A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. This is a list of notable literary awards awarded in South Africa.
Alphabetically
A
- Adelaide Tambo Award for Human Rights in the Arts
- Alba Bouwer Prize
- Amstel Playwright of the Year Award
- ATKV Prose Prize
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
M
- M-Net Literary Awards
- Maskew Miller Longman Literature Awards
- Mbokodo Award
- Media24 Books Literary Awards
O
S
- Sol Plaatje Prize for Translation
- Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award
- South African Literary Awards
- Sunday Times CNA Literary Awards – a suite of prizes given annually by wRite associates and the South African Dept of Arts and Culture