#awardsandprizes — Public Fediverse posts

American poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney wins Dylan Thomas prize for ‘blistering’ debut poetry collection https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/14/american-poet-sasha-debevec-mckenney-wins-dylan-thomas-prize-joy-is-my-middle-name #DylanThomasPrize #Poetry #Books #AwardsAndPrizes #UkNews

Spit, vomit and a banned baby: Cannes controversies – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/14/cannes-film-festival-controversies-ranked #CannesFilmFestival #Film #Culture #Festivals #QuentinTarantino #SpikeLee #WimWenders #ShaunRyder #SeanPenn #TerrenceMalick #GasparNo #LarsVonTrier #DramaFilms #AwardsAndPrizes

Spit, vomit and a banned baby: Cannes controversies – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/14/cannes-film-festival-controversies-ranked #CannesFilmFestival #Film #Culture #Festivals #QuentinTarantino #SpikeLee #WimWenders #ShaunRyder #SeanPenn #TerrenceMalick #GasparNo #LarsVonTrier #DramaFilms #AwardsAndPrizes

Spit, vomit and a banned baby: Cannes controversies – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/14/cannes-film-festival-controversies-ranked #CannesFilmFestival #Film #Culture #Festivals #QuentinTarantino #SpikeLee #WimWenders #ShaunRyder #SeanPenn #TerrenceMalick #GasparNo #LarsVonTrier #DramaFilms #AwardsAndPrizes

Spit, vomit and a banned baby: Cannes controversies – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/14/cannes-film-festival-controversies-ranked #CannesFilmFestival #Film #Culture #Festivals #QuentinTarantino #SpikeLee #WimWenders #ShaunRyder #SeanPenn #TerrenceMalick #GasparNo #LarsVonTrier #DramaFilms #AwardsAndPrizes

‘Stunned and shocked’: Ingrid Horrocks wins top prize at New Zealand’s Ockham awards for her fiction debut https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/14/ingrid-horrocks-ockham-awards-short-story-collection-new-zealand #NewZealand #AsiaPacific #WorldNews #AwardsAndPrizes #Books #Fiction #Culture #ShortStories

‘Stunned and shocked’: Ingrid Horrocks wins top prize at New Zealand’s Ockham awards for her fiction debut https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/14/ingrid-horrocks-ockham-awards-short-story-collection-new-zealand #NewZealand #AsiaPacific #WorldNews #AwardsAndPrizes #Books #Fiction #Culture #ShortStories

‘Stunned and shocked’: Ingrid Horrocks wins top prize at New Zealand’s Ockham awards for her fiction debut https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/14/ingrid-horrocks-ockham-awards-short-story-collection-new-zealand #NewZealand #AsiaPacific #WorldNews #AwardsAndPrizes #Books #Fiction #Culture #ShortStories

‘Stunned and shocked’: Ingrid Horrocks wins top prize at New Zealand’s Ockham awards for her fiction debut https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/14/ingrid-horrocks-ockham-awards-short-story-collection-new-zealand #NewZealand #AsiaPacific #WorldNews #AwardsAndPrizes #Books #Fiction #Culture #ShortStories

Graphic novel wins $60k Stella Prize for first time in award's 14-year history
By Nicola Heath

Lee Lai's debut graphic novel, Stone Fruit, was longlisted for the Stella Prize in 2022. Four years on, she's won the prestigious award for her latest book, Cannon.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-13/stella-prize-2026-winner-lee-lai-cannon-graphic-novel/106664962

#AwardsandPrizes #Books #ArtsCultureandEntertainment #Author #Novel #Fiction #ComicsandGraphicNovels #NicolaHeath

Graphic novel wins $60k Stella Prize for first time in award's 14-year history
By Nicola Heath

Lee Lai's debut graphic novel, Stone Fruit, was longlisted for the Stella Prize in 2022. Four years on, she's won the prestigious award for her latest book, Cannon.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-13/stella-prize-2026-winner-lee-lai-cannon-graphic-novel/106664962

