| Award |
First |
Nationality |
Founder/awarder |
For |
| Agatha Awards |
1989 |
American |
Malice Domestic |
Whodunnit - "mystery of manner" |
| American Book Awards |
1978 |
American |
Before Columbus Foundation |
American literature |
| Anthony Awards |
1986 |
American |
Boucheron World Mystery Convention |
Mystery |
Audie Awards
|
1996 |
American |
Audio Publishers Association |
Spoken Audio |
| Betty Trask Awards |
1984 |
British |
Betty Trask/ UK Society of Authors |
1st romantic/traditional novel by author under 35 |
| Booker Prize |
1969 |
British |
Booker McConnell |
British, Irish and Commonwealth literature |
Bram Stoker Awards
|
1988 |
American |
Horror Writers of America |
Best horror |
| Caldecott Medal |
1938 |
American |
American Library Association |
Illustrator of the best picture book for children |
| Christopher Awards |
|
American |
The Christophers |
Expression of values of the human spirit |
| Coretta Scott King Awards` |
1986 |
American |
American Library Association |
Best African American author, childrens' illust. |
| Curtiss Benjamin Award |
|
American |
Curtiss Benjamin |
Creative publishing |
| Dartmouth Medal |
1975 |
American |
Reference and User Services Association |
Reference |
Dublin Literary Awards
|
1996 |
International |
IMPAC/ Dublin City Libraries |
English language fiction |
| Edgar (Allen Poe) Awards |
1954 |
American |
Mystery Writers of America |
Mystery fact and fiction |
Francis Parkman Prize
|
|
American |
Society of American Historians |
American History |
Firecracker Awards
|
1996 |
American |
|
'Alternative' literature |
| Global Business Awards |
1996 |
International |
FT/Booz-Allen & Hamilton Awards |
Business literature |
| Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Awards |
1971 |
American |
American Library Association |
Gay, lesbian & bisexual Literature |
Giller Prize
|
1994 |
Canadian |
Jack Rabinovitch (after his wife) |
Creative writing |
| Golden Kite Awards |
|
American |
Society of Childrens' Book Writers and Illustrators |
Childrens' literature and illustration |
| Govenor General's Awards |
1975 |
Canadian |
The Canada Council |
Best French or English books by Canadians |
Granta Awards
|
1996 |
American |
|
Best young American novelist |
Guardian Fiction Prize
|
1980 |
British |
The Guardian |
Fiction |
| Hammett (Dashiel) Awards |
1991 |
American |
International Assoc. of Crime Writers |
Crime literature |
| Hugo Award (Hugo Hamsback) |
1953 |
Worldwide |
World Science Fiction Convention |
Best science fiction novel |
Kate Greenaway Medal
|
|
British |
|
UK children’s book illustration |
| Kiriyama Book Prize |
1996 |
International |
Univ of San Francisco/ Kiriyama Rim Foundation |
Protion of understanding of the Pacific Rim |
| Lambda Literary Awards |
1989 |
American |
Lambda Book Report |
Gay and lesbian writing |
| Lannan Literary Awards |
1996 |
|
The Lannan Foundation |
Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, life achievement |
Lenore Marshall Prize
|
1975 |
American |
Academy of American Poets |
Poetry |
Lincoln Prize
|
|
American |
Gettysburg College |
Civil War Studies |
MacArthur Fellowship
|
1994 |
American |
MacArthur Foundation |
"Genius Awards" |
Macavity Awards
(after the cat) |
1987 |
International |
Mystery Readers International |
Works of mystery |
Mark Twain Awards
|
1972 |
American |
Marnie Neal/ Kansas Libraries |
Childrens' literature |
| Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards |
1971 |
International |
The Mythopoeic Society |
Adult and childrens' fantasy |
National Book Awards
|
1989 |
American |
National Book Foundation |
American literature |
| National Book (CC) Awards |
1974 |
American |
