German-language Novel This category includes German-language works with a length of at least 100 pages by German-language authors which were published in German on a German-language market professionally for the first time in the award year. • 2012:
Andreas Eschbach,
Herr aller Dinge • 2013:
Dietmar Dath,
Pulsarnacht • 2014:
Wolfgang Jeschke,
Dschiheads • 2015: ,
Drohnenland • 2016:
Andreas Brandhorst,
Das Schiff • 2017:
Andreas Brandhorst,
Omni • 2018:
Michael Marrak,
Der Kanon mechanischer Seelen • 2019:
Andreas Eschbach,
NSA – Nationales Sicherheits-Amt • 2020:
Andreas Eschbach,
Das größte Abenteuer • 2021:
Andreas Eschbach,
Eines Menschen Flügel • 2022: ,
Nanopark • 2023:
Aiki Mira,
Neongrau – Game Over im Neurosubstrat • 2024:
Aiki Mira,
Neurobiest Foreign Work This category includes foreign-language fiction and non-fiction which was published as a German translation for the first time in the award year. Until 1997, it was called
Foreign Novel. • 1984:
Brian Aldiss,
Helliconia Spring • 1985:
Philip K. Dick,
VALIS • 1986:
Daniel Keyes,
The Minds of Billy Milligan • 1987:
Jerry Yulsman,
Elleander Morning • 1988:
Christopher Priest,
The Glamour • 1989:
Orson Scott Card,
Speaker for the Dead • 1990:
Lucius Shepard,
Life During Wartime • 1991:
Iain M. Banks,
The Bridge • 1992:
Iain M. Banks,
The Wasp Factory • 1993:
Iain M. Banks,
Use of Weapons • 1994:
Connie Willis,
Doomsday Book • 1995:
Ian McDonald,
Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone • 1996:
Stephen Baxter,
The Time Ships • 1997:
Kate Wilhelm,
Death Qualified: A Mystery of Chaos • 1998:
Iain M. Banks,
Excession • 1999:
Ian McDonald,
Sacrifice of Fools • 2000:
Greg Egan,
Distress • 2001:
Mary Doria Russell,
The Sparrow • 2002:
Connie Willis,
To Say Nothing of the Dog • 2003:
China Miéville,
Perdido Street Station • 2004:
Vernor Vinge,
A Deepness in the Sky • 2005:
China Miéville,
The Scar • 2006:
China Miéville,
Iron Council • 2007:
Robert Charles Wilson,
Spin • 2008:
Sergey Lukyanenko,
Spectrum • 2009:
Charles Stross,
Glasshouse • 2010:
John Scalzi, ''
The Android's Dream'' • 2011:
China Miéville,
The City & the City • 2012:
Paolo Bacigalupi,
The Windup Girl • 2013:
Ted Chiang,
Hell Is the Absence of God • 2014:
Jo Walton,
Among Others • 2015:
Ursula K. Le Guin,
Paradises Lost • 2016:
Neal Stephenson,
Seveneves • 2017:
Cixin Liu,
The Three Body Problem • 2018:
Nnedi Okorafor,
The Book of Phoenix • 2019:
Jasper Fforde,
Early Riser • 2020:
Margaret Atwood,
The Testaments • 2021:
Simon Stålenhag,
Tales from the Loop • 2022:
Kim Stanley Robinson,
The Ministry for the Future • 2023:
Becky Chambers,
Die Galaxie und das Licht darin (
The Galaxy and the Ground Within) • 2024:
Ursula K. Le Guin,
Immer nach Hause (
Always Coming Home)
German-language Short Fiction (since 1997) This category includes German-language works with a length of less than 100 pages by German-language authors which were published in German on a German-language market professionally for the first time in the award year, i.e. it includes short stories and novelettes/novellas combined in one award category. From 1997–2007 it was called
German-language Short Story (though it also included novelettes/novellas already). From 1981–1996 this category was split into two separate award categories for
Novellette/Novella and
