It's fascinating to see which books win the awards every year, so this is a list of many of the major book awards - it's not exhaustive, but more representative of what I'm interested in following.
Book Awards {Literary Calendar}
January
- Man Asian Literary Prize Finalists
- Philip K. Dick Award Nominees
- Costa Awards Winners ***
- Edgar Awards Nominees
- National Book Critics Awards Finalists
- British Science Fiction Awards Shortlist
- Alex Awards (and other YALSA Awards) Winners ***
February
- OCM Bocas Prize Longlist
- CYBILIS Award Winners ***
- Nebula Award Nominees
- Audie Award (Audiobook) Nominees
- PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Finalists
- Bram Stoker Award Finalists
- Best Translated Book Awards Longlist
March
- Indies Choice and E.B. White Read-Aloud Book Awards Nominees
- 2012 Hemingway Foundation / PEN Award Winners ***
- Orange Prize for Fiction Longlist
- National Book Critics Awards Winner ***
- Man Asian Prize Winner ***
- OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature Shortlist
- Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Longlist
- The Story Prize Prize Winner ***
- Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist
- Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title Winner ***
- RITA (Romance) Awards Finalists
- PEN/ Faulkner Award for Fiction Winner ***
- Miles Franklin Literary Award (Australia) Longlist
- Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title Winner (Mar 30)
April
- Indies Choice and E.B. White Read-Aloud Book Awards Winners ***
- Thriller Award Nominees
- Bram Stoker Award Winners ***
- Philip K. Dick Award Winners ***
- Hugo Awards Nominees
- British Science Fiction Awards Winners ***
- Best Translated Book Awards Shortlist
- Shirley Jackson Award Nominees
- Pulitzer Prize Winners & Finalists ***
- Christy Awards (Christian Fiction) Nominees ***
- Orange Prize for Fiction Shortlist
- Commonwealth Writers Prizes Shortlist
- Edgar Awards Winners ***
- OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature Winners ***
- Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Shortlist
May
- Arthur C. Clarke Award Winner ***
- Best Translated Book Awards Winners ***
- Young Lions Fiction Award Winners ***
- Locus Award Finalists
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Finalists
- Nebula Awards Winners ***
- Miles Franklin Literary Award (Australia) Shortlist
- Commonwealth Writers Prizes Regional Winners ***
- Independent Foreing Fiction Prize Winner ***
- Chesley Award for Science Fiction & Fantasy Art Finalists
- John W. Campbell Award Finalists
June
- Audie Award (Audiobook) Winners
- Commonwealth Writers Prizes Overall Winner ***
- Locus Award Winners ***
- Women's Prize for Fiction Winners ***
- David Gemmell Legend Award (Fantasy) Winners ***
- John W. Campbell Award Winner ***
- Bram Stoker Award Winners ***
- Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Winners ***
- Miles Franklin Literary Award Winner ***
- Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Winners ***
- Sidewise Awards for Alternate History Finalists
July
- The Caine Prize for African Writing Winners ***
- Christy Awards (Christian Fiction) Winners ***
- Thriller Award Winners ***
- Shirley Jackson Award Winners ***
- Mann Booker Prize Longlist
- RITA (Romance) Awards Finalists
- World Fantasy Awards Nominees
August
- The Carl Brandon Parallax Award Winners ***
- Mythopeic Fantasy Award Winners Aug ***
- World Fantasy Awards Finalists
September
- Hugo Awards Winners ***
- Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist
- Man Booker Prize Shortlist
- 5 Under 35 Honorees
October
- National Book Award Finalists
- Mann Booker Prize Winner (Oct 16)
- Scotiabank Giller Prize Shortlist & Winner ***
November
- World Fantasy Awards Winners ***
- National Book Award Winners ***
- Costa Awards Shortlist
