George Konell Award
In 2025, the George Konell Prize of the State Capital of Wiesbaden, a literature prize for pupils, was awarded once again. The award ceremony took place on November 19, 2025.
The literature prize for students in grades nine to 13 at Wiesbaden schools is awarded every two years. A self-written prose text, a short story or an essay can be submitted for the competition. The text should demonstrate a confident, sensitive and creative use of the German language. A topic is not specified. The text should not exceed five pages. The prize is endowed with 500 euros as well as a recognition prize for the runner-up.
The award ceremony always takes place in November at the Literaturhaus. The winners are only announced at the award ceremony. In addition to the awarding of the prize by the Head of Cultural Affairs, the two winning texts are read by an actor or actress.
Award ceremony 2025
The prize, endowed with 500 euros, was awarded on November 19 at the Villa Clementine. Afterwards, both winning texts were performed by an actor or actress. The event is organized by the Wiesbaden Cultural Office.
About the sponsorship award
The George Konell Prize has been awarded since 1997 and was donated by Ilse Konell, the widow of Wiesbaden-based poet George Konell. The writer, who died in 1991, spent many decades of his life in Wiesbaden.
Former award winners
| 1997 | Bernd Beber "Light and Darkness" |
| 2001 | Janina Schmidt "Dark Pages" |
| 2003 | Nele Prinz "Missed Opportunity" |
| 2005 | Nicolas Jacobs "Street Queen" |
| 2007 | Mila Hosny "Barn Owl" |
| 2009 | Anja Lobbenmeier "Friday Afternoon" |
| 2011 | Katharina Korbach "In the final effect" |
| 2013 | Arian Abdollahie "Sleepwalker" |
| 2015 | Luise Heyde-Schulte "The sky burned turquoise" |
| 2017 | Lina-Marie Brandes "Somewhere in between" |
| 2019 | Aaron Bitzer "Rendezvous" |
| 2021 | Clara Wendel "Foreign body" |
| 2023 | Zoe Lara Löhmann "Hätte" |