Short Story. • 1997:
Wolfgang Jeschke,
Partner fürs Leben • 1998: ,
Blind Date • 1999: ,
Wüstenlack • 2000:
Wolfgang Jeschke,
Die Cusanische Acceleratio • 2001: ,
Troubadoure • 2002:
Wolfgang Jeschke,
Allah akbar And So Smart Our NLWs • 2003:
Erik Simon,
Spiel beendet, sagte der Sumpf • 2004:
Angela Steinmüller and
Karlheinz Steinmüller,
Vor der Zeitreise • 2005:
Wolfgang Jeschke,
Das Geschmeide • 2006:
Rainer Erler,
An e-Star is born • 2007: ,
Canea Null • 2008: ,
Der Moloch • 2009:
Andreas Eschbach,
Survival-Training and
Heidrun Jänchen,
Ein Geschäft wie jedes andere • 2010: ,
Das Klassentreffen der Weserwinzer • 2011: ,
Die Schwelle • 2012: ,
Am Ende der Reise • 2013: ,
Im Käfig • 2014:
Michael Marrak,
Coen Sloterdykes diametral levitierendes Chronoversum • 2015: ,
Boatpeople • 2016:
Karsten Kruschel,
Was geschieht dem Licht am Ende des Tunnels? • 2017: ,
Suicide Rooms • 2018: ,
Das Internet der Dinge • 2019: ,
Confinement • 2020: ,
Koloss aus dem Orbit • 2021:
Angela Steinmüller and
Karlheinz Steinmüller,
Marslandschaften • 2022:
Aiki Mira,
Utopie-27 • 2023: ,
Die Nachrichtenmacher • 2024: ,
Die End-of-Life-Schaltung Radio drama Although a prize has been awarded for a best work of radio drama since 1987, it is only since 1993 that a winner has been selected by a jury • 1993:
Eva Maria Mudrich,
Sommernachtstraum • 1994: not awarded • 1995: not awarded • 1996:
Wolfgang Rindfleisch,
Uhrwerk Orange (derivative of
Anthony Burgess, '
A Clockwork Orange'). Director: Wolfgang Rindfleisch. Music: Trötsch • 1997:
Friedrich Bestenreiner, '
Paradise Hospital Inc.'. Director:
Thomas Werner • 1998:
Karlheinz Knuth,
Die Tage nebenan – or: Da, wo Cäsar nicht ermordet wurde. Director: Thomas Werner • 1999:
Heiko Michael Hartmann,
MOI. Director:
Oliver Sturm • 2000:
Marina Dietz,
Träumen Androiden (derivative of
Philip K. Dick, '
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep'). Director: Marina Dietz • 2001: not awarded • 2002:
Walter Adler,
Tokio liebt uns nicht mehr (derivative of
Ray Loriga, ''''). Director: Walter Adler • 2003: not awarded • 2004: not awarded • 2005:
Norbert Schaeffer,
Das letzte Geheimnis (derivative of
Bernard Werber, ''''). Director: Norbert Schaeffer • 2006:
Matthias Wittekindt,
Das Lewskow-Manuscript. Director:
Alexander Schuhmacher. Music:
Tim Frühwirth,
Lömsch Le Mans,
Frank Wingold • 2007:
Matthias Scheliga,
Amnesia. Director:
Jürgen Dluzniewski • 2008: nicht vergeben • 2009:
Bodo Traber &
Tilman Zens,
Die Flüsterer, Director:
Petra Feldhoff • 2010: not awarded • 2011: not awarded • 2012:
Till Müller-Klug,
Sprachlabor Babylon, Director:
Thomas Wolfertz, Musik:
Ekkehard Ehlers • 2013:
Heinz von Cramer,
Unerwartete Ereignisse, Director:
Burkhard Schmid • 2014: not awarded • 2015:
Walter Adler,
Foxfinder, Director: Walter Adler • 2016:
Georg Heinzen,
Sale, Director:
Martin Zylka • 2017: not awarded • 2018:
Bodo Traber,
Paradise Revisited, Director: Bodo Traber • 2019:
Anne Krüger,
Supermarkt, Director:
Andrea Getto • 2020:
Gerrit Booms,
Unser Leben in den Wäldern (derivative of
Marie Darrieussecq, '''') • 2021:
Heinz Sommer,
Der zweite Schlaf • 2022:
Christian Wittmann and
Georg Zeitblom,
r_crusoe™ • 2023: :
Die Nacht war bleich, die Lichter blinkten, Director: Lorenz Schuster • 2024: no award == Other categories ==