The New Academy :: Cast Your (Nobel) Vote

Following the suspension of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature, The New Academy was created “to warrant that an international literary prize will be awarded in 2018, but also as a reminder that literature should be associated with democracy, openness, empathy and respect.”

Librarians from across Sweden were invited to submit nominations of authors for the prize; voting opened to the global public on July 10 and will close on August 14.

The top four nominations from this long list will receive final assessment for the award by an “expert jury” comprised of: Jury President Ann Pålsson, editor and independent publisher; and Jury Members Lisbeth Larsson, Professor of Literature, Gothenburg University;  Peter Stenson, editor and critic; and Gunilla Sandin, librarian director.

The winner will be announced October 14.