Literary Awards

Initiated in 1924, the literary prizes of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles reward both first-time and already established authors. Besides common literary forms in French and regional languages, the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles also awards prizes for comics and children’s literature. The prizes each have their own specificity and the juries that propose them are composed of experts and specialists in the fields considered.

Founded in 1920, the Académie royale is a major agent of intellectual life at community, national and international level. The Royal Academy of French Language and Literature of Belgium awards its literary prizes each year, in several categories. The prizes honor, among others, poetry, prose and progressive literary works in general.

Established in 1971, the Prix Saint-Michel is one of Europe’s oldest awards, focused on comics. In 2002, the Prix Saint-Michel experienced a new vitality when the organizing team of the Comics-Festival of Brussels took over the organization of this annual event. Composed of a jury of professionals from all sectors of the comics industry, the current committee meets several times a year to assess key trends in the illustrated literature sector, to award an author and his work.

Established in 1938 by the newspaper Le Soir in memory of Victor Rossel, the Prix victor Rossel is the most prestigious literary prize awarded for a Belgian novel or a collection of short stories. Since 2001, the Prix Victor Rossel de jeunes has been awarded by a jury of adolescents, and the Prix Victor Rossel de la bande dessinée has honored comic strips since 2019. The Prix Victor Rossel is endowed with 5,000 EUR and a lithograph by Royer.

Awarded for the first time in 1997, this annual prize rewards an author for a first published work, regardless of its literary genre. It is awarded by the Association of French-language Writers (ADELF) and aims to promote the work of writers who express themselves in French throughout the world. The prize is endowed with 5000 EUR.