Which British literary award is given annually for the best original full-length novel written in English and published in the UK?
A) Booker Prize
B) Costa Book Awards
C) Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction
D) Walter Scott Prize
Answer: A
The James Tait Black Memorial Prize is awarded for which literary genre?
A) Poetry
B) Fiction
C) Biography
D) Drama
Answer: B
Which award honors the best single work of fiction published in the UK and Ireland?
A) The Man Booker International Prize
B) Women’s Prize for Fiction
C) The Folio Prize
D) The Goldsmiths Prize
Answer: C
In which year was the Booker Prize first awarded?
A) 1969
B) 1970
C) 1968
D) 1971
Answer: A
The T.S. Eliot Prize is awarded for outstanding achievement in which literary form?
A) Poetry
B) Fiction
C) Drama
D) Non-fiction
Answer: A
Who was the inaugural winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction (previously known as the Orange Prize)?
A) Anne Michaels
B) Zadie Smith
C) Helen Dunmore
D) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Answer: A
The Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry was first awarded in which year?
A) 1934
B) 1940
C) 1953
D) 1960
Answer: A
The Man Booker International Prize is awarded to authors from which eligible region?
A) Europe
B) Africa
C) South America
D) Anywhere in the world
Answer: D
Which award recognizes the best English-language short story published in the UK?
A) Edge Hill Short Story Prize
B) Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award
C) Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award
D) The Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize
Answer: C
The Samuel Johnson Prize (now Baillie Gifford Prize) is awarded for excellence in which literary genre?
A) Fiction
B) Biography
C) Poetry
D) Drama
Answer: B
The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize is open to writers under the age of 35 and is awarded for which category?
A) Poetry
B) Fiction
C) Drama
D) Non-fiction
Answer: B
The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction is open to authors from which countries?
A) United Kingdom and Ireland
B) United States and Canada
C) All English-speaking countries
D) Worldwide
Answer: D
Who was the first-ever recipient of the Costa Book of the Year award?
A) Philip Pullman
B) Seamus Heaney
C) Ted Hughes
D) J.K. Rowling
Answer: B
The Forward Poetry Prizes (now known as the Forward Prizes for Poetry) were first awarded in which year?
A) 1989
B) 1991
C) 1994
D) 1997
Answer: A
The Costa Book Awards were previously known by which name?
A) Whitbread Book Awards
B) Orange Book Awards
C) Booker Book Awards
D) Turner Book Awards
Answer: A
The Pritzker Literature Award is associated with which literary form?
A) Poetry
B) Fiction
C) Drama
D) Non-fiction
Answer: D
Which prestigious British literary award was founded by the poet Ted Hughes and is given to poetry collections?
A) The Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry
B) The Costa Poetry Award
C) The Forward Poetry Prize
D) The T.S. Eliot Prize
Answer: D
The Dylan Thomas Prize is awarded for which category of literature?
A) Fiction
B) Poetry
C) Drama
D) Short stories
Answer: A
The Queen’s Medal for Poetry was first awarded to whom?
A) T.S. Eliot
B) W.H. Auden
C) Philip Larkin
D) Ted Hughes
Answer: A
The James Tait Black Memorial Prize is awarded by which university?
A) University of Cambridge
B) University of Oxford
C) University of Edinburgh
D) University of London
Answer: C
The Booker Prize for Fiction was sponsored by which company until 2001?
A) Unilever
B) British Petroleum
C) Man Group
D) Costa Coffee
Answer: C
The Children’s Book Award is an annual prize voted for by whom?
A) Children and teenagers
B) Parents and teachers
C) Librarians and booksellers
D) Publishers and authors
Answer: A
Which award is given annually to the best work of published or produced screenwriting?
A) Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
B) Orange Screenwriting Award
C) BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
D) Man Booker International Prize for Screenwriting
Answer: C
The Duff Cooper Prize is awarded for which genre of literature?
