The awards were founded by Iain Dale, who said that "2015 is a massive year for everyone in politics, and by definition anyone who writes about it".
The awards were founded in 2013 after a tongue-in-cheek Africa for Norway video created by The Norwegian Students and Academics International Assistance Fundnd (SAIH) became a viral hit.
The Coretta Scott King Book Award was founded in 1969 to honour the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr., and his wife, Coretta Scott King.
The Astrid Lindgren memorial award was founded in 2002 by the Swedish government, and has been won in the past by Shaun Tan, Maurice Sendak and Philip Pullman.
The award was founded by the Swedish government in 2003 to honour Astrid Lindgren, the author of the much-loved Pippi Longstocking books.
The award was founded in 2000 with a $50 million gift from Morris Silverman, now 91, a native of nearby Troy, N.Y., who made a fortune as an entrepreneur in the equipment leasing business.
Ten years later, in 1996, the Alfred Fagon award was founded in order to commemorate his life and work, and to support the work of playwrights of African and/or Caribbean descent.
Spingarn Medal, gold medal awarded annually by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAACPP) since 1915 to honour "the man or woman of African descent and American citizenship who shall have made the highest achievement during the preceding year or years in any honorable field" (as it was phrased when the award was founded).
Named in honour of 18th-century British bookseller John Newbery, the award was founded in 1922, with previous winners including children's classics such as Hugh Lofting's The Voyages of Dr Dolittle, Madeline L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time and Lloyd Alexander's The High King.
He's so proud of his Bafta nomination that it's the only thing he doesn't make a joke about – not least because the Rising Star award was founded in 2006 to honour casting director Mary Selway, mother of Hoult's long-time agent Kate Buckley.
The award was founded as the Oswald Watt Prize later in 1921.
