The Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction and Library of Congress Lifetime Achievement Award for the Writing of Fiction, which is an annual book award presented by the Librarian of Congress each year at the National Book Festival, was established in 2009 as a lifetime achievement,  award (although the first award was presented in 2008), and since 2013 the award was renamed to the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction.
That honor inspired the Library to grant subsequent fiction-writing awards, beginning with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction from 2009-2012. Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction (formerly the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction and Library of Congress Lifetime Achievement Award for the Writing of Fiction) is an annual book award presented by the Librarian of Congress each year at the National Book Festival. It was established in 2009 as a lifetime achievement award, although the first award was presented in 2008. Beginning in 2013, the award was renamed to the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. 
