List of prizes, medals, and awards Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

A list of famous prizes, medals, and awards including cups, trophies, bowls, badges, state decorations etc.

Table of contents

1 Science, mathematics, technology 1.1 Mathematics 1.2 Computer science, engineering, technology, and invention 1.3 Aviation and space technology 2 Arts and letters 2.4 Art 2.5 Journalism 2.6 Literature 2.6.1 Central European literature 2.6.2 American literature 2.6.3 British literature 2.6.4 Canadian literature 2.6.5 Finnish literature 2.6.6 French literature 2.6.7 Georgian literature 2.6.8 German literature 2.6.9 Indian literature 2.6.10 Italian literature 2.6.11 Japanese literature 2.6.12 Polish literature 2.6.13 Slovenian literature 2.6.14 Spanish literature 2.6.15 Swedish literature 2.6.16 Science fiction and fantasy 2.6.17 Children's literature 2.7 Music 3 Architecture 4 Business and management 5 Humanitarianism 6 Logic and philosophy 7 General achievement 7.8 Scouting 8 National honours, military, and patriotic medals 8.9 Australia 8.10 Canada 8.11 Estonia 8.12 France 8.13 Germany 8.14 Iceland 8.15 India 8.16 Italy 8.17 New Zealand 8.18 Soviet Union 8.19 Spain 8.20 United Kingdom and Commonwealth 8.21 United States 9 Entertainment 9.22 Advertising 9.23 Beauty 9.24 Comic books 9.25 Film 9.26 Humor 9.27 Internet and computers 9.28 Music 9.29 Stage 9.30 Television 10 Sports and Games 10.31 Overall 10.32 Baseball 10.33 Boxing 10.34 Chess 10.35 Cricket 10.36 Football 10.37 Ice hockey 10.38 Lacrosse 10.39 Olympic medalists 10.40 Tennis 10.41 Videogames 10.42 Other sports 10.43 Quizbowl 11 Miscellaneous 12 Mock Prizes 13 See also

Science, mathematics, technology

• Albert Einstein World Award of Science - true benefit and well being to mankind (World Cultural Council)
• Balzan Prize - international prize for humanities, natural sciences, and culture, as well as humanitarian endeavours for peace
• Bruce Medal - outstanding lifetime contributions to astronomy (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)
• Copley Medal - Physical Sciences and the Biological Sciences (Royal Society of London)
• Dan David Prize - annually honors scientists working on the "Future Dimension," with the topic rotating each year ($1 million prize)
• Dirac Prize – there are two prizes with the same name. "Dirac Medal of the ICTP" is given each year by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). "The Paul Dirac Medal and Prize" is awarded annually by the Institute of Physics for "outstanding contributions to theoretical (including mathematical and computational) physics".
• Fritz Pregl Prize - Austrian award in Chemistry (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
• Gibbs Brothers Medal - Naval architecture, Marine engineering (National Academy of Sciences).
• Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
• James Craig Watson Medal - Astronomy (National Academy of Sciences)
• Henry Draper Medal - Astrophysics (National Academy of Sciences)
• Ho-Am Prize - Korean awards for the development of science and culture and enhancement of the welfare of mankind
• Hughes Medal - Electricity and Magnetism (Royal Society of London)
• Kyoto Prize - Advanced Technology, Basic Sciences, Arts and Philosophy (Inamori Foundation)
• Lasker Award - Basic Medical Research, Clinical Medical Research, Public Service (Lasker Foundation)
• Lomonosov Gold Medal - Natural Sciences and the Humanities (Russian Academy of Sciences)
• Longitude prize - precise determination of a ship's longitude
• Marcel Benoist Prize - Swiss prize for Sciences and the Humanities (Swiss Confederation)
• Millennium Technology Prize - for outstanding technological achievements
• NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement
• National Medal of Technology - American award for leading innovators.
• Nobel Prize - outstanding research, groundbreaking inventions, outstanding contributions to society
  • Physics (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
  • Chemistry (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
  • Medicine (Karolinska Institute)
  • Literature (Swedish Academy)
  • Peace (parliament of Norway)
  • Economics (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
• Prince of Asturias Awards - Sciences, Public Affairs, Humanities (Felipe, Prince of Asturias)
• Shaw Prize
• George Van Biesbroeck Prize - Astronomy
• Vannevar Bush Award - welfare of mankind and the nation (National Science Foundation)
• Wolf Prize - Agriculture, Chemistry, Mathematics, Medicine and Physics (Wolf Foundation)
• Wollaston Medal - Geology (Geological Society of London)

