| A | B |
|---|
| Awarded by the NAACP since 1915 for outsanding achievement by an African-American | Springarn Medal (2011 winner Frankie Muse Freeman) |
| U.S. Highest Civilian Award | Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America | Nebula Awards Octavia Butler received a posthumous award) |
| Mystery Writers of America | Edgar Awards |
| World Science Fiction Society | Hugo Awards |
| Best Play | Tony Awards |
| Best Television Shows | Emmy Awards (2012 best comedy Modern Family, best drama, Homeland) |
| Hollywood Press Assocation Awards | Golden Globe Awards |
| Proctor and Gamble sponsors this film, television, and music award | People's Choice Awards |
| Awards for Film | Academy Awards (Oscars) |
| Oscar for Best Film 2011 | The Artist |
| Oscar for Best Film 2012 | Argo (Story of freeing American diplomats in post-revolutionary Iran) |
| Oscar Best Actor 2011 | Jean Dujardin (The Artist) |
| Oscar Best Actress 2011 | Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady) about Margaret Thatcher |
| Music Awards | Grammy |
| Best R&B song 2011 | "Fool for You" Cee Lo Green and Melanie Fiona |
| Best R&B album 2011 | F.A.M.E. Chris Brown |
| Award for Journalism | Pulziter Prize (Named for Joseph Pulitzer) |
| International prizes in various fields | Nobel Prizes (Named for Alfred Nobel the inventor of dynamite) |
| Nobel Prizes in Literature 2012 | Mo Yan |
| Nobel Prize in Physics 2012 | Serge Haroche and David Wineland for work to measure and manipulate quantum particles. |
| Nobel Prize Peace 2012 | European Union |
| Nobel Prize Chemistry 2012 | Lefkowitz and Kobilka (G-protein coupler receptors) |
| Nobel Prize Medicine | Gurdon and Yamanaka (discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent |
| U.S. medal for wounded soldiers | Purple Heart (Image of George Washington) |
| Highest Military Award in the US | Congressional Medal of Honor |
| Highest British Military Award | Victoria Cross (Until 1917 metal for the award was made from the Russian cannons captured at Sevastapol during the Crimean War) |
| Highest Germany Military Award | Iron Cross |
