On 16 May 2025, an international jury composed of seven literary experts have announced the laureate of the Grand Prix and the two special mentions out of the 13 shortlisted emerging authors for the 2025 edition of the European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL).

The 2025 laureate and special mentions are

• Grand Prix laureate: Nicoletta Verna from Italy with I Giorni di Vetro (The Days of Glass), Publisher: Einaudi
• Special mentions:
  • Philippe Marczewski from Belgium with Quand Cécile (When Cécile), Publisher: Le Seuil
  • Sheila Armstrong from Ireland with Falling Animals, Publisher: Bloomsbury

The 2025 shortlisted authors

• Austria: Ljuba Arnautović (First Daughters)
• Belgium: Philippe Marczewski (When Cécile)
• Bosnia-Herzegovina: Mihaela Šumić (The Wolf Man)
• Georgia: Tea Topuria (By Jacob's Well)
• Greece: Makis Malafekas (Deepfake)
• Ireland: Sheila Armstrong (Falling Animals)
• Italy: Nicoletta Verna (The Days of Glass)
• Lithuania: Kotryna Zylė (Beloved Bones)
• Norway: Maria Kjos Fonn (Margaret, Are You Grieving)
• Romania: Bogdan Crețu (Less Than Love)
• Slovakia: Lukáš Cabala (Will you remember Trenčín?)
• Spain: David Uclés (The Peninsula of Empty Houses)
• Ukraine: Halyna Matveeva (The Key of G)

The laureate receives €10 000 as well as financial contribution for two translations covering 80% of costs. The two special mentions receive €5 000 as well as financial contribution for one translation covering 80% of costs, whereas the other shortlisted authors will receive financial contribution for one translation covering 60% of costs.

All shortlisted authors will be continuously promoted across Europe. This will help them reach a wider and more international audience, as well as connect with readers beyond their national and linguistic borders.

About the prize

The EUPL recognises emerging fiction writers from the European Union and beyond since its creation in 2009. The prize celebrates outstanding new literary talents from all 40 countries participating in the Creative Europe programme.

Highlighting the creativity and the immense and diverse wealth of Europe’s contemporary literature in the field of fiction, the prize promotes the circulation of literature within Europe and encourage greater interest in non-national literary works.

The EUPL is organised by a consortium of associations comprising the Federation of European Publishers (FEP) and the European and International Booksellers Federation (EIBF), with the support of the European Commission.