List of prizes, medals, and awards

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

Table of contents 1 Science, Mathematics, Technology 1.1 Mathematics 1.2 Engineering, Technology, and Invention 2 Arts and Letters 2.1 American literature 2.2 British literature 2.3 Canadian literature 2.4 Finnish literature 2.5 French language literature 2.6 Indian literature 2.7 Swedish literature 2.8 Science fiction 2.9 Children's literature 3 Architecture 4 Business 5 Humanitarianism 6 General achievement 7 National honours, military, and patriotic medals 7.1 British and Commonwealth 7.2 Canada 7.3 France 7.4 Germany 7.5 India 7.6 United States 8 Entertainment 8.1 Beauty 8.2 Film 8.3 Music 8.4 Stage 8.5 Television 9 Sports and Games 9.1 Olympic medalists 9.2 Baseball 9.3 Boxing 9.4 Other sports 9.5 Quizbowl 10 Mock Prizes

Science, Mathematics, Technology

• Nobel Prize: Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Economics
• Vannevar Bush Award
• Lomonosov Gold Medal
• Longitude prize
• Fritz Pregl Prize - Austrian Science
• Marcel Benoist Prize - Swiss Science
• Kyoto Prize: Advanced Technology, Basic Sciences, Arts and Philosophy.

Mathematics

• Abel Prize
• Fields Medal
• Clay Mathematics Institute's Millennium Prize Problems
• John von Neumann Theory Prize
• Nevanlinna Prize

Engineering, Technology, and Invention

• Lemelson-MIT Prize
• IEEE John von Neumann Medal
• ACM Turing Award
• Charles Stark Draper Prize

Arts and Letters

• Nobel Prize in Literature
• Archibald Prize, Australia's premier portraiture award
• Beck's Futures
• Carnegie Prize, the highest award for painting in the world
• Turner Prize

American literature

• Pulitzer Prize for
  • the Novel
  • History
  • Fiction
  • Poetry
  • General Non-Fiction
  • Criticism
  • Telegraphic Reporting - International
  • Breaking News Photography
  • Breaking News Reporting
• Hopwood Award

British literature

• Booker Prize
• Commonwealth Writers Prize
• International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
• Whitbread Awards
• Newdigate prize
• Orange Prize for Fiction

Canadian literature

• Giller Prize
• Governor General's Award
• Trillium Award
• Canadian Poets Award
• Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award

Finnish literature

• Finlandia Prize for Literature

French language literature

• Prix Fémina
• Prix Goncourt

Indian literature

• Jnanpeeth award
• Kalidas samman

Swedish literature

• Augustpriset
• Lilla Augustpriset

Science fiction

(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 Award - award for new authors
• Philip K. Dick Memorial Award
• Prometheus Award - best Libertarian SF
• Zajdel - award given by Polish fandom

Children's literature

• Newbery Medal
• Caldecott Medal
• Carnegie Medal

Architecture

• Pritzker Prize

Business

• Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

Humanitarianism

• Nobel Peace Prize
• Templeton Prize
• Right Livelihood Award
• Big Brother Award - anti-privacy
• Brandeis Award - pro-privacy
• Freedom Award

General achievement

• MacArthur Fellowship
• List of BSA merit badges
• Man of the Year (Time Magazine)

National honours, military, and patriotic medals

British and Commonwealth

• British honours system
• 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)

Canada

• Canada's Walk of Fame

France

• Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honour)

Germany

• Bundesverdienstkreuz
• Iron Cross

India

• Gandhi peace prize
• Bharat Ratna
• Padma Vibhushan
• Padma Bhushan
• Padma Sree

United States

• Congressional Medal of Honor
• Presidential Medal of Freedom
• Congressional Gold Medal
• Navy Cross
• Defense Distinguished Service Medal
• Distinguished Service Medal
• Silver Star Medal
• Defense Superior Service Medal
• Legion of Merit Medal
• Distinguished Flying Cross
• Navy/Marine Corps Medal
• Bronze Star Medal
• Purple Heart
• See also: List of military ribbons and medals

Entertainment

Beauty

• Miss America
• Miss Universe
• Miss World
• Mr. Universe
• Miss India

Film

see also: film festival

• BAFTA Awards
• Cesar Award (France)
• Goya Award (Spain)
• Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival)
• Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival)
• Hollywood Walk of Fame
• Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival)
• Étalan de Yennenga (FESPACO)
• SIGNY award (adult entertainment)

• Golden Globe Awards
  • Film
    • Best Actor, Drama
    • Best Actor, Comedy/Musical
    • Best Actress, Drama
    • Best Actress, Comedy/Musical
    • Best Drama
    • Best Comedy/Musical
    • Best Director
  • Television
    • Best Series, Drama
    • Best Series, Musical/Comedy

• 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

Music

• Eurovision Song Contest
• Grammy Award. Currently in 101 categories, e.g. 2002, 2003
• Juno Award
• San Remo Music Festival

Stage

• Tony Award
• Obie Award

Television

• Peabody Award
• Emmy Award

Sports and Games

Olympic medalists

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

Baseball

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

Boxing

• Golden Gloves

Other sports

• Super Bowl
• Alpine Skiing World Cup
• Rugby Union World Cup
• Cricket World Cup
• Football World Cup
• World Championships in Biathlon

Quizbowl

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

Mock Prizes

• Ig Nobel Prize
• Razzie
• Golden Turkey Award
• Darwin Awards

See also: International Prize Court - List of people - List of reference tables