EBRD Literature Prize for Ukrainian books translated in English

The applications may only be submitted by European (including UK) and North American publishers who:

• Have a valid ISBN — International standard book number.
• Have the price printed in the currency of a European or North American country.
• Have published a book during the period between 15 November 2022 and 14 November 2023.

The author must be a citizen of Ukraine, North America or other EBRD countries of operation. 

Completed application form.

• A brief description of the book and plot summary.
• Biographic details of the author and translator.
• A brief statement as to why the book merits consideration.
• The date of publication and contacts of the publisher.
• Six hard copies of the book.

More about participation requirements here.

Fill out the submission form and together with six hard copies of each book send it to the EBRD Headquarters by 30 November 2023.

The address of Headquarters: Baigalmaa Sanjjav, Office of Secretary General EBRD, 5 Bank Street, London E14 4BG.

• Books written in other EBRD countries of operation languages are also eligible to apply for the competition.
• The author of the work must be living at the time it is submitted.
• Applying books must not be self-translated or self-published.
• Any individual publisher may not submit more than one book per EBRD country of operations but may submit a single book from more than one country of operations. As an example, a UK publisher may submit one book each from Slovenia, from Ukraine, and from Albania, but not two from Ukraine.
• The shortlist will be announced in March 2024, followed by the announcement of the three finalists in May 2024.