National Book Critics Circle |
Fiction, non-fiction, biography, poetry, criticism |
| Nebula Awards |
1965 |
American |
S Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America |
Science fiction |
| Newbery Medal |
1922 |
American |
Association for Library Services to Children |
American childrens' literature |
| Nobel Prize |
1901 |
International |
Alfred Nobel |
International prize for outstanding literature |
| Orange Prize |
1996 |
British |
Orange plc |
Fiction by a woman published in the UK |
PEN/Faulkner Awards
|
1986 |
American |
PEN/Faulkner |
Fiction |
Philip K Dick Awards
|
1986 |
|
|
Science Fiction |
Poet Laureate
|
1599 |
British |
Oxford/Cambridge U’s |
Official Poet to the Court |
Prix Goncourt
|
1903 |
French |
Academie Goncourt |
A work of French fiction |
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
1918 |
American |
Joseph Pulitzer |
Excellence in American literature |
RITA Awards
|
1997 |
American |
Romance Writers of America |
Romance |
| Robert F Kennedy Book Award |
1980 |
American |
Arthur Schlesinger Jr |
Works reflecting the ideals of RFK |
| RUSA Notable Books Awards |
1993 |
American |
Reference and User Services Association |
Notable books |
| Scott O'Dell Award |
1984 |
American |
Scott O'Dell |
New World Historical fiction pub in the USA |
Shamus Awards
|
1982 |
American |
Private Eye Writers of America |
Mystery involving a private eye |
| The Skylark |
1966 |
American |
New England Science Fiction Association |
Imaginative (SF) writing |
Spur Awards
|
1990 |
American |
Western Writers of America |
Westerns |
| Tanning Prize |
1994 |
American |
Academy of American Poets/ Dorothea Tanning |
Poetry |
Thurber Prize
|
1997 |
American |
Thurber House |
|
| Tiptree Award |
1992 |
American |
James Tiptree Jr Memorial |
Science Fiction dealing with Gender |
| Whitbread Prizes |
1971 |
Gt Britain and Ireland |
Whitbread |
Novel, 1st novel,poetry, biography, Book of Year |
Whiting Writers Award
|
|
American |
The Whiting Foundation |
Outstanding talent and promise |
| Young Readers' Choice Awards |
1940 |
American |
Pacific Northwest Libraries Association |
Childrens books |
| AE |
George William Russell |
|
Peter Antony |
Peter Shaffer and Anthony Shaffer (twins) |
| Guillaume Apollinaire |
Guillaume de Kostrowitzki |
|
Gordon Ashe |
John Creasey |
| Beachcomber |
J B Morton |
|
Mrs Beeton |
Isabella Beeton |
| Acton Bell |
Anne Bronte |
|
Currer Bell |
Charlotte Bronte |
| Ellis Bell |
Emily Bronte |
|
Albert Bitzius |
Gotthelf Jeremias |
| Mrs Bogan of Bogan |
Carolina (Baroness) Nairne |
|
Boz |
Charles Dickens |
| Thomas Browne |
Rolf Boldrewood |
|
Tex Burns |
Louis Dearborn Lamoore |
| Al Capp |
Alfred Gerald Caplin |
|
Philippa Carr (Jean Plaidy) |
Eleanor Hibbert |
| Lewis Carroll |
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson |
|
Barbara Cartland |
Barbara McCorquodale |
| Cassandra |
William Connor |
|
Leslie Charteris |
Leslie Charles Yin |
| |
|
|
Martin Clifford |
Charles Hamilton |
| C Collodi |
Carlo Lorenzini |
|
Owen Conquest |
Charles Hamilton |
| Joseph Conrad |
Teodore Josef Konrad Korzeniowski |
|
Baron Corvo |
Frederick Rolfe |
| Charles Egbert Craddock |
Mary Murfree |
|
Richmal Crompton |
R C Lamburn |
| Dante |
Dante Alighieri |
|
Daniel Defoe |
Daniel Foe |
| Isak Dinesen |
Karen Blixen-Finecke |
|
Elia |
Charles Lamb |
| George Eliot |
Mary Ann or Marian Evans |
|
Doctor Esperanto |
Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof |
| Anatole France |
Jacques-Anatole-Francois Thibault |
|
Romain Gary |
Romain Kacew |
| William B Goodrich |
Fatty Arbuckle |
|
Myles na Gopaleen |
Brian O’Nolan |
| Richard Gordon |
Gordon Ostlere |
|
Maxim Gorki |
