The Paris Literary Prize was a biennial literary prize for unpublished novellas by new authors from anywhere in the world."Paris Literary Icon Launches Prize and Magazine", Publishers Weekly, 2 June 2010 It was founded in 2010 by the Paris-based Shakespeare and Company bookstore, and sponsored in collaboration with the de Groot Foundation. The prize was for authors who had never published a book before, and their submission is a novella, defined as 20,000 to 30,000 words in length.Paris Literary Award , terms and conditions. The first winner was announced on 16 June 2011.
After two awards it went into hiatus, saying "We'd love to hold another edition of the prize at some point, but we are unable to fix a date at this time."Quote is from The Paris Literary Prize , official website.
Winners and Runners-up Blue Ribbon () = winner
2011"A Journey of Discovery" , Erica Wagner, The Times, 18 June 2011"Paris Literary Prize 2011" , Vingt Paris, 17 June 2011
Winner: Rosa Rankin-Gee, The Last Kings of Sark Adam Biles, Grey Cats Agustín Maes, Newborn
2013
Winner C.E. Smith, Body Electric Svetlana Lavochkina, Dam Duchess Tessa Brown, Sorry for Partying
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External links The Paris Literary Prize , official website.