Mathematics

• Abel Prize
• Bôcher Memorial Prize
• Clay Mathematics Institute's Millennium Prize Problems
• Clay Research Award
• Fields Medal
• John von Neumann Theory Prize
• Modesto Panetti Prize
• Nevanlinna Prize
• Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics
• Salem Prize
• Schock Prize in Mathematics
• Steele Prize
• Wolf Prize in Mathematics

Computer science, engineering, technology, and invention

• ACM Turing Award
• Charles Stark Draper Prize
• EFF Pioneer Award
• FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software
• IEEE John von Neumann Medal
• IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal
• The Japan Prize
• Lemelson-MIT Prize
• Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility

Aviation and space technology

• NASA Centennial Challenges
• NAS Award in Aeronautical Engineering - aeronautical engineering
• Orteig Prize - Aviation for trans-atlantic crossing, won by Charles Lindbergh
• ANSARI X PRIZE
• America's Space Prize

Arts and letters

• USA's Kennedy Center Honors: list of recipients
• Ho-Am Prize in the Arts
• Salimbeni Prize for a book in the field of art history
• Wolf Prize in Arts

Art

• Archibald Prize, Australia's premier portraiture award
• Beck's Futures
• Carnegie Prize
• Osamu Tezuka Culture Award
• Schock Prize in Visual Arts
• Tezuka Award for manga
• Turner Prize

Journalism

• Walkley Award, Australia
• NCTE George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language

Literature

• Nobel Prize in Literature
• List of books by award or notoriety
• Booker Prize: winners and shortlisted authors
• Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

Central European literature

• Vilenica prize

American literature

• Pulitzer Prize for
  • the Novel
  • History
  • Fiction
  • Poetry
  • General Non-Fiction
  • Criticism
  • Telegraphic Reporting - International
  • Breaking News Photography
  • Breaking News Reporting
• Bancroft Prize
• Hopwood Award
• National Book Award
• PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
• Edgar Allen Poe Award
• Whiting Writers Award
• O. Henry Awards (for short stories)

British literature

• Booker Prize
• Commonwealth Writers Prize
• Duff Cooper Prize
• Hessell-Tiltman Prize
• International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
• John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
• Whitbread Awards
• Newdigate prize
• Orange Prize for Fiction
• Samuel Johnson Prize
• Somerset Maugham Award

Canadian literature

• Booker Prize
• Canadian Poets Award
• Commonwealth Writers Prize
• Geoffrey Bilson Award
• Gerald Lampert Award
• Giller Prize
• Griffin Poetry Prize
• Governor General's Award
• Marian Engel Award
• Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award
• Norma Fleck Award
• Pat Lowther Award
• Stephen Leacock Award
• Trillium Award

Finnish literature

• Finlandia Prize for Literature

French literature

• Prix Décembre
• Prix des Deux-Magots
• Prix Femina
• Prix Goncourt
• Prix Médicis

Georgian literature

• Shota Rustaveli State Prize
• Saba Prize

German literature

• Schiller Prize

Indian literature

• Jnanpeeth award
• Kalidas samman

Italian literature

• Premio Strega
• Bagutta Prize
• Viareggio Prize

Japanese literature

• Akutagawa Prize
• Naoki Prize
• Noma Prize for Literature
• Subaru Prize for Literature
• Tanizaki Prize
• Yokomitsu Prize
• Yomiuri Prize for Literature

Polish literature

• Janusz A. Zajdel Award for science fiction
• Nike Award

Slovenian literature

• Presernova nagrada

Spanish literature

• Premio Cervantes

Swedish literature

• Augustpriset
• Lilla Augustpriset for children's literature
• Piratenpriset
• Aniarapriset - awarded by the Swedish Library Association.

