The award jury comprises professional writers, authors, prominent figures from culture, science, and education, as well as public personalities
Mikhail Shishkin
Writer, Jury Chairman
Polina Barskova
Poet
Andrey Bilzho
Artist
Georgi Borissov
Poet, translator, publisher
Ilya Vinitsky
Literarty scholar
Tamara Eydelman
Author of the channel History "Lessons with Tamara Eidelman"
Sergey Gandlevsky
Poet, prose writer
Irina Scherbakova
Historian, chairman of the board Memorial-Zukunft (Berlin)
Elena Fanailova
Poet
Rosemarie Tietze
Translator
Oleg Radzinsky
A former investment banker turned writer
Vera Pavlova
Poet, librettist, performer, musician
Polina Osetinskaya
Pianist
Mikhail Gigolashvili
Writer, artist, publicist, literary scholar
Andrey Makarevich
Musician, artist, poet, writer
Mark Lipovetsky
Philologist, literary scholar
Oleg Lekmanov
Philologist, writer
Ilya Kukulin
Cultural historian, cultural sociologist, literary critic
Dmitry Krymov
Theater and film director
Yuli Gugolev
Poet
Kirill Kobrin
Writer, historian, editor
Andrey Zorin
Literary and cultural historian
Alexander Dolinin
Literary scholar
Alexander Delphinov
Poet, journalist, spoken word artist
Варвара Бабицкая
Литературный критикReaders' Voting
Independent of the main Prize, there is a reader's vote: readers vote for the finalists, one vote corresponding to a minimum contribution of 10 €. The winner is determined by the number of votes, and all funds raised are donated to the authors voted for.











































