This list of media awards honoring women is an index to articles about notable awards honoring women. The list includes general, literary and music awards for women. It excludes awards for actresses, including film awards for lead actress and television awards for Best Actress, which are covered by separate lists.
General
edit| Country | Award | Sponsor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Woman Director | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Woman director[1] |
| United States | Women's Image Network Awards | Women's Image Network |Women's Image Network Awards = Promoting outstanding media (created by both men and women), The Women's Image Awards advance the value of women and girls. Now in year 23, these awards are a production of Women's Image Network, and are also called The WIN Awards. | |
| United Kingdom | Funny Women Awards[2][3] | Funny Women | Women comedians |
| United States | Gracie Awards | Alliance for Women in Media | Programming created for women, by women, and about women, as well as individuals who have made exemplary contributions in electronic media and affiliates[4] |
| Pakistan | Hum Award for Best Model Female | Hum Network | Female model who has achieved outstanding recognition within the fashion industry[5] |
| Chile | Lenka Franulic Award | National Association of Women Journalists of Chile | Career achievement in women's journalism[6] |
| United States | The Matrix Awards | New York Women in Communications | Exceptional women in the fields of arts, advertising, entertainment, film, television, theater, books, broadcasting, magazines, newspapers, public relations and new media.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] |
| United States | Women in Film & Video-DC Women of Vision Awards | Women in Film and Television International, Women in Film & Video | Women’s creative and technical achievements in media[15] |
| United States | Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards | Women in Film and Television International | Women in communications and media[16] |
| United States | Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award | Women's Caucus for Art | Women's achievements in the arts[17][18] |
| United States | Leading Ladies of Entertainment | The Latin Recording Academy | Women's achievements in the arts and science in the Latin entertainment field[19] |
Literary
edit| Country | Award | Sponsor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada, United States | Carol Shields Prize for Fiction | Literature published in English (including translation) by North American women or non-binary writers.[20] | |
| United Kingdom | Rose Mary Crawshay Prize | British Academy | Female scholars[21][22] |
| Australia | Barbara Jefferis Award | Australian Society of Authors | Best novel written by an Australian author that depicts women and girls in a positive way or otherwise empowers the status of women and girls in society".[23] |
| Thailand | Chommanard Book Prize | Bangkok Bank, Praphansarn Publishing House | Female literary talent[24] |
| Australia | Davitt Award | Sisters in Crime | Australian crime fiction, by women, for both adults and young adults[25] |
| United States | Lulu Awards | Friends of Lulu | Women-friendly and reader- friendly work in comics[26] |
| United States | Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize | Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies, University of Rochester | Fiction by an American woman[27] |
| Canada | Marian Engel Award | Writers' Trust of Canada | Female Canadian novelist in mid-career for her entire body of work[28] |
| Japan | Murasaki Shikibu Prize | City of Uji, Japan | Awarded annually to an outstanding piece of literature in Japanese by a female author |
| Australia | Nita Kibble Literary Award | Kibble Literary Awards | Works of women writers of fiction or non-fiction classified as 'life writing'.[29][30] |
| Canada | Pat Lowther Award | League of Canadian Poets | Best book of poetry by a Canadian woman[31] |
| Italy | Rapallo Carige Prize | Municipality of Rapallo, Banca Carige | New works by women writers in Italian[32] |
| Canada | Room writing contests | Room (magazine) | Writers who identify as women or genderqueer[33][34][35] |
| Germany | Roswitha Prize | City of Bad Gandersheim | Prize for literature that is given solely to women |
| United Kingdom | SI Leeds Literary Prize | Soroptimist International of Leeds | Unpublished fiction written by Black and Asian women resident in the UK |
| Mexico | Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize | Guadalajara International Book Fair | Book written in Spanish by a female author |
| Australia | Stella Prize | Stella Prize | Writing by Australian women in all genres |
| United States, United Kingdom | Susan Smith Blackburn Prize | Susan Smith Blackburn Prize | Women who have written works of outstanding quality for the English-speaking theatre[36] |
| United Kingdom | Warwick Prize for Women in Translation | University of Warwick | Translated work by a female author published in English |
| United Kingdom | Women's Prize for Fiction | Women's Prize for Fiction | Best original full-length novel written in English[37] |
| United Kingdom | Women's Prize for Non-Fiction | Women's Prize for Non-Fiction | Launching in 2023 for 2024 prize[38][39] |
Music
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ EDA Awards, Alliance of Women Film Journalists, archived from the original on 2017-06-28, retrieved 2020-01-28
- ^ Gompertz, Will (6 August 2010). "Serious funny business". BBC News. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ^ Funny Women Archived 2014-08-09 at the Wayback Machine bintmagazine.com
- ^ "The Gracie Awards". Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2010-03-05.
- ^ 1st Hum Awards Viewers Choice category, Hum, archived from the original on 2013-03-01, retrieved 2020-01-28
- ^ "Mónica González ganó el Premio Lenka Franulic 2016" [Mónica González Wins the 2016 Lenka Franulic Award] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ "National Review". National Review.
- ^ "Media Bistro".
- ^ "HuffPost". HuffPost. 8 April 2008.
- ^ "Portfolio.com".
- ^ "Nywici".
- ^ "Awcdc.net".
- ^ "Bizbash.com".
- ^ "Zimbio.com".
- ^ Women of Vision Awards, Women in Film & Video, retrieved 2020-01-23
- ^ "Photos | Women In Film Crystal Lucy Awards 2010". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. June 1, 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
- ^ Eleanor Dickinson, The History of the Women's Caucus for Art. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ Past WCA Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients, Women's Caucus for Art 40th Anniversary Celebration: 2012 Honor Awards.
- ^ "Leading Ladies of Entertainment". Latin Recording Academy. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ Jane van Koeverden, "New Carol Shields Prize for Fiction will award $150K to a woman or non-binary writer". CBC Books, February 7, 2020.
- ^ "Winners of academic book prize for women writers". 7 July 1999. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
- ^ Mosalski, Ruth (2018-02-06). "The legacy left behind by three Welsh suffragists". walesonline. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
- ^ James Bennett (Firm) "Australian Society of Authors: Barbara Jefferis Award" Accessed: 2 September 2007
- ^ "Chommanard Book Prize". www.praphansarnasia.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
- ^ The Davitt Awards, Sisters in Crime, retrieved 2020-01-23
- ^ "The Lulu Award Winners 1997-2008". Friends of Lulu. 2007. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009.
- ^ [1] EVENT: "Reading and book signing by Jill Ciment, recipient of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize", news release, University of Rochester, October 13, 2006
- ^ Writers' Trust Engel Findley Award : Encouraging a remarkable mid-career author to keep on writing, Writers' Trust of Canada, retrieved 2020-01-28
- ^ Kibble Awards for Women Writers
- ^ Kibble and Dobbie Awards
- ^ "Pat Lowther Memorial Award". The Canadian Encyclopedia, March 13, 2012.
- ^ "Rapallo-Carige 2009 Announcement of competition" (PDF) (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
- ^ "Room's Annual CNF, Poetry & Fiction, and Cover Art Contests". Room Magazine. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ "Room's Annual CNF, Poetry & Fiction, and Cover Art Contests". Room Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ "Emerging Writer Award". Room Magazine. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ The Prize, Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, retrieved 2020-01-23
- ^ "Rules for entry". Orange prize for Fiction. Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
- ^ "Seeking Sponsors for Women's Non-Fiction". Women's Prize for Fiction. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ Shaffi, Sarah (8 February 2023). "Women's prize to launch annual award for women's non-fiction writing". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
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