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Conrad Prize

It’s difficult enough to publish a debut book, and even harder to have it reach a wide audience. Awarded since 2015, the Conrad Prize is Poland’s first and only distinction for literary debut. The authors are assigned a residential programme in Kraków to provide them with a space to work on their next text.

The distinction also encourages publishing houses to take on the risk of releasing books by up-and-coming authors. The Conrad Prize is a part of the municipal debut-supporting programme of the Kraków UNESCO City of Literature programme. The prize is funded and organised by the City of Kraków with support from the Tygodnik Powszechny Foundation and KBF.

Past winners:
2015: Liliana Hermetz, Alicyjka (Nisza)
2016: Żanna Słoniowska, Dom z witrażem (Znak Literanova)
2017: Anna Cieplak, Ma być czysto (Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej)
2018: Weronika Gogola, Po trochu (Książkowe Klimaty)
2019: Olga Hund, Psy ras drobnych (Korporacja Ha!art)
2020: Dorota Kotas, Pustostany (Niebieska Studnia)
2021: Elżbieta Łapczyńska, Bestiariusz nowohucki (Biuro Literackie)
2022: Paulina Siegień, Miasto bajka. Wiele historii Kalinigradu (Wydawnictwo Czarne)

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Miasto Kraków
Agencja Rozwoju Miasta Krakowa
Unia Europejska