The August Prize

The Swedish Publishers’ Association is the founder of the August Prize, an annual book prize awarded in three categories: The best Swedish book of fiction of the year, the best Swedish book of non-fiction of the year, and the best Swedish children’s book of the year.

All publishing houses in Sweden (not only members of the Publishers’ Association) are permitted to submit books. A jury of five members for each category nominates six titles for the shortlist among those submitted. The nominees are revealed at a press conference in late October.

The August Prize Gala takes place at the end of November, where the prize-winners of each category receive their prizes (SEK 100,000 per category and a statuette by the by the artist Mikael Fare per person). The event gets a lot of attention, and is covered by both press and broadcasting media.