Science fiction and fantasy

(see also List of science fiction awards)

• Hugo Award
• Nebula Award
• Sidewise Award for Alternate History
• Tiptree award
• BSFA award
• Prix Apollo
• Arthur C. Clarke Award
• Writers of the Future - contest for new authors
• Illustrators of the Future - contest for new illustrators
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
• John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction
• Philip K. Dick Memorial Award
• Prometheus Award - best Libertarian SF
• Janusz A. Zajdel Award - award given by Polish fandom
• World Fantasy Award

Children's literature

• Newbery Medal (USA)
• Newbery Honor (USA)
• Caldecott Medal (USA)
• Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (USA)
• Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (USA)
• Carnegie Medal (UK)
• Guardian Award (UK)
• Nestle Smarties Book Prize (UK)
• Hans Christian Andersen Award (International)
• Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (International)
• Kate Greenaway Medal (UK)
• Coretta Scott King Award
• Pura Belpré Award
• Michael L. Printz Award
• Robert F. Sibert Award

Music

• Polar Music Prize
• Schock Prize in Musical Arts

Architecture

• Pritzker Prize
• Stirling Prize

Business and management

• Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
• Henry Laurence Gantt Medal

Humanitarianism

• Nobel Peace Prize
• Karlspreis
• Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion
• Right Livelihood Award
• Big Brother Award - anti-privacy
• Brandeis Award - pro-privacy
• Freedom Award
• Lenin Peace Prize
• Ho-Am Prize: Community Service
• Gandhi peace prize
• Takeda Award

Logic and philosophy

• Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy

General achievement

• MacArthur Fellowship
• Man of the Year/Person of the Year (Time Magazine)
• Ramon Magsaysay award for achievement by Asians
• Spingarn Medal for achievement by Black Americans
• Albert medal Royal Society of Arts for contribution to society
• Library of Congress Living Legend

Scouting

• Cornwell Decoration
• Eagle Scout
• List of BSA merit badges

National honours, military, and patriotic medals

Australia

• List of Australian Awards
• Australian of the Year
• Order of Australia

Canada

• Canada's Walk of Fame
• Meritorious Service Medal
• Order of Canada
• Order of Ontario
• National Order of Quebec

Estonia

• The Protection of Natural Amenities Medal

France

• Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honour)
• National Order of Merit

Germany

• Pour le Mérite (The "Blue Max")
• Bundesverdienstkreuz
• Iron Cross
• Unsere Besten Our Best (2003 poll)

Iceland

• Order of the Falcon

India

• Gandhi peace prize
• Bharat Ratna
• Padma Vibhushan
• Padma Bhushan
• Padma Sree
• Dadasaheb Phalke Award, for lifetime contribution to Indian film

Italy

• see Italian orders of merit

New Zealand

• New Zealand Honours System

Soviet Union

• Order of Lenin
• Order of Suvorov
• Order of the October Revolution
• Order of the Red Banner
• Order of Victory

Spain

• Order of the Golden Fleece

United Kingdom and Commonwealth

• British honours system
• List of people who have declined a British honour
• British and Commonwealth orders and decorations
  • Victoria Cross (VC)
  • Most Noble Order of the Garter (KG)
  • Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
• 100 Greatest Britons (result BBC poll in 2002)
• 100 Worst Britons (result Channel 4 poll in 2003)

United States

• Medal of Honor
• Presidential Medal of Freedom
• Congressional Gold Medal
• Honorary Citizen of the United States

''See also: Awards and decorations of the United States military

Entertainment

• NAACP Image Award (for African-American film, television, music and literature in the United States)
• People's Choice Award (for television, film, and music in the United States)

Advertising

• Clio Awards

Beauty

• Miss Universe
• Miss World
• Mr. Universe
• National
  • Miss America
  • Miss Canada International
    • Miss Teen Canada International
  • Miss India
  • Miss Venezuela
• FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

Comic books

• Eisner Awards
• Harvey Awards
• Kirby Awards
• Russ Manning Award
• Squiddie Awards

Film

See also list of film awards, film festival.

