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==Awards and other recognition== * ''A Prairie Home Companion'' received a [[Peabody Award]] in 1980. *Keillor received a Medal for Spoken Language from the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]] in 1990.<ref name="UNCSA">{{Cite web |title=Something for Everyone |url=http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/sfe1.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725182713/http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/sfe1.htm |archive-date=July 25, 2011 |access-date=April 26, 2011 |publisher=School of the Arts: University of North Carolina |df=mdy-all}}</ref> * In 1994, Keillor was inducted into the [[National Radio Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Garrison Keillor |url=https://www.radiohalloffame.com/garrison-keillor |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204102451/http://www.radiohalloffame.com/garrison-keillor |archive-date=2018-12-04 |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Radio Hall Of Fame |language=en-US}}</ref> *He received a [[National Humanities Medal]] from the [[National Endowment for the Humanities]] in 1999.<ref name="UNCSA" /> * In 2007, [[The Moth]], a NYC-based not-for-profit storytelling organization, awarded Garrison Keillor the first ''Moth Award β Honoring the Art of the Raconteur'' at the annual Moth Ball.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Themoth.org |url=http://themoth.org/ball |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319231105/http://themoth.org/ball |archive-date=March 19, 2011 |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref> * In September 2007, Keillor was awarded the 2007 [[John Steinbeck Award]], given to artists who capture "the spirit of [[John Steinbeck|Steinbeck]]'s empathy, commitment to democratic values, and belief in the dignity of the common man."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2007 |title=Steinbeck Award 2007: Garrison Keillor |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/236580 |journal=Steinbeck Review |volume=4 |pages=88β92 |doi=10.2307/41582056 |jstor=41582056 |number=2}}</ref> * Keillor received a [[Grammy Awards of 1988#Spoken|Grammy Award]] in 1988 for his recording of ''[[Lake Wobegon Days]]''.<ref name="UNCSA" /> * In 2016, he received the Fitzgerald Award for Achievement in American Literature. * He has also received two [[CableACE Award]]s and a [[Peabody Award|George Foster Peabody Award]].<ref name="UNCSA" />
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