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The AlterPublishing Awards

Each year, AlterPublishing singles out one book published in its catalogue.

This prize highlights a book that stands out for the power of its writing, the uniqueness of its voice, or the accuracy of its perspective. It is not an open competition: the prize is awarded to a work published by AlterPublishing.

Award winners by year

2015 - Jacqueline Duvary - Opposite Loves - Novel

2016 - Yves Le Men - Vision in the Animal World - Thesis

2017 - Hervé Gaillet - Behind the Lines - The Investigations of Pierre Benoit - Exofiction

2018 - The Urban Chouan - Chronicles of the Elegant Man - Chronicles

2019 - Sophie Tellier - Dear Elusive Liane de Pougy - Musical Theatre

2020 - Didier Voyenne - The Palindrome - Thriller

2021 - Frank Gröninger - Douce Frankreich (French and German language versions) - Autobiography

2022 - Jeremy Circus - The Von Vampire Family - Children's Story

2023 - Julien Scavini - Notes on Elegance - Notes (on men's fashion)

2024 - not awarded (dedicated to Denis Garcia, co-founder of AlterPublishing, 1958-2024)

2025 - Xavier Baert - (R)EXIST: - Visual and Literary Historical Chronicles

The AlterPublishing Award Rules

 

1. Price scope

The prize is awarded to a book listed in the AlterPublishing catalogue, across all genres: novel, narrative, essay, memoir, theatre, chronicles, children's literature or hybrid forms.

 

2. Selection procedures

The winner is chosen by AlterPublishing. The selection is based on an editorial assessment that considers, in particular:

  • the quality of the writing,

  • the uniqueness of the voice,

  • consistency with AlterPublishing's editorial line,

  • the book's journey since its publication.

 

3. Applications

The prize is not open to applications. Only works published by AlterPublishing are eligible.

 

4. Awarding of the prize

The prize is awarded once a year. AlterPublishing reserves the right not to award the prize in a given year.

 

5. Announcement and communication

The winner is announced on the AlterPublishing website and may be the subject of dedicated publicity. On this occasion, AlterPublishing may use the author's name, the title of the work, its cover, and excerpts from the book.

The Pierre Benoit Award of the French Academy

Hervé Gaillet (AlterPublishing Award 2017) won the Pierre Benoît Award awarded by the Académie française in 2021 for his book Pierre Benoit, autrement , published by AlterPublishing in 2020 .

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