Aleksey Maximovich Peshkov |
| Ian Hay |
Major General John Hay Beith |
|
O Henry |
William Sydney Porter |
| James Herriot |
James Alfred Wight |
|
Jack Higgins |
Harry Patterson |
| Victoria Holt (Jean Plaidy) |
Eleanor Hibbert |
|
Evelyn Home |
Peggy Askins |
| Anthony Hope |
Sir Anthony Hope Hopkins |
|
Evan Hunter |
Salvatore A Lombino |
| Michael Innes |
John Innes Mackintosh Stewart |
|
Mahatma Kane Jeeves |
WC Fields |
| Paul Klenousky |
Sir Henry Wood |
|
John le Carre |
David John Moore Cornwell |
| Ed McBain |
Evan Hunter |
|
Hugh MacDiarmid |
Christopher M Grieve |
| Katherine Mansfield |
Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp |
|
JJ Marric |
John Creasey |
| Andre Maurois |
Emile Herzog |
|
Jim Mayo |
Louis Dearborn Lamoore |
| Moliere |
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin |
|
Anthony Morton |
John Creasey |
| Flann O’Brien |
Brian O'Nolan |
|
Onida |
Marie Louise de le Ramée |
| George Orwell |
Eric Arthur Blair |
|
Ellis Peters |
Edith Pargeter |
| Phiz |
Hablot Knight Browne |
|
Jean Plaidy |
Eleanor Hibbert |
| Q |
Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch |
|
Ellery Queen |
Frederic Dannay & Manfred Bennington Lee |
| Quiz |
Charles Dickens |
|
Walter Ramel |
Walter de la Mare |
| Ralph Redway |
Charles Hamilton |
|
Ruth Rendell |
Barbara Grasemann |
| Frank Richards |
Charles Hamilton |
|
Hilda Richards |
Charles Hamilton |
| Harold Robbins |
Francis Kane |
|
Sax Rohmer |
Arthur Sarsfield Wade (or Ward) |
| Sabu |
Sabu Dastagis |
|
Francoise Sagan |
Francoise Quoirez |
| Saki |
Hector Hugh (HH) Munro |
|
George Sand |
Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin |
| Sapper |
Herman Cyril (HC) McNeile |
|
Doctor Seuss |
Theodore Seuss Geisel |
| Neville Shute |
N S Norway |
|
Mickey Spillane |
Frank Morrison |
| Spy |
Sir Leslie Ward |
|
Stendhal |
Marie-Henri Beyle |
| Tom Stoppard |
Tomas Straussler |
|
Patience Strong |
Winifred May |
| Mark Twain |
Samuel Langhorne Clemens |
|
W M Thackeray |
Michael Angelo Titmarsh |
| Barbara Vine |
Barbara Grasemann (Ruth Rendell) |
|
Virgil |
Publius Vergilus Maro |
| Voltaire |
Francois-Marie Arouet |
|
Artemus Ward |
Charles Farrar Browne |
| Rebecca West |
Dame Cicily Isabel Fairfield Andrews |
|
Mary Westmacott |
Agatha Christie |
| Tennessee Williams |
Thomas Lanier |
|
John Wyndham |
John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris |
| |
Creators |
Information |
| Addams Family |
Charles Addams |
|
| Andy Capp |
Reg Smythe |
Wife: Florrie, Mirror since 1957 |
| Astérix the Gaul |
Albert Uderzo, writer Rene Goscinny |
|
| Barry McKenzie |
Nicholas Garland, writer Barry Humphries |
Private Eye 1970 |
| Batman |
writer Bill Finger, art Bob Kane |
Detective Comics 1939, real name Bruce Wayne, Gotham City |
| B.C. |
Johnny Hart |
1958 |
| Beetle Bailey |
Mort Walker |
Camp Swampy, 1950 |
| Believe it or Not |
Bob Ripley |
|
| Belinda |
Steve Dowling |
Daily Mirror, 1935 |
| Blondie |
Chic Young |
m. Dagwood Bumstead |
| Bogart |
Peter Plant |
Daily Mail |
| Bringing up Father |
George McManus |
Jiggs and Maggie, 1913 |
| Bristow |
Frank Dickens |
1962 |
| Broom Hilda |
Russell Myers |
|
| Buck Rogers |
wr Phil Nowlan, art Dick Calkins |
|
| Buck Ryan |
Jack Monk |
Daily Mirror 1937 |
| Calvin and Hobbes |
Bill Watterson |
|
| Captain America |
Joe Simon /Jack Kirby |
aka Steve Rogers |
| Captain Marvel |
writer Bill Parker, art C C Beck |
alias Billy Batson, Whiz Comics 1940, magic word Shazam, modelled on Fred McMurray |
| Conan the Barbarian |
Robert E Howard |
Weird Tales 1932 |
| Dan Dare |
Frank Hampson |
Eagle 1950, rival: the Mekon |
| Dennis the Menace |
UK: David Law, USA: Frank Ketchum |