#AwardsandPrizes #Books #ArtsCultureandEntertainment #Author #Novel #Fiction #ComicsandGraphicNovels #NicolaHeath

Graphic novel wins $60k Stella Prize for first time in award's 14-year history
By Nicola Heath

Lee Lai's debut graphic novel, Stone Fruit, was longlisted for the Stella Prize in 2022. Four years on, she's won the prestigious award for her latest book, Cannon.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-13/stella-prize-2026-winner-lee-lai-cannon-graphic-novel/106664962

#AwardsandPrizes #Books #ArtsCultureandEntertainment #Author #Novel #Fiction #ComicsandGraphicNovels #NicolaHeath

Graphic novel wins $60k Stella Prize for first time in award's 14-year history
By Nicola Heath

Lee Lai's debut graphic novel, Stone Fruit, was longlisted for the Stella Prize in 2022. Four years on, she's won the prestigious award for her latest book, Cannon.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-13/stella-prize-2026-winner-lee-lai-cannon-graphic-novel/106664962

#AwardsandPrizes #Books #ArtsCultureandEntertainment #Author #Novel #Fiction #ComicsandGraphicNovels #NicolaHeath

Graphic novel wins $60k Stella Prize for first time in award's 14-year history
By Nicola Heath

Lee Lai's debut graphic novel, Stone Fruit, was longlisted for the Stella Prize in 2022. Four years on, she's won the prestigious award for her latest book, Cannon.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-13/stella-prize-2026-winner-lee-lai-cannon-graphic-novel/106664962

#AwardsandPrizes #Books #ArtsCultureandEntertainment #Author #Novel #Fiction #ComicsandGraphicNovels #NicolaHeath

Stella prize 2026: Lee Lai becomes first non-binary person and first graphic novelist to win with Cannon https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/13/stella-prize-2026-lee-lai-cannon-non-binary-graphic-novelist-ntwnfb #StellaPrize #ComicsAndGraphicNovels #Books #Culture #AustralianBooks #AwardsAndPrizes #AustraliaNews

Conan O’Brien to return as Oscars host for third year in a row https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/12/conan-obrien-oscars-host-2027 #Oscars #UsTelevision #UsNews #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #Film #Television #TelevisionRadio

Conan O’Brien to return as Oscars host for third year in a row https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/12/conan-obrien-oscars-host-2027 #Oscars #UsTelevision #UsNews #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #Film #Television #TelevisionRadio

Conan O’Brien to return as Oscars host for third year in a row https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/12/conan-obrien-oscars-host-2027 #Oscars #UsTelevision #UsNews #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #Film #Television #TelevisionRadio

Conan O’Brien to return as Oscars host for third year in a row https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/12/conan-obrien-oscars-host-2027 #Oscars #UsTelevision #UsNews #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #Film #Television #TelevisionRadio

Sarah Wynn-Williams and Virginia Giuffre jointly win freedom to publish prize at British book awards https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/11/sarah-wynn-williams-and-virginia-giuffre-jointly-win-freedom-to-publish-prize-at-british-book-awards #Books #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #JeffreyEpstein #GhislaineMaxwell #UkNews #WorldNews

‘Bad people’: Alan Cumming criticises Bafta after N-word outburst https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/11/alan-cumming-criticises-bafta-after-n-word-outburst #Film #Baftas #AlanCumming #TouretteSyndrome #ISwear #UkNews #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #Society

‘Bad people’: Alan Cumming criticises Bafta after N-word outburst https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/11/alan-cumming-criticises-bafta-after-n-word-outburst #Film #Baftas #AlanCumming #TouretteSyndrome #ISwear #UkNews #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #Society

‘Bad people’: Alan Cumming criticises Bafta after N-word outburst https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/11/alan-cumming-criticises-bafta-after-n-word-outburst #Film #Baftas #AlanCumming #TouretteSyndrome #ISwear #UkNews #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #Society

‘Bad people’: Alan Cumming criticises Bafta after N-word outburst https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/11/alan-cumming-criticises-bafta-after-n-word-outburst #Film #Baftas #AlanCumming #TouretteSyndrome #ISwear #UkNews #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #Society