• BAFTA Awards
• Cesar Award (France)
• Crystal Globe (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
• Goya Award (Spain)
• Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival)
• Golden Leopard (Locarno International Film Festival)
• Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival)
• Gemini Awards
• Hollywood Walk of Fame
• Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival)
• Étalan de Yennenga (FESPACO)
• SIGNY award (adult entertainment)
• Dadasaheb Phalke Award (India)
• Golden Globe Awards
  • Film
  • Television

• Oscar (Academy Award)

Best Picture - 1928 to present Best Actor - 1928 to present Best Actress - 1928 to present Best Supporting Actor - 1936 to present Best Supporting Actress - 1936 to present Best Animated Feature - new category for 2001 Best Art Direction Best Assistant Director - 1933 to 1937) Best Cinematography - 1928 to present Comedy Direction - 1928 only Costume Design Best Dance Direction (1935-1937) Directing - 1928 to present Documentary Feature Documentary Short Subject Engineering Effects - 1928 only Film Editing - 1935 to present Best Foreign Language Film - 1947 to present Interior and Set Decoration - 1928 to present Makeup Original Music Score Best Song Animated Short Film - 1931 to present

Live Action Short Film Best Short Film - Color (1936-1937) Best Short Film-Live Action-2 Reels (1936-1956) Short Film - Novelty (1932-1935) Sound Best Story (1928-1956) Best Title Writing - 1928 only Unique and Artistic Production - 1928 only Visual Effects Writing Adapted Screenplay - 1928 to present Writing Original Screenplay - 1940 to present Scientific or Technical - 1931 to present Scientific or Technical Merit - a statuette Scientific and Engineering Achievement - a plaque Technical Achievement - a citaton Special Awards: Juvenile - 1934 to 1960 Honorary Special Achievement Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Gordon E. Sawyer

Humor

• British Comedy Awards, e.g. 2002, 2003
• Commie Awards
• Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
• Perrier Comedy Award
• Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time
• Premio Quevedos for graphical humor

Internet and computers

• Webby Award
• Prix Ars Electronica

Music

• Eurovision Song Contest, e.g. 2002, 2003
• Grammy Award. Currently in 101 categories, e.g. 2002, 2003
• Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients A-D, E-I, J-P, Q-Z
• Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
• Grand Prix du Disque
• Ivor Novello Award - songwriting and composing
• Juno Award
• San Remo Music Festival
• MTV Video Music Awards
• Brit awards

Stage

• Tony Award
• Obie Award
• Laurence Olivier Awards

Television

• BAFTA Television Awards
• Royal Television Society Awards
• Golden Rose of Montreux
• Peabody Award
• Edward R. Murrow Award
• Emmy Award
• Logie Award - Australia

Sports and Games

Overall

• NACDA Director's Cup

Baseball

• Cy Young Award
• Rookie of the Year Award
• Most Valuable Player Award
• Gold Glove
• Olympic medalists
• World Series
• Baseball Hall of Fame

Boxing

• Golden Gloves

Chess

• National Chess Champions
• World Chess Champions
• World Junior Chess Champions
• International Grandmasters

Cricket

• Allan Border Medal
• ICC Awards
• Wisden Cricketer of the Year

Football

• see College_football#College_Football_Awards
• Grey Cup (Canadian football)
• Super Bowl
• Pro Football Hall of Fame

Ice hockey

• Allan Cup
• Les Cunningham Award
• Memorial Cup
• Stanley Cup
• Hobey Baker Award

Lacrosse

• Mann Cup
• Minto Cup

Olympic medalists

• Athletics (men)
• Athletics (women)
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Biathlon
• Boxing
• Gymnastics

Tennis

• List of Wimbledon champions
• List of Australian Open champions
• List of French Open champions
• List of US Open champions
• Davis Cup

Videogames

• Interactive Achievement Awards

Other sports

• Commonwealth Games
• Alpine Skiing World Cup
• Rugby Union World Cup
• Cricket World Cup
• Football World Cup
• Intercontinental Cup - (soccer)
• Brownlow Medal (Australian football)
• World Championships in Biathlon
• List of winners of the Boston Marathon
• Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame
• BBC Sports Personality of the Year
  • BBC Sports Personality of the Year Team Award,
  • BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality,
  • BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award,
  • BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award,
  • BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award,
  • BBC Sports Personality of the Year Young Personality,
  • BBC Sports Personality of the Year Unsung Hero Award

Quizbowl

• The College Bowl
• The Meredith Cup
• The Carper Award

Miscellaneous

• Dickin Medal - the animals' Victoria Cross
• All-America City Award
• Order of Smile - the only medal awarded internationally by children

Mock Prizes

• Ig Nobel Prize
• Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzie)
• Golden Turkey Award
• Darwin Awards
• Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
• Foot in Mouth Prize
• Bad Sex in Fiction Award
• The Luvvies (UK)

See also

• List of prizes
• International Prize Court
• List of reference tables
• List of honorary societies

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