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135 publishers have submitted 213 titles for the German Non-Fiction Prize 2025

135 German-language publishers have submitted a total of 213 titles to compete for the German Non-Fiction Prize 2025. 112 of these publishers are based in Germany, 18 in Austria and 5 in Switzerland.

Each publisher was allowed to submit a maximum of two monographs published or to be published between 24 April 2024 and 29 April 2025, when the nominations will be announced. In addition, each publisher could recommend up to five further titles from their own programme. This list of recommendations comprises 143 titles. The jury for the German Non-Fiction Prize may request additional titles from this list.

Selection and awarding of the prize

In a two-stage process, the jury begins by compiling a shortlist comprising eight titles, which will be published on 29 April 2025. From this shortlist, the winning title is then chosen and announced at the award ceremony in the Small Hall of the Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg on 17 June 2025.