Archibald prize 2026: Richard Lewer portrait of artist Iluwanti Ken wins $100,000 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/may/08/archibald-prize-2026-richard-lewer-portrait-of-artist-iluwanti-ken-wins-100000 #ArchibaldPrize2026 #Art #ArchibaldPrize #ArtAndDesign #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #AustraliaNews

From Eurovision to the Venice Biennale, culture contests are being overshadowed by politics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/from-eurovision-to-the-venice-biennale-culture-contests-are-struggling-to-channel-globalised-politics #WorldNews #Europe #Culture #VeniceBiennale #VeniceBiennale2026 #CannesFilmFestival #Exhibitions #AwardsAndPrizes #ArtAndDesign #Sculpture #Painting #Eurovision #Eurovision2026 #Art #Festivals #Music

Feminism play Liberation and first world war novel Angel Down among Pulitzer winners https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/04/pulitzer-winners #PulitzerPrize #Stage #UsTheater #Fiction #Poetry #AutobiographyAndMemoir #Books #Music #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #UsNews

Oscars changes allow for double acting nominations while banning AI https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/01/oscars-changes-double-acting-nominations-ai #Oscars #Film #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #FilmIndustry #UsNews

Oscar belonging to co-director of Putin film missing after TSA makes him ship it https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/oscar-missing-pavel-talankin-putin-documentary #NewYork #Oscars #Russia #UsNews #DocumentaryFilms #Film #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #Europe

Archibald prize 2026: Jacob Collins portrait wins the Packing Room prize as finalists revealed https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/apr/30/archibald-prize-2026-finalists-packing-room-winner #ArchibaldPrize2026 #Art #AustraliaNews #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #ArtAndDesign #ArchibaldPrize

The Bafta games awards showed me again that honouring art over commerce is a win for all https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/apr/22/pushing-buttons-bafta-games-awards #Games #Culture #AwardsAndPrizes #GameCulture

Winners and judges out of pocket as £20,000 writing awards appear to have closed https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/apr/18/the-plaza-prizes-winners-judges-writing-awards #AwardsAndPrizes #Money #UkNews #Poetry #Books #Culture

Give theatre choreographers and movement directors their own awards, says union group https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/apr/17/movement-directors-choreographers-olivier-awards-theatre-industry #Theatre #Stage #Culture #AwardsAndPrizes #UkNews #Stagecraft #WestEnd #Dance #OlivierAwards

When an author says she had to decline a $175,000 prize, what does it say about the publishing world? | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/15/helen-dewitt-author-turn-down-prize-publishing-fiction #AwardsAndPrizes #Publishing #Books #Culture

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Phil Collins, Oasis, Sade and Wu-Tang Clan among 2026 inductees https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/14/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-class-of-2026-inductees #Music #AwardsAndPrizes #PopAndRock #Hiphop #Jazz #Soul #PhilCollins #IronMaiden #Sade #JoyDivision #NewOrder #WutangClan #UsNews #Culture

‘So beautiful’: Rachel Zegler hails accessibility of Evita’s free balcony scene https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/apr/13/rachel-zegler-evita-free-balcony-scene-olivier-award #OlivierAwards #Theatre #RachelZegler #Stage #Culture #AwardsAndPrizes #WestEnd #UkNews #AndrewLloydWebber #JamieLloyd #TimRice

‘So beautiful’: Rachel Zegler hails accessibility of Evita’s free balcony scene https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/apr/13/rachel-zegler-evita-free-balcony-scene-olivier-award #OlivierAwards #Theatre #RachelZegler #Stage #Culture #AwardsAndPrizes #WestEnd #UkNews #AndrewLloydWebber #JamieLloyd #TimRice

‘So beautiful’: Rachel Zegler hails accessibility of Evita’s free balcony scene https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/apr/13/rachel-zegler-evita-free-balcony-scene-olivier-award #OlivierAwards #Theatre #RachelZegler #Stage #Culture #AwardsAndPrizes #WestEnd #UkNews #AndrewLloydWebber #JamieLloyd #TimRice

