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It is the Nobel Prize season once more. Every year, people who have made a significant contribution to the World win this prize. From Monday, 6th October 2014, Nobel Prize winners of 2014 will be announced.

Nobel Peace Prize and Nobel for literature are the most looked forward to.

Any guesses who could win Nobel Peace Prize for 2014? Well, you might have read about them on The Whiz Times. If not, follow the links below the pictures and read more about the interesting story of these people.

Here are some of the top potential candidates for winning the prize this year, as predicted by Kristian Berg Harpviken, director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), one of few experts to publish an annual shortlist of likely winners:

1) Malala Yousufzai: Will this teenager win the Nobel Peace Prize this year?

malala wins the Sakharov human rights prize.

Attagirl! Photo taken on September 3, 2013 shows Malala Yousafzai, the 16-year-old Pakistani advocate for girls education who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012.
AFP PHOTO / PAUL ELLIS Read more about Malala in these stories: The story of Malala Yousafzai Malala is on to something new Malala's Speech at United Nations 2) Edward Snowden: The man who told the world

Edward Snowden
Image by AFP PHOTO / THE GUARDIAN Who is Edward Snowden? Edward Snowden has a new home However, since Edward Snowden is wanted by the US police for giving out government data to public, he might a controversial person to award the prize. But who knows? 3) Pope Francis

Pope Francis AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO Pope Francis is said to advocate uplift the cause of poor and bring the world's attention on to the poor people. But critics say he has yet to achieve something big before which he should receive a Nobel Prize. More about Pope Francis Welcome the new Pope

Nobel Prize can also be awarded to organizations, not only people. This year, one possible organization is Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta. Last year, the Peace Prize went to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Nobel Prize for previous years:

Nobel Prize for Physics Related: See an animated video about what is Higgs Boson Nobel Prize for Chemistry Nobel Prize for Medicine Nobel Prize for Literature Read about the first woman to win a prize that is called the Nobel Prize for maths Who are you backing? Who do you want to win? Write in the comments below!

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