A welcome change in the Sapphire Prize for Literature of the Lottery for 2022: The Lottery today announces an increase of NIS 200,000 in the amount of grants to the winners of the Sapphire Prize and the First Prize.
This year, it will also be possible to apply through publishers and independently.
As of this year, the candidates on the "long list" will receive a prize of NIS 30,000 per candidate instead of NIS 20,000 (as was customary in previous years).
Candidates for the "short list" will be awarded a prize of NIS 60,000 (instead of NIS 40,000).
The winner of the Sapir Prize for Literature of the Lottery will be awarded NIS 180,000 (instead of NIS 150,000).
His book will also be translated and published in Arabic and another language of his choice.
This year, the journalist and author Oren Nahari will serve as chairman of the award's judging committee:
The most fascinating of all, the ones I was excited about before, during and after the interview most of all to interview them were the writers.
And this is still the case - Umberto Eco, Neil Gaiman, Robert Harris, Vikram Chandra and many others - and of course their Israeli colleagues - are the ones who have opened the doors to the world of magic since I started reading at the age of five.
I am proud and excited to accept this heavy task at the heart of the Israeli world of culture and literature. "
As of today (Sunday, 8.5), Mifal HaPais publishes a call for independent publishers and writers to submit applications for the Sapir Prize for Literature for 2022. Applications for the Sapir Prize for Literature can be submitted by filling out an electronic form on the Mifal HaPais website: www.pais.co.il until 29.5 .22.
Applications can be submitted for a literary work published by a publisher, including a digital publisher, as well as a self-published literary work.
Nominations are also possible for Israeli writers who have originally written a literary work in a foreign language in the last five years and which has been translated into Hebrew and published in the past year.
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