Awards and Honours

Awards and Honours

Meet the 2026 MacArthur genius grant winners

Twenty fellows each receive 800,000 dollars with no strings attached.

4 October 2026 · Source: Associated Press

Awards and Honours

Prison radio podcast wins top prize at British Podcast Awards

Hold or Fold was named Podcast of the Year, and Bill Nighy won Best Host.

3 October 2026 · Source: Podnews

Awards and Honours

Black Talent Awards return to Edgbaston for fifth year

Winners in 15 categories will be named at the Chapter Five ceremony where the awards began.

2 October 2026 · Source: Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce

Awards and Honours

Right Livelihood Award honours women taking on power

Jalila Haider, the Rural Women's Assembly, GYLA and Timnit Gebru win the Alternative Nobel.

1 October 2026 · Source: Right Livelihood

Awards and Honours

Right Livelihood Award winners to be named on Wednesday

The jury considered 200 nominations from 72 countries for the Alternative Nobel Prize.

29 September 2026 · Source: Right Livelihood

Awards and Honours

Booker Prize shortlist sets up a November decision

Birmingham's Luke Kennard is among six authors in contention for the 50,000 pound prize.

28 September 2026 · Source: NPR

Awards and Honours

Mercury Prize countdown begins for album of the year

The winner will be revealed on 22 October at the Utilita Arena in Newcastle.

28 September 2026 · Source: Mercury Prize

Awards and Honours

Stirling Prize shortlist marks thirty years of the award

Six buildings compete for the UK's top architecture prize, to be decided on 15 October.

28 September 2026 · Source: RIBA

Awards and Honours

Matthew Rhys makes Emmy history

The Welsh actor is the first man to win two lead acting Emmys in the same year.

28 September 2026 · Source: Deadline

Awards and Honours

Ig Nobel Prizes reward research on kissing, candy and urinals

The 36th ceremony, held in Zurich, honoured science that makes people laugh, then think.

28 September 2026 · Source: CNN