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Table of contents

1 Science, Mathematics, Technology 1.1 Mathematics 1.2 Computer Science, Engineering, Technology, and Invention 1.3 Aviation and Space technology 2 Arts and Letters 2.4 Art 2.5 Literature 2.5.1 American literature 2.5.2 British literature 2.5.3 Canadian literature 2.5.4 Finnish literature 2.5.5 French literature 2.5.6 German literature 2.5.7 Indian literature 2.5.8 Italian literature 2.5.9 Japanese literature 2.5.10 Polish literature 2.5.11 Spanish literature 2.5.12 Swedish literature 2.5.13 Science fiction and Fantasy 2.5.14 Children's literature 2.6 Music 3 Architecture 4 Business and Management 5 Humanitarianism 6 Logic and Philosophy 7 General achievement 7.7 Scouting 8 National honours, military, and patriotic medals 8.8 Australia 8.9 Canada 8.10 France 8.11 Germany 8.12 Iceland 8.13 India 8.14 New Zealand 8.15 Soviet Union 8.16 Spain 8.17 United Kingdom and Commonwealth 8.18 United States 9 Entertainment 9.19 Beauty 9.20 Film 9.21 Humor 9.22 Internet 9.23 Music 9.24 Stage 9.25 Television 10 Sports and Games 10.26 Olympic medalists 10.27 Baseball 10.28 Boxing 10.29 Tennis 10.30 Other sports 10.31 Quizbowl 11 Miscellaneous 12 Mock Prizes 13 See also

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.
• Prince of Asturias Awards - Achievement in the sciences, public affairs, humanities
• Wolf Prize
• National Academy of Sciences awards
  • Gibbs Brothers Medal - naval architecture, marine engineering
• Copley Medal awarded by Royal Society
• Albert Einstein World Award of Science
• Ho-Am Prize: Science, Engineering, Medicine

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

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

• Centennial Challenges
• NAS Award in Aeronautical Engineering - aeronautical engineering
• Orteig Prize - Aviation for trans-atlantic crossing, won by Charles Lindbergh
• X-Prize

• Beck's Futures
• Kiriyama Award
• Schock Prizes in Visual Arts and Musical Arts
• Turner Prize
• USA's Kennedy Center Honors: list of recipients
• Ho-Am Prize: the Arts

• Archibald Prize, Australia's premier portraiture award
• Carnegie Prize, the highest award for painting in the world

• Nobel Prize in Literature
• List of books by award or notoriety
• Booker Prize: winners and shortlisted authors

• Pulitzer Prize for
  • the Novel
  • History
  • Fiction
  • Poetry
  • General Non-Fiction
  • Criticism
  • Telegraphic Reporting - International
  • Breaking News Photography
  • Breaking News Reporting
• Bancroft Prize
• Hopwood Award
• National Book Award
• PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
• Whiting Writers Award

• Booker Prize
• Commonwealth Writers Prize
• Duff Cooper Prize
• Hessell-Tiltman Prize
• International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
• John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
• Whitbread Awards
• Newdigate prize
• Orange Prize for Fiction
• Samuel Johnson Prize

• Booker Prize
• Canadian Poets Award
• Commonwealth Writers Prize
• Geoffrey Bilson Award
• Gerald Lampert Award
• Giller Prize
• Griffin Poetry Prize
• Governor General's Award
• Marian Engel Award
• Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award
• Norma Fleck Award
• Pat Lowther Award
• Stephen Leacock Award
• Trillium Award

• Finlandia Prize for Literature

• Prix Décembre
• Prix des Deux-Magots
• Prix Fémina
• Prix Goncourt
• Prix Médicis

• Bagutta Prize
• Viareggio Prize

• Akutagawa Prize
• Naoki Prize
• Noma Prize for Literature
• Subaru Prize for Literature
• Tanizaki Prize
• Yomiuri Prize for Literature

• Janusz A. Zajdel Award science-fiction literaure award
• Nike Award

• Premio Cervantes

(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 Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction
• Philip K. Dick Memorial Award
• Prometheus Award - best Libertarian SF
• Janusz A. Zajdel Award - award given by Polish fandom
• World Fantasy Award

• Newbery Medal
• Caldecott Medal
• Carnegie Medal

• Pritzker Prize
• Stirling Prize

• Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
• Henry Laurence Gantt Medal

• Nobel Peace Prize
• Karlspreis
• Templeton Prize
• Right Livelihood Award
• Big Brother Award - anti-privacy
• Brandeis Award - pro-privacy
• Freedom Award
• Lenin Peace Prize
• Ho-Am Prize: Community Service
• Gandhi peace prize

• Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy

• MacArthur Fellowship
• Man of the Year/Person of the Year (Time Magazine)
• Ramon Magsaysay award for achievement by Asians
• Spingarn Medal for achievement by Black Americans
• Albert medal Royal Society of Arts for contribution to society

• List of BSA merit badges

Australia

• List of Australian Awards
• Australian of the Year
• Order of Australia

• Canada's Walk of Fame
• Order of Canada

• Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honour)

• Pour le Mérite (The "Blue Max")
• Bundesverdienstkreuz
• Iron Cross

• Order of the Falcon

• Gandhi peace prize
• Bharat Ratna
• Padma Vibhushan
• Padma Bhushan
• Padma Sree
• Dadasaheb Phalke Award, for lifetime contribution to Indian film

• New Zealand Honours System

• Order of Lenin
• Order of the Red Banner

• British honours system
• List of people who have declined a British honour
• 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)
• 100 Worst Britons (result Channel 4 poll in 2003)

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

• NAACP Image Award (for African-American film, television, music and literature in the United States)
• People's Choice Award (for television, film, and music in the United States)

• Miss America
• Miss Canada International
  • Miss Teen Canada International
• Miss Universe
• Miss World
• Mr. Universe
• Miss India

• BAFTA Awards
• Cesar Award (France)
• Crystal Globe (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
• Goya Award (Spain)
• Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival)
• Golden Leopard (Locarno International Film Festival)
• Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival)
• Gemini Awards
• Hollywood Walk of Fame
• Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival)
• Étalan de Yennenga (FESPACO)
• SIGNY award (adult entertainment)
• Dadasaheb Phalke Award (India)

• 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)

Humor

• Commie Awards
• Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
• Perrier Comedy Award

• Webby Award

• Eurovision Song Contest, e.g. 2002, 2003
• Grammy Award. Currently in 101 categories, e.g. 2002, 2003
• Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients A-D, E-I, J-P, Q-Z
• Juno Award
• San Remo Music Festival
• MTV Video Music Awards

• Tony Award
• Obie Award
• Laurence Olivier Awards

• Peabody Award
• Edward R. Murrow Award
• Emmy Award

Olympic medalists

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

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

• Golden Gloves

• List of Wimbledon champions
• List of Australian Open champions
• List of French Open champions
• List of US Open champions
• Davis Cup

• Commonwealth Games
• Super Bowl
• Alpine Skiing World Cup
• Rugby Union World Cup
• Cricket World Cup
• Football World Cup
• Brownlow Medal (Australian football)
• World Championships in Biathlon
• Grey Cup (Canadian football)
• Stanley Cup (ice hockey)
• List of winners of the Boston Marathon
• Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame

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

• Ig Nobel Prize
• Golden Raspberries (Razzie)
• Golden Turkey Award
• Darwin Awards
• Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
• Foot in Mouth Prize
• Bad Sex in Fiction Award

• International Prize Court
• List of reference tables
• List of honorary societies