The short list of the joint literary award "Litera" of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Georgia and the Writers' House is known. The confidential jury named the finalists in 6 nominations.

This year's finalists are:

Best Book Design of the Year

1. Natia Zarandia for Jeff Vandermir's book "Annihilation", Palitra L Publishing.
2. Nini Palavandishvili for the book "Mosaic of the Soviet period in Georgia", Sulakauri Publishing;
3. Tinatin Chkhikvishvili for Jana Amirejibi's book "I - a real Kokosha", Artanuji Publishing;
4. Ia Gabunia for Misha Bakhsoliani's book "Cannibalism", Sulakauri Publishing;
5. Tornike Lortkipanidze forGuram Tsibakhashvili's book "Winter is over", Indigo Publishing;
6. Ia Gabunia for Koka Archvadze's book "Chinese Diary", Sulakauri Publishing.

Best Debut of the Year

1. Maia Tsiramua - "Goodbye, Uncle Gershwin!", Books in Batumi Publishing; 
2. Datia Badalashvili - "Pines were far away", Intelekti Publishing;
3. Nini Eliashvili - "After the point", Intelekti Publishing;
4. Dato Jikia - "Cacafonia", Intelekti Publishing;
5. Sopho Kublashvili - "God of Okribi", Intelekti Publishing;
6. Lexo Kurkhuli - "Crimson Planet Mars", Intelekti Publishing.

Best Documentary Prose

1. Giorgi Arkania, Gigi Gioshvili, Elene Chirakadze, Ketevan Sikharulidze, Tinatin Bikashvili, Vitali Machavariani, Evgeni        Chanishvili - "440 days before the independence of Georgia", Artanuji Publishing;
2. Kakha Tolordava - "Unmixed", "Sulakauri Publishing House";
3. Giorgi Maisuradze - "Another Language", Indigo Publishing;
4. Shorena Lebanidze - "If necessary, we will make you tell", Artanuji Publishing.

Best Poetry Collection of the Year

1. Giorgi Ekizashvili - "Faraway Tones", Agora Publishing House;
2. Shota Iatashvili - "Poet of the beginning of the XXI century", Intelekti Publishing;
3. Nato Ingorokva - "Between Stations", Intelekti Publishing.

Best Prose Collection of the Year

1. Besik Kharanauli - "Big Drinking", Intelekti Publishing;
2. Eka Kevanishvili - "Nothing about my mother", Books in Batumi Publishing;
3. Jana Amirejibi - "I - a real Kokosha", Artanuji Publishing;
4. Salome Makaridze - "152", Mepe Publishing;
5. Koka Archvadze - "Chinese Diary", Sulakauri Publishing.

Best Novel of the Year

1. Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili - "Zinka Man", Sulakauri Publishing;
2. Misha Bakhsoliani - "Cannibal", Sulakauri Publishing;
3. Irakli Samsonadze - "The Funeral Wake and the Wedding", Intelekti Publishing;
4. Beso Solomanashvili - "Story of the old executed and story of the new to be executed", Sulakauri Publishing.

The winners of the Literary Award Litera in 2016-2019 were: Besik Kharanauli, Vakhtang Javakhadze, Naira Gelashvili, Zviad Ratiani, Zurab Karumidze, Nana Ekvtimishvili, Archil Kikodze, Rostom Chkheidze, Giorgi Shonia, Soso Meshveliani, Lela Samniashvili, Nika Lashkhia, Natalia Avaliani, Maxime Machaidze and others.