Literary award · Austria · since 1962
Anton Wildgans Prize
Award. Established 1962 in Austria.
About Anton Wildgans Prize
The Anton Wildgans Prize of Austrian Industry is a literary award that was endowed in 1962 by the Federation of Austrian Industry. The prize is worth 15,000 Euro and is granted by an independent jury to a young or middle-aged writer of Austrian citizenship. The award is dedicated to Anton Wildgans who, "like few others, embodied Austrian values in their best sense."
From the Wikipedia article “Anton Wildgans Prize”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Recent winners
| Year | Winner | Winning work |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Karin Peschka | — |
| 2025 | Wolf Haas | — |
| 2024 | Laura Freudenthaler | — |
| 2023 | Christoph W. Bauer | — |
| 2022 | Gertraud Klemm | — |
| 2021 | Andrea Grill | — |
| 2020 | Reinhard Kaiser-Mühlecker | — |
| 2019 | Daniel Kehlmann | — |
| 2018 | Sabine Scholl | — |
| 2017 | Robert Seethaler | — |
| 2016 | Margit Schreiner | — |
| 2015 | Erich Hackl | — |
| 2014 | Barbara Hundegger | — |
| 2013 | Norbert Gstrein | — |
| 2012 | Olga Flor | — |
From Wikidata; the list may be incomplete for some years.
Eligibility and entering
Check the official rules of the Anton Wildgans Prize for the current eligibility window, accepted formats, residency or language requirements and any entry fee. For most established prizes the publisher submits on the author's behalf, often with a limit on entries per imprint.
If you are self-published, look for an explicit statement that independently published books are accepted, and budget for entry fees and copies for judges.
Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q337341 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).