Awards & Prizes
Medal of Honor winners are military personnel who go far beyond the call of duty to save lives. Learn the history of the highest military award in the United States and find out about the controversy that has surrounded some recipients.
Are you wondering what the Pulitzer Prize is? If you aspire to win this prestigious writing award someday, think less about your acceptance speech and focus more on the history and criteria for this honor.
Since its 1922 inception, the Newbery Medal has grown to become the highest honor for American children’s book authors. Learn about how and why a book is awarded this prestigious honor each year.
Nobel Prize rules outline just how some of the world’s most prestigious honors are awarded each year. As should be expected, such high honor requires high standards and practices from the nomination stage to the annual festivities in Olso and Stockholm.
The Kennedy Center Honors annually recognize some of the biggest stars in the performance arts. Learn how and why the cream of the performing art crop gathers—often with the President—at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for an evening of celebration.
There have been many women Pulitzer Prize winners since the prize's 1917 inception. Many of the works honored remain critically acclaimed and beloved by audiences and readers today.
Are you interested in knowing Pulitzer Prize criteria? Thousands vie for one of the 21 prizes that can be awarded each year. Learn what and who can be in the running for this honor.
The Caldecott Medal has been awarded to many of the best and most beloved children’s picture book since 1937. If you’ve ever wondered about the brass medal that adorns certain picture book covers, look no further than the Caldecott.
The Booker Prize list features some of the world’s most famous authors and their most popular works. The award honors the best fiction book written annually by a citizen of the Commonwealth or Republic of Ireland.
Who invented the Nobel Prize? While this honor is now known as one of the highest in the world, it all began with a young man who in time developed into one of the most brilliant minds of his day.
The Nobel Prize history begins with a Swedish man who wanted to improve people’s lives. Little did he know as a youth that his name would become associated with some of the world’s greatest innovators.
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