A) Biography
B) Fiction
C) Poetry
D) Drama
Answer: A
The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award is open to writers of which age group?
A) Under 25
B) Under 30
C) Under 35
D) Under 40
Answer: C
The David Cohen Prize for Literature is awarded for which category?
A) Fiction
B) Poetry
C) Drama
D) Non-fiction
Answer: D
The Hawthornden Prize is associated with which genre of literature?
A) Fiction
B) Poetry
C) Drama
D) Biography
Answer: A
The Somerset Maugham Award is given to writers under the age of _____?
A) 30
B) 35
C) 40
D) 45
Answer: C
The Desmond Elliott Prize is awarded for which category of literature?
A) Fiction
B) Biography
C) Poetry
D) Drama
Answer: A
The Betty Trask Prize is given to authors under the age of 35 for which literary form?
A) Fiction
B) Poetry
C) Drama
D) Non-fiction
Answer: A
The Orange Award for New Writers was established in which year?
A) 1995
B) 2000
C) 2005
D) 2010
Answer: B
The John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger is awarded for which category of literature?
A) Mystery/Thriller
B) Science Fiction/Fantasy
C) Historical Fiction
D) Romance
Answer: A
The Encore Award is given to the best second novel published by an author from which region?
A) United Kingdom
B) United States
C) Canada
D) Australia
Answer: A
The Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism is associated with which literary form?
A) Fiction
B) Poetry
C) Drama
D) Non-fiction
Answer: D
The E.M. Forster Award is given by the American Academy of Arts and Letters for which category of literature?
A) Fiction
B) Poetry
C) Drama
D) Non-fiction
Answer: A
The Whitbread Poetry Award was established in which year?
A) 1970
B) 1975
C) 1980
D) 1985
Answer: B
The International Dylan Thomas Prize is open to writers from which age group?
A) Under 25
B) Under 30
C) Under 35
D) Under 40
Answer: D
The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize is awarded for which category of literature?
A) Fiction
B) Biography
C) Poetry
D) Drama
Answer: A
The Commonwealth Writers’ Prize was established by the Commonwealth Foundation in which year?
A) 1987
B) 1991
C) 1995
D) 2000
Answer: B
The Encore Award was formerly known as which literary prize?
A) Guardian Fiction Prize
B) Orange Award for New Writers
C) Whitbread First Novel Award
D) John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
Answer: C
The Eric Gregory Award is associated with which literary form?
A) Fiction
B) Poetry
C) Drama
D) Non-fiction
Answer: B
The Sunday Times/Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award is open to writers of which age group?
A) Under 25
B) Under 30
C) Under 35
D) Under 40
Answer: C
The Saltire Society Literary Awards are dedicated to writers from which country?
A) England
B) Scotland
C) Wales
D) Northern Ireland
Answer: B
The Encore Award is given for a second novel written by an author of any nationality but published in which country?
A) United Kingdom
B) United States
C) Canada
D) Australia
Answer: A
The Forward Prizes for Poetry consist of three categories: Best Collection, Best First Collection, and ________?
A) Best Performance
B) Best Poet
C) Best Single Poem
D) Best Anthology
Answer: C
The William Hill Sports Book of the Year is awarded for excellence in which literary genre?
A) Fiction
B) Biography
C) Poetry
D) Sports Writing
Answer: D
The Society of Authors’ Awards includes the Cholmondeley Award, given for excellence in which literary form?
A) Fiction
B) Poetry
C) Drama
D) Non-fiction
Answer: B
The Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize is dedicated to books about which subject?
A) Fictional adventures
B) Historical events
C) Natural world and outdoor writing
D) Biographical accounts
Answer: C
The John Florio Prize is awarded to authors who have translated works from which language into English?
A) French
B) Spanish
C) Italian
D) German
Answer: C
The International Booker Prize is awarded to authors and translators from anywhere in the world who have translated works into which language?
A) English
B) French
C) Spanish
D) German
Answer: A
