At the last count ANA has 14 literary prizes award categories(for both published and unpublished works) cutting across all the genres of literature and open to both young and old Nigerian writers, at home and abroad, with the least cash prize being ₦50,000 and the highest being $2,500.These prizes, endowed by institutions and individuals and administered by ANA are publicly advertised, entered for, judged by reputable panel of judges and awarded without fail every year as appropriate. The detail of these prizes are as follows:
| S/No. | Competition | Category of Entries | Prizes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ANA/Cadbury Prize for Poetry | Published works only | $2,500 |
| 2 | ANA/NDDC Flora Nwapa Prize for Women (Creative) Writing | Published works only | N100,000 |
| 3 | ANA/NDDC Gabriel Okara Prize for Poetry | Published unpublished works | ₦100,000 |
| 4 | ANA/NDDC J. P. Clark Prize for Drama | Published unpublished works | ₦100,000 |
| 5 | ANA/NDDC Ken Saro Wiwa Prize for Prose | Published unpublished works | ₦100,000 |
| 6 | ANA/Chevron Prose Prize on Environmental issues (Prose) | Published works only | $2000 |
| 7 | ANA/Esiaba Irobi Prize for Playwriting | Published unpublished works | ₦50, 000 |
| 8 | ANA/Jacaranda Prize for Prose Fiction | Published works only | ₦50,000 |
| 9 | ANA/Funtime Prize for Children’s Literature (Prose) *Winning entry to be published by sponsor (Funtime Publications) with a sign on advance royalty of N250,000 | unpublished works only, Ages 8-15 | ₦150,000 |
| 10 | ANA/Atiku Abubakar Prize for Children’s Literature | Published works and picture books only; Ages 0-7 | ₦100,000 |
| 11 | ANA/Lantern Books Prize for Children’s Fiction *Winning entry to be published by Lantern Books. | Unpublished works only, Ages 8 – 15 | ₦100,000 |
| 12 | ANA/James Ene Henshaw Prize for Playwriting *Playwright of winning entry to work with an experienced director for the production of the play | Unpublished play scripts only | ₦100,000 |
| 13 | ANA/NECO Teen Author Prize (prose) | Published unpublished works | ₦100,000 |
| 14 | ANA/Mazariyya Teen Author Prize (poetry) | Published unpublished works | ₦50,000 |
However, during the Remi Raji led ANA National Executive Council (2011-2013) the list of annual prizes were audited to exclude prizes whose sponsors’ were no longer forthcoming or became inoperatable due to some other administrative issues. Consequently, the list of subsisting ANA awards to date is as follows:
| S/No. | Competition | Category of Entries | Prizes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ANA Prize for Poetry | Published unpublished works | ₦100,000.00 |
| 2 | ANA Prize for Prose Fiction | Published unpublished works | ₦100,000.00 |
| 3 | ANA Prize for Drama | Published unpublished works | ₦100,000.00 |
| 4 | ANA/Maria Ajima Prize for Literary Criticism | Focus on criticism of emergent Nigerian Literature | ₦100,000.00 |
| 5 | ANA/Abubakar Gimba Prize for Fiction (Short Stories collections) | Published works only | ₦200,000.00 |
| 6 | ANA Children’s Literature Prize (for ages 7-13 years) | Published works only | ₦100,000.00 |