The Paris Literary Prize was a biennial literary prize for unpublished

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s by new authors from anywhere in the world."Paris Literary Icon Launches Prize and Magazine"
''Publishers Weekly'', 2 June 2010 It was founded in 2010 by the Paris-based Shakespeare and Company bookstore, and sponsored in collaboration with the de Groot Foundation. The prize was for authors who had never published a book before, and their submission is a

, defined as 20,000 to 30,000 words in length. The first winner was announced on 16 June 2011. After two awards it went into hiatus, saying "We'd love to hold another edition of the prize at some point, but we are unable to fix a date at this time."

Winners and Runners-up

Blue Ribbon () = winner 2011 * Winner:

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, ''The Last Kings of Sark'' *

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, ''Grey Cats'' *

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, ''Newborn'' 2013 * Winner C.E. Smith, ''Body Electric'' *

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, ''Dam Duchess'' *

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, ''Sorry for Partying''

Notes

External links

The Paris Literary Prize
official website. {{DEFAULTSORT:Paris Literary Prize, The Awards established in 2010 French literary awards International literary awards Literary awards honoring unpublished books or writers First book awards Novella awards 2010 establishments in France