In honour of his brother and collaborator, Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt (1830–1870), the académie has awarded the Prix Goncourt every December since 1903.
U čast njegovog brata i suradnika, Julesa Alfreda Huot de Goncourta, Akademija je svake godine, počevši 1903., u prosincu dodjeljivala Prix Goncourt.