Beano 1951, dog Gnasher, surname Mitchell |
| Desperate Dan |
Dudley D Watkins |
Dandy 1937, set in Cactusville |
| Dick Tracy |
Chester Gould |
from 1931 |
| Dilbert |
Scott Adams |
|
| Doonesbury |
Gary Trudeau |
Guardian, Pulitzer prize, Christian name Mike |
| Faith, Hope and Sue |
Lisa Wild |
Express |
| Fantastic four |
Stan Lee/Jack Kirby |
1961 |
| Felix the Cat |
Pat Sullivan |
animator Otto Mesmer |
| Flash Gordon |
Alex Raymond |
started 1934, enemy Ming the Merciless |
| Flook |
Wally Fawkes (Trog) |
Daily Mail 1949, wr. George Melly, orig. called Rufus |
| The Flutters |
Len Gamblin |
Daily Mirror |
| Fosdyke Saga |
Bill Tidy |
1971 |
| Fred Basset |
Alex Graham |
1963, Daily Mail |
| Fritz the Cat |
Robert Crumb |
started 1968 |
| The Gambols |
Barry Appleby |
Express |
| Garfield |
Jim Davis |
started June 1978 |
| Garth |
Steve Dowling |
Daily Mirror, 1943, past art Frank Bellamy, art now Martin Asbury |
| Gasoline Alley |
Frank King |
1918 |
| Hägar the Horrible |
Dik Browne |
wife Helga |
| I Don’t Believe It |
Dick Millington |
Daily Mail |
| If… |
Steve Bell |
Guardian |
| Incredible Hulk |
Stan Lee |
started 1962, aka Dr Bruce Banner |
| Jane |
Norman Pett |
Daily Mirror, 1932, then art by Hubbard |
| Jeff Hawke |
Sydney Jordan |
1954 |
| Judge Dredd |
writer John Wagner, art Carlos Ezquerra |
in 2000AD, 1976 |
| Just Jake |
Bernard Graddon |
Daily Mirror, 1938 |
| Katzenjammer Kids |
Rudolph Dirks |
Hans and Fritz, from 1897, longest ever strip |
| Krazy Kat |
George Herriman |
started 1910, Ignatz, Offisa Pup |
| Lil Abner |
Al Capp |
Dogpatch, Mammy and Pappy Yokum, girlfriend Daisy Mae |
| Little Nemo |
Winsor McKay |
from 1905 |
| Little Orphan Annie |
Harold Grey |
guardian: Daddy Warbucks, 1924 |
| Lord Snooty |
Dudley D Watkins |
Beano since 1938 |
| Mandrake the Magician |
writer Lee Falk, art Phil Davis |
1934 |
| Mandy Capp |
Carla Ostrer |
Mirror |
| Marmaduke |
Bradley Anderson |
|
| Minnie the Minx |
Leo Baxendale |
Beano since 1953 |
| Modesty Blaise |
writer Peter O’Donnell, art Jim Holdaway |
|
| Mr Natural |
Robert Crumb |
|
| Mutt and Jeff |
H C "Bud" Fisher |
from 1907 |
| Oor Wullie |
Dudley D Watkins |
Sunday Post 1936 |
| Peanuts |
Charles Schulz |
Lucy van Pelt, 1950. Snoopy, Woodstock, Schroeder, Linus. |
| Perishers |
Maurice Dodd |
Mirror |
| Pogo |
Walt Kelly |
Possum in Okefenokee swamp, 1948 |
| Polly and her Pals |
Cliff Sterrett |
|
| Pop |
John Millar Watt |
Daily Sketch 1921 |
| Popeye |
Elzie Sieger |
lives: Island of Sweetwater, ship: Olive |
| Prince Valiant |
Harold Foster |
1937 |
| Real Life |
Tom Johnston |
Mirror |
| Rip Kirby |
Alex Raymond |
1946 |
| Roy of the Rovers |
Joe Colquhoun |
writer Frank Pepper, Melchester Rovers, full name Roy Race |
| Rupert Bear |
Alfred Bestall |
original writer Mary Tourtel, set in Nutwood |
| Scorer |
Gillat/Tomlinson |
Mirror |
| Skippy |
Percy Crosby |
|
| The Smurfs |
Peyo |
1960, Belgian: Les Schtroumpfs |
| Spiderman |
Stan Lee /Steve Ditko |
Marvel Comics 1962, aka Peter Parker |
| The Spirit |
Will Eisner |
1940 |
| Steve Canyon |
Milton Caniff |
1947 |
| Superman |
Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster |
1st in "Action, comics" No 1, aka Clark Kent |
| Teddy Tail |
Charles Folkard |
Daily Mail from 1915 |
| Terry and the Pirates |
Milton Caniff |
|
| Tiffany Jones |
wr Jenny Butterworth, art Pat Tourret |
|
| Tintin |
Hergé (Georges Rémi) |
dog Snowy, 1929 |
| TUC Carthorse |
David Low |
|
| Up and Running |
Gray Joliffe |
Daily Mail |
| Wizard of Id |
writer Johnny Hart |
art Brant Parker |
| Wonder Woman |
writer Charles Moulton, art H G Peter |
All-Star Comics 1941, aka Diana Prince |
