Okay, so you know how sometimes when you do something really great, like cleaning your room all by yourself or getting a really good grade on a test, your parents might give you a special prize? Well, the Robert Award is kind of like that, but for really big and important things.
The Robert Award is named after a man named Robert James Waller, who was a writer and photographer. He wrote a book called "The Bridges of Madison County" that was really popular and became a movie. After he passed away, some people wanted to honor him and his work, so they created the Robert Award.
Now, the Robert Award is given out to people who do really amazing things in the world of photography and writing. Like if someone takes a really incredible picture that tells a story or if someone writes a book that lots of people love and learn from. It's a way of saying "Hey, you did an amazing job and we want to recognize you for it!"
So, kind of like how you get a prize for doing something great, grown-ups also sometimes get a prize for doing something great, and that prize is called the Robert Award.