The Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia and the Writers’ House initiated the yearly literary award to stimulate literary processes in the country. The award will be given in five nominations:
- The best fiction (short stories/novel) of the year
- The best poetry collection of the year
- The best children’s book of the year
- The best book design of the year
- The best debut of the year
The winners will be awarded with prize of 4 000 GEL.
The competition will accept books/e-books published in Georgian language during 2015; it must be the first publication of the work. Works can be submitted only by publishing houses. Each publisher can only submit maximum of 5 books per nomination.
The 5-member jury ed by the Writers’ House will judge the competition; the members will be changed on yearly basis.
The deadline for submissions is December 25, 2015.
The short list will be announced by the end of March, 2016. Winners will be announced in May 2016, at the award ceremony.
Submissions will be accepted at the Writers’ House, 13, Machabeli Street, Tbilisi, Georgia:
-application form with the contact information;
-3 copies of the nominated book.
E-book can be submitted through the e-mail address: info@writershouse.ge
For more information please contact us through e-mail: info@writershouse.ge; or tel.: +99532 297 41 01; 297 41 02