List of comics awards

This list of comics awards is an index to articles about notable awards for comics from around the world. The list includes awards given out for achievements in cartooning, comic books, comic strips and graphic novels. Some works in comics are also eligible for, and in some instances have won literary awards.

American awards

In chronological order from date of first award presentation:

Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning — first awarded 1922
Reuben Award — first awarded in 1946
Various National Cartoonists Society awards — first awarded in 1948
Alley Award — first awarded in 1961; ceased in 1969
Shazam Award — first awarded in 1970; ceased in 1974
Goethe Award — first awarded in 1970; ceased in 1974.
Ignatz Awards — first awarded in 1974; ceased in 1994
Inkpot Awards — first awarded in 1974
Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards — first awarded in 1982; ceased in 2008
Russ Manning Award — first awarded in 1982
Jack Kirby Comics Industry Award — first awarded in 1985, ceased in 1987
Harvey Awards — first awarded in 1988
Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards — first awarded in 1988
Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum's Don Thompson Awards — first awarded in 1992; ceased in 1998
Wizard Fan Awards — first awarded in 1993; ceased in 2006
Lulu Awards — first awarded in 1997; ceased in 2011
Ignatz Awards — first awarded 1997
Howard E. Day Prize — first awarded in 2001; ceased in 2007
Day Prize/SPACE Prize — first awarded in 2001
Bill Finger Award — first awarded in 2005
Glyph Comics Awards — first awarded in 2005
Inkwell Awards — first awarded in 2008
Ghastly Awards for Excellence in Horror Comics — first awarded 2011; ceased in 2017
Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics – first awarded in 2015
Dwayne McDuffie Award for Kids' Comics — first awarded in 2015
Emerging Artist Prize — first awarded in 2015
Ringo Awards — first awarded in 2017
Best Digital Comic — first awarded in 2020

Timeline of notable U.S. comics awards

The following is a timeline of notable U.S. comics awards that feature multiple categories. Awards voted on by professionals are in shades of blue; fan awards are in shades of red.

Australian awards

Ledger Awards – first awarded in 2004
Aurealis Award for best [illustrated book or graphic novel]

Belgian awards

Bronzen Adhemar – first awarded in 1977
Prix Saint-Michel – first awarded in 1971
Atomium [comic strip prizes] – first awarded in 2017

Brazilian awards

Prêmio Abril de Jornalismo, category "Comics" — first awarded in 1976; ceased in 1998.
Prêmio Angelo Agostini – first awarded in 1985.
Troféu HQ Mix – first awarded in 1989.
Prêmio DB Artes — first awarded in 2003; ceased in 2010.
Troféu Alfaiataria de Fanzines — awarded only in 2007.
Troféu Bigorna — first awarded in 2008; ceased in 2010.
Prêmio Claudio Seto — first awarded in 2014.
Prêmio Al Rio — first awarded in 2015; ceased in 2018.
Prêmio ABRAHQ — first awarded in 2016; ceased in 2017
Prêmio Grampo — first awarded in 2016.
Prêmio Dente de Ouro — first awarded in 2016; ceased in 2020.
Prêmio Jabuti for Best Comic Book — first awarded in 2017.
Prêmio LeBlanc — first awarded in 2018.
Dia do Super-Herói Brasileiro — first awarded in 2020.
Prêmio Odisseia de Literatura Fantástica for Best Comics — first awarded in 2021.
Prêmio Mapinguari — first awarded in 2022.
CCXP Awards — first awarded in 2022.

British awards

Ally Sloper Award — 1976–c. 1982
Eagle Awards — 1977–1990; 2000–2014
UK Comic Art Awards — 1990–1997
Mel Calman Awards/Young Cartoonist of the Year Award — 1995–present
Cartoon Art Trust Awards — 1997–2017
National Comics Awards — 1997–1999, 2001–2003
SICBA — held in conjunction with the Glasgow Comic Con and first awarded 2011; still ongoing
Excelsior Award — a single award for middle-grade comics/manga; first awarded in 2011 ; organized by Paul Register
British Comic Awards — 2012–2016
The 9th Art Award — inaugural award announced 2013; sponsored by Graphic Scotland
Comics Laureate — first awarded in 2014; sponsored by Comics Literacy Awareness

Canadian awards

Prix Bédéis Causa – awarded to French language comics by the Festival de la BD francophone de Québec since 1988
Bédélys Prize – awarded to French language comics since 2000
The Doug Wright Awards – first awarded in 2005
National Newspaper Awards of Canada include a category for Editorial Cartoonist
Joe Shuster Awards – first awarded in 2005

Danish awards

Claus Deleuran Prisen – first awarded in 2016
Det danske tegneseriekonvents pris – first awarded in 1989, ceased in 1995
Hanne Hansen Prisen – first awarded in 2014, ceased in 2025
Orla Prisen – first awarded in 2005
Ping Prisen – first awarded in 1988 – 1996, reinstated in 2012
Seriejournalens Netkåring – first awarded in 2001, ceased in 2008

Dutch awards

Stripschapprijs – first awarded in 1974
Willy Vandersteenprijs – first awarded in 2010
VPRO Debuutprijs – first awarded in 1994
Marten Toonderprijs – first awarded in 2009

French awards

Angoulême International Comics Festival Prizes – first awarded in 1974
Prix de la critique – first awarded in 1984

German awards

Max & Moritz Prizes – first awarded in 1984
– first awarded in 2016, the aim is to foster the appreciation of graphical literature as an art form; awarded in 18 categories for works and 12 categories for artists.
Ginco Award – first awarded in 2020
Sondermann Award – first awarded in 2004
– first awarded in 1994