‘So beautiful’: Rachel Zegler hails accessibility of Evita’s free balcony scene https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/apr/13/rachel-zegler-evita-free-balcony-scene-olivier-award #OlivierAwards #Theatre #RachelZegler #Stage #Culture #AwardsAndPrizes #WestEnd #UkNews #AndrewLloydWebber #JamieLloyd #TimRice

No need for hard stares as Paddington: The Musical triumphs at the Olivier awards https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/apr/12/paddington-the-musical-triumphs-at-the-olivier-awards #OlivierAwards #Theatre #Stage #Culture #AwardsAndPrizes #WestEnd #UkNews #Musicals #Dance #Opera #Stagecraft #London #MichaelBond

Bafta apologises for events surrounding John Davidson’s Tourette’s outburst https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/10/bafta-apologises-john-davidson-tourettes-outburst #Baftas2026 #Baftas #ISwear #TouretteSyndrome #Bbc #AwardsAndPrizes #Film #Culture

Bafta apologises for events surrounding John Davidson’s Tourette’s outburst https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/10/bafta-apologises-john-davidson-tourettes-outburst #Baftas2026 #Baftas #ISwear #TouretteSyndrome #Bbc #AwardsAndPrizes #Film #Culture

Bafta apologises for events surrounding John Davidson’s Tourette’s outburst https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/10/bafta-apologises-john-davidson-tourettes-outburst #Baftas2026 #Baftas #ISwear #TouretteSyndrome #Bbc #AwardsAndPrizes #Film #Culture

Bafta apologises for events surrounding John Davidson’s Tourette’s outburst https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/10/bafta-apologises-john-davidson-tourettes-outburst #Baftas2026 #Baftas #ISwear #TouretteSyndrome #Bbc #AwardsAndPrizes #Film #Culture

‘Hope, insight and burning humanity’: 2026 International Booker prize shortlist announced https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/31/2026-international-booker-prize-shortlist-announced-marie-ndiaye-yang-shuang-zi-daniel-kehlmann #Books #Culture #InternationalBookerPrize #AwardsAndPrizes #Fiction #FictionInTranslation

Olivia Dean leads the way with three wins at 2026 Mobo awards https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/26/olivia-dean-wins-mobo-awards-raye-central-cee-ezra-collective #Mobos #OliviaDean #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #Music #BlackBritishCulture #UkNews

Brendan Gleeson wins best actor as Critics’ Circle theatre awards toasts The Weir https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/mar/26/critics-circle-theatre-awards-winners-2026-brendan-gleeson #Theatre #Stage #Culture #UkNews #AwardsAndPrizes #WestEnd #BrendanGleeson #HayleyAtwell #IvoVanHove #Musicals #JamesGraham #RosamundPike

Brendan Gleeson wins best actor as Critics’ Circle theatre awards toasts The Weir https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/mar/26/critics-circle-theatre-awards-winners-2026-brendan-gleeson #Theatre #Stage #Culture #UkNews #AwardsAndPrizes #WestEnd #BrendanGleeson #HayleyAtwell #IvoVanHove #Musicals #JamesGraham #RosamundPike

Brendan Gleeson wins best actor as Critics’ Circle theatre awards toasts The Weir https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/mar/26/critics-circle-theatre-awards-winners-2026-brendan-gleeson #Theatre #Stage #Culture #UkNews #AwardsAndPrizes #WestEnd #BrendanGleeson #HayleyAtwell #IvoVanHove #Musicals #JamesGraham #RosamundPike

Brendan Gleeson wins best actor as Critics’ Circle theatre awards toasts The Weir https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/mar/26/critics-circle-theatre-awards-winners-2026-brendan-gleeson #Theatre #Stage #Culture #UkNews #AwardsAndPrizes #WestEnd #BrendanGleeson #HayleyAtwell #IvoVanHove #Musicals #JamesGraham #RosamundPike