveland, Ohio.

World Golf Hall of Fame
http://www.wgv.com/hof/hof.html
St. Augustine, Fla

International Swimming Hall of Fame
http://www.ishof.org/
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

International Game Fish Association Hall of Fame
http://www.igfa.org/hall.asp

Multicultural, Humanitarian and Statesmen Awards

NAACP Image Awards
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0882119.html
Awarded by the NAACP to recognize African American contributions in television, film, publishing, and other media.

Nobel Prizes
http://www.nobel.org
Annual awards for achievements in physics, medicine, chemistry, literature, economics, and peace.

Profile in Courage Award
http://www.jfklibrary.org/pica_information.html
Created by the JFK Library Foundation, the award is presented annually to a public official or officials at the federal, state or local level whose actions best demonstrate the qualities of political courage described in Kennedy’s book, Profiles in Courage.

MacArthur Fellows Program (Genius Awards)
http://macfdn.org/programs/fel/fel_overview.htm
The MacArthur Fellows Program awards unrestricted fellowships to talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction.

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