Literary award · Germany · since 2000
Nicolas Born Award
Annual literary award of Lower Saxony. Established 2000 in Germany.
About Nicolas Born Award
The Nicolas Born Prize, awarded by the German state of Lower Saxony, is a literary prize given since 2000 in honour of the writer Nicolas Born. It is awarded to notable German-language writers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The main prize is currently 20,000 Euros, and since 2015 a further 10,000 Euro prize has been awarded to a debut author.
From the Wikipedia article “Nicolas Born Prize”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Recent winners
| Year | Winner | Winning work |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Christoph Ransmayr | — |
| 2017 | Franzobel | — |
| 2016 | Ulrike Draesner | — |
| 2015 | Daniela Krien | — |
| 2015 | Lukas Bärfuss | — |
| 2013 | Gerhard Henschel | — |
| 2012 | Jan Peter Bremer | — |
| 2011 | Peter Waterhouse | — |
| 2010 | Gerd-Peter Eigner | — |
| 2008 | Hans Pleschinski | — |
| 2007 | Hanns-Josef Ortheil | — |
| 2006 | John Düffel | — |
| 2005 | Klaus Modick | — |
| 2004 | Felicitas Hoppe | — |
From Wikidata; the list may be incomplete for some years.
Eligibility and entering
Check the official rules of the Nicolas Born Award 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 Q1986345 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).