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