# List of awards and nominations received by J. K. Rowling

Joanne Rowling, known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She has won numerous accolades for her Harry Potter book series, including general literature prizes, honours in children's literature and speculative fiction awards. The series has garnered multiple British Book Awards, beginning with the Children's Book of the Year in 1997 and 1998 for the first two volumes, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. In 2000 the third novel, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, was nominated for an adult award – the Whitbread Book of the Year – where it competed against a book by a Nobel Prize laureate (Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf). The award body gave Rowling the children's prize instead (worth half the cash amount); some scholars view this as exposing a literary prejudice against children's books. Next followed the World Science Fiction Convention's 2001 Hugo Award for the fourth book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and the British Book Awards' adult prize – the 2006 Book of the Year – for the sixth novel, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Rowling's early career awards include the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to children's literature in 2000, and three years later, the Spanish Prince of Asturias Award for Concord. She won the British Book Awards' Author of the Year and Outstanding Achievement prizes over the span of the Harry Potter series. Following the series' completion, Time named Rowling a runner-up for its 2007 Person of the Year, citing the social, moral and political inspiration she gave the Harry Potter fandom. Two years later, she was recognised as a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur by French President Nicolas Sarkozy; leading magazine editors then named her the "Most Influential Woman in the UK" the following October. Later awards include the Freedom of the City of London in 2012 and for her services to literature and philanthropy, the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) in 2017. In 2024 Rowling stated that she had been offered a life peerage by both Labour and Conservative governments, but had declined both. She has also confirmed that she declined a damehood.
Academic bodies have bestowed multiple honours on Rowling. She has received honorary degrees from the University of Aberdeen; the University of St Andrews; Dartmouth College; the University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh Napier University; the University of Exeter (which she attended) and Harvard University. Rowling spoke at Harvard's 2008 commencement ceremony; the same year, she also won University College Dublin's James Joyce Award. Her other honours include fellowship of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL), the Royal Society of Edinburgh (HonFRSE) and the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCPE).
Rowling's awards for film, theatre and crime fiction include the 2011 British Academy Film Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema for the Harry Potter film series, the 2017 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and the 2021 British Book Awards' Crime and Thriller category for the fifth volume of her Cormoran Strike series.

## Literature
### General literature

General literature :
| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| British Book Awards | 1997 | Children's Book of the Year | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Won |
| British Book Awards | 1998 | Children's Book of the Year | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Won |
| British Book Awards | 1999 | Author of the Year | J. K. Rowling | Won |
| British Book Awards | 2000 | Children's Book of the Year | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Nominated |
| British Book Awards | 2004 | Book of the Year | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Nominated |
| British Book Awards | 2006 | Book of the Year | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Won |
| British Book Awards | 2008 | Outstanding Achievement | J. K. Rowling | Won |
| British Book Awards | 2009 | Children's Book of the Year | The Tales of Beedle the Bard | Nominated |
| British Book Awards | 2017 | Children's Book of the Year | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | Nominated |
| British Book Awards | 2020 | 30 From 30 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Won |
| British Book Awards | 2021 | Crime and Thriller | Troubled Blood | Won |
| Carnegie Medal | 1997 | Carnegie Medal | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Commended |
| Carnegie Medal | 1999 | Carnegie Medal | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Nominated |
| Nestlé Smarties Book Prize | 1997 | Gold Medal | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Won |
| Nestlé Smarties Book Prize | 1998 | Gold Medal | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Won |
| Nestlé Smarties Book Prize | 1999 | Gold Medal | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Won |
| Scottish Arts Council Award | 1998 | Children's Book of the Year | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Won |
| Whitbread Book Awards | 1999 | Children's Book of the Year | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Nominated |
| Whitbread Book Awards | 2000 | Book of the Year | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Nominated |
| Whitbread Book Awards | 2000 | Children's Book of the Year | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Won |

### Speculative fiction

Speculative fiction :
| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Bram Stoker Award | 2000 | Work for Young Readers | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Won |
| Bram Stoker Award | 2001 | Work for Young Readers | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Nominated |
| Bram Stoker Award | 2004 | Work for Young Readers | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Won |
| Hugo Award | 2000 | Novel | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | 2001 | Novel | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Won |
| Locus Award | 1999 | First Novel | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Nominated |
| Locus Award | 2000 | Fantasy Novel | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Won |
| Locus Award | 2019 | Art Book | The Tales of Beedle the Bard | Nominated |
| Mythopoeic Award | 1999 | Children's Literature | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Nominated |
| Mythopoeic Award | 2000 | Children's Literature | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Nominated |
| Mythopoeic Award | 2008 | Children's Literature | The Harry Potter Series | Won |
| Nebula Award | 2008 | Andre Norton Award | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | Won |

### Crime fiction

Crime fiction :
| Award | Year | Work | Result |
| Gold Dagger | 2015 | The Silkworm | Nominated |
| Gold Dagger | 2021 | Troubled Blood | Nominated |
| Ian Fleming Steel Dagger | 2021 | Troubled Blood | Nominated |
| Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year | 2016 | Career of Evil | Nominated |

## Film and theatre

Film and theatre awards :
| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| British Academy Film Awards | 2010 | Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema | Harry Potter film series | Won |
| British Academy Children's Awards | 2011 | Feature Film | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Won |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | 2017 | Best New Play | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | Won |
| Tony Awards | 2018 | Best Play | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | Won |

## Career awards
### State

State awards :
| Year | Country | Honour | Citation |
| 2000 | UK | Order of the British Empire (OBE) | Services to children's literature |
| 2003 | Spain | Prince of Asturias Award for Concord | Children's literature |
| 2008 | UK | Edinburgh Award | Contributions to Edinburgh |
| 2009 | France | Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur | |
| 2012 | UK | Freedom of the City of London | Services to children's literature |
| 2017 | UK | Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) | Services to literature and philanthropy |

### Academic

Academic awards :
| Year | Institution | Honour |
| 2000 | Dartmouth College | Honorary degree |
| 2000 | Edinburgh Napier University | Honorary degree |
| 2000 | University of Exeter | Honorary degree |
| 2000 | University of St Andrews | Honorary degree |
| 2002 | Royal Society of Edinburgh | Fellowship (HonFRSE) |
| 2002 | Royal Society of Literature | Fellowship (FRSL) |
| 2004 | University of Edinburgh | Honorary degree |
| 2006 | University of Aberdeen | Honorary degree |
| 2008 | Harvard University | Honorary degree |
| 2008 | University College Dublin | James Joyce Award |
| 2017 | Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh | Fellowship (FRCPE) |

### Popular culture

Popular culture awards :
| Year | Awarded by | Title | Result |
| 1999 | Glamour | Woman of the Year | Won |
| 2007 | Time | Person of the Year | Runner-up |
| 2007 | Barbara Walters (ABC) | Most Fascinating Person of the Year | Won |
| 2010 | National Magazine Company | Most Influential Woman in the UK | Won |

### Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous career awards :
| Year | Organisation | Award |
| 2007 | Blue Peter | Gold Blue Peter badge |
| 2010 | Hans Christian Andersen Literature Committee | Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award |
| 2016 | PEN America | PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award |
| 2018 | Museum of Pop Culture | Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame |
| 2019 | Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights | Ripple of Hope Award (returned in 2020) |