The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is delighted to announce the launch of the EBRD Literature Prize 2024.
The Prize is awarded to a work of fiction originally published in a language of a country where the Bank invests, translated into English and published for the first time in the past year by a European (including UK) or – in a new development for 2024 – North American publisher.
Submissions are invited until 30 November 2023 and will be considered by an independent panel of judges, who will select a shortlist in March 2024, then three finalists. The eventual winner will be announced at an awards ceremony and reception at the Bank’s headquarters in London in June 2024.
Prize money of €20,000 will be awarded to the winning book, divided equally between author and translator. The two other finalists will receive prize money of €4,000, again divided equally between the authors and translators.