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2026 Book Awards Tracker

Every prize longlist, shortlist and winner we've reported on this year, all on one page. It's 22 prizes and 16 winner announcements so far, and it updates on its own whenever the desk files a new awards story.

ARA Historical Novel Prize

WinnerBernice Barry and Meg Caddy Win the 2026 ARA Historical Novel Prize
October 15, 2026

Romance Industry Awards

ShortlistRomantic Novelists' Association Names Its 2026 Romance Industry Awards Shortlists
October 15, 2026

Caine Prize

NewsCaine Prize Winner Simbarashe Kundizeza Denies Using AI: 'I Wrote The Blue Fighter'
October 14, 2026
NewsCaine Prize Reviews Its 2026 Winning Story After AI Claims
October 12, 2026
WinnerZimbabwe's Simbarashe Kundizeza Wins the 2026 Caine Prize for African Writing
October 7, 2026

Australian Fiction Prize

WinnerAnnette Higgs Wins the 2026 Australian Fiction Prize for The Music Teacher
October 14, 2026

New Adult Book Prize

WinnerGrace Walker's The Merge Wins the 2026 New Adult Book Prize
October 13, 2026

ASA Medal

WinnerTegan Bennett Daylight Wins the 2026 ASA Medal
October 13, 2026

Karajia and Environment Award

WinnerTim Winton, Zana Fraillon and Aaron Fa'Aoso Among 2026 Karajia and Environment Award Winners
October 12, 2026

Aldiss Award

WinnerTasha Suri Wins the 2026 Aldiss Award for The Isle in the Silver Sea
October 12, 2026

German Book Prize

WinnerShida Bazyar Wins the 2026 German Book Prize for Die Lücken
October 12, 2026

Peace Prize of the German Book Trade

WinnerPhilippe Sands Receives the 2026 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
October 11, 2026

British Fantasy Awards

WinnerStephen Graham Jones, Kell Woods and Amal El-Mohtar Win at the 2026 British Fantasy Awards
October 11, 2026

AAP Freedom to Publish Award

WinnerTürkiye's Avesta Becomes First Publisher to Win AAP's Freedom to Publish Award Twice
October 8, 2026

Nobel Prize

WinnerCanadian Poet Anne Carson Wins the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
October 8, 2026

Kirkus Prize

WinnerTayari Jones, Pamela Colloff and Elizabeth Acevedo Win the 2026 Kirkus Prize
October 8, 2026

IPA Freedom of Expression Defenders Award

WinnerMedia Coalition Wins the First IPA Freedom of Expression Defenders Award
October 7, 2026

National Book Awards

ShortlistNational Book Foundation Names 25 Finalists for the 2026 National Book Awards
October 6, 2026

T. S. Eliot Prize

ShortlistT. S. Eliot Prize Shortlists Ten Poetry Collections for 2026
October 5, 2026

Giller Prize

ShortlistGiller Prize Names Five Novels to Its 2026 Shortlist
October 5, 2026

BBC National Short Story Award

WinnerCherise Saywell Wins the BBC National Short Story Award
September 30, 2026

Women's Prize

NewsWomen's Prize and CHANEL Open Originators for U.S. Writers
September 30, 2026

Booker Prize

ShortlistThe Booker Prize 2026 Shortlist: Old Guards and the State of Fiction
September 23, 2026

Dayton Literary Peace Prize

WinnerDayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2026 Winners
September 21, 2026

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