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The Novel Prize

The Novel Prize is a biennial award for a book-length work of literary fiction written in English by published and unpublished writers around the world. The prize is run jointly by Giramondo Publishing, Fitzcarraldo Editions and New Directions.

The Novel Prize offers US$10,000 to the winner and simultaneous publication of their novel in Australia and New Zealand by Sydney publisher Giramondo, in the UK and Ireland by the London-based Fitzcarraldo Editions, and in North America by New York’s New Directions. The prize recognises works which explore and expand the possibilities of the form, and are innovative and imaginative in style.

Submissions for the 2024 Novel Prize will open on 1 April 2024, closing on 1 June 2024. Submission details will be published on this page on 1 April. For updates, sign up to our newsletter.

The winners of the 2022 Novel Prize, announced in March 2023, are Anne de Marcken for It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over, and Jonathan Buckley for Tell. Their novels were published simultaneously by the three publishers in early March 2024.  

Learn more about the winning titles here.

The inaugural winner of The Novel Prize was Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au, which was selected from over 1500 entries worldwide. Cold Enough for Snow was published in Australia, the UK and the US in February 2022, and is set to be published in eighteen territories. Jessica Au said: ‘The Novel Prize has been an incredible experience – to have had the opportunity to work with publishers of the calibre of Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo Publishing and New Directions, and for Cold Enough for Snow to be translated internationally from there, is something I will continue to be both amazed by and grateful for.’

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For writers from outside Australia and Australasia, please visit www.thenovelprize.com.

The joint winners of the 2022 Novel Prize.