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Iceland has a number of literary awards.

Icelandic Literary Prize
The Icelandic Literary Prize (Íslensku bókmenntaverðlaunin) is awarded annually by the Icelandic Publishers Association in three categories. The categories are non-fiction, fiction, and children's books, with 5 books nominated to each category. The President of Iceland presents the award, and each prize fund is 1 million Icelandic króna.

The Icelandic Translators’ Prize
The Icelandic Translators' Prize (Íslensku þýðingaverðlaunin) is an Icelandic literary award. It is presented by the President of Iceland every year in April.

The Icelandic Children’s Literature Prize
The Icelandic Children's Book Prize (Íslensku barnabókaverðlaunin) is a literary prize which is awarded annually (when sufficiently good entries present themselves) by the Verðlaunasjóði íslenskra barnabóka, established by the author Ármann Kr. Einarsson in conjunction with the publisher Vaka-Helgafell in 1985. The prize is awarded for an unpublished manuscript of a story for children and young people or for an illustrated children's book, published in the preceding year. The winning book is then published by Vaka-Helgafell (now part of Forlagið) during the autumn. On two occasions (1995 and 2006), two books have won the award.

Reykjavík Children’s Book Award
The Reykjavík Children’s Book Award was created in 2016, before this it was two separate awards, the Icelandic Illustrators’ Award which had been running since 1973, and the Reykjavík Scholastic Children’s Literature Prize. There are three categories for the award each year. "best original Icelandic children's book; for an outstanding translation of a foreign children's book; and for the best illustrated children's book." Five books are nominated for each category.

Reykjavík Scholastic Children's Literature Prize
This award ran from 1973 to 2015. In 2016 it merged with the Icelandic Illustrators Award to continue as the Reykjavík Children’s Book Award.

Icelandic Illustrators Award
The Icelandic Illustrators Award (Dimmalimm) award ran from 1973 to 2015. In 2016 it merged with the Reykjavík Scholastic Children's Literature Prize to continue as the Reykjavík Children’s Book Award.

The Drop Of Blood
The Drop Of Blood is an annual crime fiction award. The winning book becomes the Icelandic nomination for the international Glass Key award. The award is organised by Crime Writers of Iceland, and was founded in 2007. At first every Icelandic crime novel was considered, but this was changed in 2017, and now five books are nominated.

The Children’s Choice Book Prize
The Children’s Choice Book Prize was founded in 2002 and is organised by a group of Icelandic libraries. Children aged 6-12 vote on one Icelandic language book and one translation from a foreign language. It is awarded on the first day of summer at the Reykjavík City Library.

The Halldór Laxness Literature Prize
The Halldór Laxness Literature Prize was first awarded in 1996 by the publishing house Vaka-Helgafell. It ran until 2004. The winner would have their book published by Vaka-Helgafell (now part of Forlagið).

Davíð's Pen
Davíð's Pen was a prize awarded by the Writers Union of Iceland from 1991 to 1997. It was awarded annually on the 21st January.