The Prix Pascal is named after Blaise Pascal, a French polymath who helped invent one of the first mechanical calculators and also wrote theological texts, including Pensées, which Pope Francis praised for its “philosophical depth and literary charm”. Read more
Category: Awards
Winners of the 2026 Kirkus Prize Revealed
Tayari Jones, Pamela Colloff, and Elizabeth Acevedo are the winners of this year’s Kirkus Prizes, given annually by Kirkus Reviews to works of exceptional merit in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers’ literature. Read more
Canadian Poet Anne Carson Wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
Canadian poet and writer Anne Carson, whose work often blends verse, prose, dialogue and translation in a genre-defying mix, won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for what the Swedish Academy called her “bold and inventive oeuvre”. “Crazy, I think they’re all crazy,” Carson told Icelandic broadcaster RUV when asked how she was feeling after learning she had won while on the Arctic island. Read more
Dayton Literary Peace Prizes Announced
A coming-of-age novel set in wartime Ukraine and the history of a Black church in South Carolina through slavery, the Civil Rights Movement and a gunman’s killings in 2015 are this year’s winners of Dayton Literary Peace Prizes. Read more
2026 Hugo, Lodestar & Astounding Awards Winners
The winners of the Hugo Awards, the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, and the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book were announced on August 30, 2026 by LAcon V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention. Read more
EJ Swift Wins the 2026 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction
The writer – who was also shortlisted in 2023 – has won the prize for her book When There Are Wolves Again, a speculative work of eco-fiction set in near-future Britain. Read more
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Winner of Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Revealed
The Frozen People by Elly Griffiths, which follows a detective working for a time-travelling police cold case team, has been named crime novel of the year. The book is the first in a new series and sees investigator Ali Dawson travel to Victorian London in 1850 to explore a series of killings that have 21st century consequences for politicians and her own family. Read more
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‘Transcription’ by Ben Lerner Wins Orwell Prize for Political Fiction
American writer Ben Lerner has won this year’s Orwell prize for political fiction for Transcription, a novel exploring technology and memory. In nonfiction, the prize went to Karen Bartlett for The Escape from Kabul, which looks at Afghan women lawyers who came under threat after the fall of Kabul in 2021. Read more
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Saskatoon Author Meredith Hambrock Wins $25K Leacock Medal for Best Canadian Humour Writing
Meredith Hambrock’s novel, She’s A Lamb!, is the winner of the 2026 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour. The $25,000 prize is one of the oldest of its kind, established in 1947 to support the growth of Canadian humour writing. Read more
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Here Are the Winners of This Year’s Bram Stoker Awards
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the recipients of the 2025 Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement. Named in honor of Bram Stoker (Dracula) and awarded annually since 1988, the awards “are given ‘for superior achievement,’ not for ‘best of the year,’ and the rules are deliberately designed to make ties possible.” Read more
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