api: YAML JSON TOON Database
version: 1.0.0
format: json
dataset:
  slug: major-literary-awards
  title: Major Literary Awards
  description: Prestigious international literary awards.
  summary: "Major literary awards with their region and what they are known for: the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Pulitzer Prize, the Booker Prize, the Prix Goncourt and the Hugo Award, plus the International Booker, National Book Awards, Nebula, Edgar, Newbery, Carnegie, Cervantes, Akutagawa and Miles Franklin prizes."
  use_when:
    - You need to identify an award and what it recognizes.
    - You are checking the scope of a prize before citing it.
  caveats:
    - Eligibility and categories change over time; check the current rules and the year before citing a winner.
    - This dataset describes the awards, not their winners.
  related:
    - fiction-genres
    - literary-movements
    - poetry-devices
  category: Literature
  category_slug: literature
  tags: literature,awards,reference
  view_count: 0
  entry_count: 14
  fields:
    - section: data
      field: award
      type: string
      example: Nobel Prize in Literature
    - section: data
      field: region
      type: string
      example: International
    - section: data
      field: notable
      type: string
      example: Awarded for outstanding literary work.
data:
  - award: Nobel Prize in Literature
    region: International
    notable: Awarded for outstanding literary work.
  - award: Pulitzer Prize
    region: United States
    notable: Recognizes achievements in journalism and literature.
  - award: Man Booker Prize
    region: Commonwealth/UK
    notable: Awarded for best original novel in English.
  - award: Goncourt Prize
    region: France
    notable: Prestigious French literary prize.
  - award: Hugo Award
    region: International
    notable: Science fiction and fantasy achievement.
  - award: International Booker Prize
    region: United Kingdom (international)
    notable: Honors a work of fiction translated into English; prize is shared between author and translator.
  - award: National Book Awards
    region: United States
    notable: Awards in several categories, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry and translated literature.
  - award: Nebula Award
    region: United States
    notable: Science fiction and fantasy awards voted by working writers.
  - award: Edgar Allan Poe Awards
    region: United States
    notable: Honors mystery and crime writing.
  - award: Newbery Medal
    region: United States
    notable: Awarded for the year's most distinguished contribution to American children's literature.
  - award: Carnegie Medal
    region: United Kingdom
    notable: Awarded for an outstanding book for children and young people.
  - award: Cervantes Prize
    region: Spain and the Spanish-speaking world
    notable: The highest honor for lifetime achievement in Spanish-language literature.
  - award: Akutagawa Prize
    region: Japan
    notable: Given twice a year to the best new work of serious fiction by an emerging writer.
  - award: Miles Franklin Literary Award
    region: Australia
    notable: Awarded for a novel of Australian life.