Database
- Bernstein Prize for Literature
- Bialik Prize
- Geffen Award
- Minister of Culture and Sport Prizes in the Field of Hebrew Literary Creation
- The Agnon Prize for Prose
- The Brenner Prize
- The Haim Guri Award for Hebrew Poetry
- The Jerusalem Prize for Literature
- The Levi Eshkol Prize for Hebrew Authors
- The Sapir Prize for Literature
- The Zelda Prize for Poetry
- Y.L. and Rachel Goldberg Prize (Jewish National Fund Prize)
- Yehuda Amichai Prize for Hebrew Poetry
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An annual literary prize awarded to emerging writers in various literary fields, including fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and poetry.
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The Bialik Prize for Literature and Jewish Thought is a literary award presented by the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality to authors in the fields of literature and Jewish thought.
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Awarded annually for the best science fiction and fantasy books and stories published in Hebrew. The prize is awarded by the Israeli Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy.
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Awarded by the Ministry of Culture and Sport in several categories within the field of Hebrew literature and poetry.
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A 40,000 NIS prize awarded to an author who has published at least two books, with the goal of encouraging the continued creation of high-quality literature. The prize is presented by Agnon House.
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Once a year, the Association awards the Brenner Prize for prose and for a debut book or poetry book. Meir Uziel serves as the prize’s artistic director. Recipients include Yishai Sarid, Sami Berdugo, Ronit Matalon, Eli Amir, and David Grossman.
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Established in 2021, this prize of NIS 30,000 is granted to one or two Hebrew poets and is presented at the opening of the One Square Meter Festival.
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Since 1963, the Jerusalem Prize has been awarded every two years as part of the International Book Fair, to an author whose writing expresses and advances the idea of “the freedom of the individual in society.” Since 2019, the prize has been awarded as part of the International Writers Forum, the successor project to the fair. Some recipients of the Jerusalem Prize later went on to win the Nobel Prize in Literature: Bertrand Russell, Octavio Paz, V. S. Naipaul, Mario Vargas Llosa, and J. M. Coetzee.
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Awarded to Hebrew-language authors who have published at least two books in one or more of the following literary genres: poetry, prose, playwriting, essays, literary criticism, or literary editing.
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The Sapir Prize for Literature, established by Mifal HaPais in 2000, is awarded annually to the best book of the year and to the best debut book of the year, as selected by a panel of judges.
The Sapir Prize was created to encourage high-quality literary work in Hebrew and to promote a culture of reading in Israel, thereby contributing to the advancement of Israeli culture. The selection of prize winners is carried out in stages: In the first stage, a longlist of twelve books is selected from among dozens of candidates. Each nominee on this list receives a monetary award of 30,000 NIS.
In the second stage, a shortlist is chosen, consisting of five books from the longlist nominees. Each nominee on the shortlist receives a monetary award of 60,000 NIS. The shortlist for the debut category includes three titles, and each nominee on this list receives a monetary award of 30,000 NIS. In the third and final stage, the Sapir Prize winner is selected from among the shortlist nominees. The winner receives a monetary award of 180,000 NIS, and the book is translated into Arabic and into another foreign language of the author׳s choice.
The winner in the debut category receives a monetary award of 75,000 NIS. In addition, Mifal HaPais provides public libraries across the country with the five shortlisted books and the winning debut book. -
In 2022, Mashiv HaRuach established a prize named after Zelda, one of the most unique and beloved poets in modern Hebrew literature. The prize is awarded in partnership with the Jerusalem Municipality and the “Creating Memory” initiative.
In addition to excellence and poetic originality, the committee of judges also considers poets who integrate the specific characteristics of Zelda’s poetry – creating and shaping a vivid and experiential memory, deeply Jewish while also profoundly universal and human.
The prize is awarded in two separate categories: established poets and emerging poets. In the short time since its establishment, it has become one of the most prestigious poetry prizes in Israel. -
Award for original Hebrew literary works in poetry and prose, published in print within the three years prior to submission for the prize.
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Awarded annually by the Ministry of Culture and Sport and the Jerusalem Municipality to Israeli poets writing in Hebrew.
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