Europe’s multi-cultural landscape offers a wealth of literary awards recognizing the finest achievements in contemporary literature across multiple genres. Browse awards here.
The Griffels and Brushes are the most important jury awards for children’s books up to age twelve. The Golden Griffel was introduced in 1971 and the Golden Brush in 1973. The Griffels are awarded annually to the best children’s and youth literature and the Brushes to the most beautifully illustrated picture books.
The Jan Campert Prize is a Dutch literary prize established in 1948 and awarded annually by the Jan Campert Foundation for works of poetry. The foundation was created in 1948 to honor Jan Campert, an icon of the Dutch resistance.
Awarded once every three years, the Committee of Ministers of the Dutch Language Union awards the Dutch Literature Prize to an author whose work occupies an important place in Dutch-language literature. The award-winning author receives the prize alternately from a member of the Belgian or Dutch royal family. The prize can be awarded for the entire oeuvre of a writer in the genres of poetry, narrative prose or drama.
The P.C. Hooft Prize for Literature is the most important Dutch literature prize for a body of work. The prize is awarded annually, alternating between narrative prose, contemplative prose and poetry. This Dutch-language literary award, which recognizes lifetime achievement, is named after 17th-century Dutch poet and playwright Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft.
The Constantijn Huygens Prize is an annual Award, inaugurated in 1948. It is the most important literary prize awarded by the Jan Campert-Stichting (Jan Campert Foundation) on behalf of the municipality of The Hague. The Literatuurmuseum (Museum of Literature) hosts the award ceremony, which usually takes place in January.
