Persian Literature Awards
- Sadegh Hedayat Award
- National Ferdowsi Prize
- Houshang Golshiri Award
- Bijan Jalali Award
- Iran's Annual Book Prize
- Martyr Avini Literary Award
- Mehrgan Adab Prize
- Parvin Etesami Award
- Yalda Literary Award
- Isfahan Literary Award
- Persian Speculative Art and Literature Award
- Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards
- Golden Pen Awards
- Lois Roth Persian Translation Prize
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