The shortlist of Litera Award, a joint award by Writers' House and Ministry of Culture and Sport of Georgia, is revealed.

Confidential jury named the finalists in 6 nominations.

Literary Award Litera exists since 2016. The winners will be awarded monetary award of 5000 Gel and "Litera" prize.

Initially, the award was awarded in 5 nominations. This year, the nomination “year’s best prose collection” was separated the nomination “year’s best novel/prose collection” and became an independent nomination. Also, only the Litera Award has the nomination for best book cover design.

This year's finalists are:

Best Novel

1.  Naira Gelashvili “” publisher “Caucasian House”
2. Lasha Bughadze “Small country”, Bakur Sulakauri publishing
3. Lasha Imedashvili “Zoro”, Bakur Sulakauri publishing
4. Davit Gabunia, “Disintegration”, Books in Batumi publishing
5. Gaga Nakhutsrishvili, “Winter Sea”, Intelekti publishing
6. Guram Batiashvili, “Eliguda and Khava”, Intelekti publishing
7. Nato Davitashvili “Children of the Moon”, Karchkhadze publishing

Best prose collection

1. Teona Dolenjashvili, “Personal Christ”, Intelekti publishing
2. Beka Kurkhuli, “Scandara and other stories”, Intelekti publishing
3. Maka Jokhadze, “Pine trees in desert”, Intelekti publishing
4. Natia Rostiashvili, “Collector of breaths”, Intelekti publishing
5. Lado Kilasonia, “Silver”, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing
6. Vano Chkhikvadze “Kuti”, Grifoni Publishing

Best poetry collection

1. Zurab Rtveliashvili, “Dictatorship of poetry”, Intelekti publishing
2. Lela Samniashvili, “37”, Intelekti publishing
3. Soso MEshveliani, “Arboles Altos”, Intelekti publishing
4. Bela Chekurishvili, “nudity detector”, Intelekti publishing
5. Nana Gasviani, “what was before the Sun”, Intelekti publishing
6. Paata Shamugia, “Deda Ena”, Books in Batumi Publishing
7. Aleksandre Lortkipanidze “”, Books in Batumi Publishing
8. Giorgi Kekelidze “Letters to God and my father”, Books in Batumi Publishing

Best documentary prose

1. Gela Charkviani “Nigerala 2”, Intelekti publishing
2. Tamta Melashvili “Told and untold stories – Germans in Georgia”, Intelekti publishing
3. Irakli Kakabadze “Doctrine of love”, Intelekti publishing
4. Nino Lejava, “Marigold and blue button”, Sovlab
5. Giorgi Kalandia “Three Georgian stories”, “Palitra L” Publishing
6. Irma Tavelidze “Stalin’sPine trees and other texts” Diogene Publishing
7. Gigi Khornauli “My life”, Artanuji Publishing

Best debut

1. Bakur Gabunia “Vita Brevis”, Intelekti Publishing
2. Ketevan Meparidze, “in the neighborhood”, Intelekti Publishing
3. Guram Matskhonashvili “Gldani”, Books in Batumi Publishing
4. Elis Dojson “”, Palitra L Publishing
5. Shorena Khukhua, “I will enter on a wheelchair”, Palitra L Publishing

Best book cover design

1.  Maksime Machaidze, “Sugar free” by Zurab Jishkariani, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing
2. Ruslan Beridze, “Homo Faber” by Max Frisch, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing
3. Khatia Chitorelidze, “Matericon” by Tamar Tandashvili, Siesta Publishing
4. Tornike Lotrkipanidze, “Marigold and blue button” by Nino Lejava, Sovlab Publishing
5. Teona Chanishvili “Who is afraid of feminism in Georgia”, South Caucasian Bureau of Heinrich Boell Foundation