George Konell Award
This year, the George Konell Prize of the State Capital of Wiesbaden will once again be awarded. This is a literature prize for school pupils. The prize was last awarded in 2023. The award ceremony took place on November 22 at the Literaturhaus.
The literature prize for pupils in grades 9 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 5 pages. The prize is endowed with € 500 as well as a recognition prize for the runner-up.
The award ceremony is expected to take place in November 2025 at the Literaturhaus. The winners will not be announced until the award ceremony. In addition to the awarding of the prize by the Head of Cultural Affairs, the two winning texts will be read by an actor or actress.
The closing date for submissions is September 30, 2025. Send submissions by email to: literaturhauswiesbadende
About the 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 End 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 "Would have"