The third season of the DAR Prize accepts prose works (novels, novellas, short story and essay collections, documentary prose) published by publishing houses or literary magazines in 2025.
Nominations for the award can be made by publishers, magazine editors, as well as by the authors themselves or third parties (with the author’s consent and written confirmation).
The DAR Prize is open to all authors. Given the prize's main goals — promoting contemporary Russian-language literature outside of Russia — and the nature of the award itself (a translation grant), priority will be given to authors whose works have not previously been translated into English, French, or German.
Submissions open on July 15, 2026, and close on October 15, 2026. From the submitted books, the Council of Experts will select 12 titles for the shortlist. The shortlist will be announced on January 20, 2027. The Independent Jury will announce the winner on May 25, 2027. (Each member of the Jury selects between one and three works from the list. The author whose work receives the highest total number of votes is declared the winner.) The winner will receive a translation grant into three languages: English, German, and French.
Only works in electronic format (PDF), published in 2025, will be accepted for the competition.
