Aleksandar Tišma Foundation Novi Sad, Serbia, is announcing a Call for Submissions for The Aleksandar Tišma International Literary Prize which will be awarded this year for the book written or translated and published in the years 2024 and 2025 in any of these three languages: French, English or German, or for the writer’s entire body of work. The title submitted can be in any literary genre and by authors from any country in the world. The prize comprises a certificate and a cash award (10000 euros). Guidelines for the submission can be found on the Aleksandar Tišma Foundation web page http://www.tisma-foundation.com/index.php/en/prize/prize-rules-and-regulations

Literary critics, publishers or institutions need to submit a PDF version of the book in one of the three languages: French, English or German alongside the justification for their choice to the following e-mail address This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Call for Submissions is open until 31 March 2026. International jury consisting of five renowned writers and critics (Karl-Markus Gauß, Ilma Rakusa, László Márton, Vladislava Gordić Petković and Mathias Énard) will choose the winner of The Aleksandar Tišma International Literary Prize by the end of May 2026.