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List of writing awards

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This list of writing awards is an index to articles about notable awards for writing other than literary awards. It includes general writing awards, science writing awards, screenwriting awards and songwriting awards.

General

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Country Award Venue / sponsor Notes
United States Brass Crescent Awards Shahed Amanullah and Aziz Poonawalla Best Muslim or Islam-themed weblogs
United States HWA Silver Hammer Award Horror Writers Association HWA volunteer who has done a truly massive amount of work for the organization
Japan Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Rakuten Three different genres
United States Lange-Taylor Prize Duke University Collaboration between documentary writers and photographers
United Kingdom Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarship Miles Morland Foundation African writers to enable them write a fiction or non-fiction book in English language
United States New York State Writers Hall of Fame Empire State Center for the Book Recognize the legacy of individual New York State writers
United States Niblet award Mormon blogosphere Outstanding contributions to the bloggernacle
United States PAGE International Screenwriting Awards PAGE Awards Discover and promote up-and-coming new screenwriters from around the world
Thailand Silpathorn Award Ministry of Culture of Thailand Promote Thai contemporary artists who are considered to be in their mid-career and who have already made notable contributions to Thai fine arts and culture
Denmark Tagea Brandt Rejselegat Tagea Brandt Rejselegat Scholarship for women who have made a significant contribution in science, literature or art
United Kingdom Travelling Scholarship Society of Authors Enable British creative writers to keep in touch with their colleagues abroad
United States Writers Guild of America Awards Writers Guild of America Outstanding achievements in film, television, radio and video game writing

Science writing awards

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Country Award Venue / sponsor Notes
United Kingdom Best science book ever Royal Institution Based on vote
United States Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award American Astronomical Society
Canada Yves Fortier Earth Science Journalism Award Geological Association of Canada
United States James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry American Chemical Society
Denmark H. C. Ørsted Medal Society for the Dissemination of Natural Science
Canada Innis-Gérin Medal Royal Society of Canada Literature of the social sciences
Poland Jan Długosz Award International Book Fair in Kraków Polish works that contribute to advancement of science and cultural enrichment
United States John Burroughs Medal John Burroughs Association Work distinguished in the field of natural history
Canada Lane Anderson Award Fitzhenry Family Foundation Canadian non-fiction science; adult and young readers
International Ludwik Fleck Prize Society for the Social Studies of Science Published book in science and technology studies
United States Patrusky Lecture Council for the Advancement of Science Writing
United States PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award PEN America
Canada Prix Hubert-Reeves Association of Science Communicators of Quebec Canadian author(s) of a popular science book written in French and published in Canada
United Kingdom Royal Society of London Michael Faraday Prize Royal Society Excellence in communicating science to UK audiences
United Kingdom Royal Society Prizes for Science Books Royal Society Outstanding popular science books from around the world
United States Science in Society Journalism Awards National Association of Science Writers Outstanding investigative and interpretive reporting about the sciences and their impact for good and ill
United States Science Writing Award American Institute of Physics
United States Walter P. Kistler Book Award Foundation For the Future Science books that significantly increase the knowledge and understanding of the public regarding subjects that will shape the future of our species

Screenwriting awards for film

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Screenwriting awards for television

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Country Award Venue / sponsor Notes
Australia AACTA Award for Best Screenplay in Television Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts
Canada Margaret Collier Award Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television Canadian writer for their outstanding body of work in film or television
United States Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
United States Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
United States Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
United States Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
United States Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
United States Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
United States Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
United States Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Non-American novice writers under the age of 30
Canada WGC Screenwriting Awards Writers Guild of Canada Best script for a feature film, television or radio project

Songwriting awards

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Country Award Venue / sponsor Notes
Canada Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award Ontario Arts Council Song by an emerging singer-songwriter from Ontario in the genres of roots, traditional, folk and country music
Germany German Music Authors' Prize GEMA Composers and lyricists for their outstanding achievements
United States Gershwin Prize Library of Congress Lifetime contributions to popular music
United States Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song Grammy Award
United States Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Song Grammy Award
United States Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song Grammy Award
United States Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song Grammy Award
United States Grammy Award for Best Country Song Grammy Award
United States Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance/Song Grammy Award
United States Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song Grammy Award
United States Grammy Award for Best R&B Song Grammy Award
United States Grammy Award for Best Rap Song Grammy Award
United States Grammy Award for Best Rock Song Grammy Award
United States Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media Grammy Award
United States Grammy Award for Song of the Year Grammy Award
United States Grammy Award for Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical Grammy Award
United Kingdom Kerrang! Award for Best Single Kerrang! Awards Rock music
United States Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame Educate, preserve, honor and celebrate the legacy of the greatest Latin songwriters from all over the world and their music in every genre
United States Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Nashville Songwriters Foundation Honor and preserve the songwriting legacy that is uniquely associated with the music community in the city of Nashville
United States Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Sri Lanka Raigam Tele'es Best Television Lyrics Award Raigam Tele'es
United States Songwriters Hall of Fame Grammy Museum
Sri Lanka Sumathi Best Television Lyrics Award Sumathi Group


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References

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