Il-Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb huwa l-ogħla premju letterarju mogħti lil awturi, edituri, tradutturi, pubblikaturi u illustraturi għal xogħol ippubblikat lokalment is-sena ta’ qabel. Il-finalisti u r-rebbieħa fil-kategoriji tal-Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb għall-Adulti u tal-Premju Terramaxka għat-tfal u ż-żgħażagħ huma magħżula minn bord indipendenti tal-aġġudikazzjoni skont għadd ta’ kriterji sabiex jiġi żgurat l-ogħla grad ta’ professjonalità u trasparenza.
L-applikazzjonijiet għall-edizzjoni tal-Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb 2024 se jkunu miftuħa bejn id-13 u d-29 ta’ Frar 2024.
Ir-rebbieħa jitħabbru fl-20 ta’ Settembru 2024.
Il-Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb – Regolamenti u Kriterji
Il-Fomola ta’ Applikazzjoni u Regolamenti tal-Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb
Applikazzjoni// Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb 2024
Regolamenti u Kriterji // Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb 2024
L-applikazzjonijiet fl-intier tagħhom, inkluża s-sottomissjoni tal-formola tal-applikazzjoni onlajn u l-konsenja ta’ 4 kopji tal-ktieb/kotba mdaħħla għall-kompetizzjoni, għandhom jaslu għand il-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb sa mhux aktar tard mid-29 ta’ Frar 2024 f’nofsinhar – jekk jogħġbok innota li l-perjodu ta’ applikazzjoni huwa iqsar minn kemm ikun is-soltu. Applikazzjonijiet tardivi ma jiġux aċċettati.
Konsenji tal-kotba jintlaqgħu fl-uffiċċji tal-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb bejn it-Tnejn u l-Ġimgħa mid-08:00 sal-16:00. Għal xi mistoqsijiet ibgħat email lil Michael Mercieca fuq michael.mercieca@gov.mt
Indirizz: Il-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb
Kumpless Bice Mizzi Vassallo
Triq Arnhem
Pembroke – PBK 1776
Edizzjonijiet Imgħoddija
2023
Ir-rebbieħa tal-Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb 2023 tħabbru waqt ċerimonja fl-24 ta’ Novembru.
Ara l-lista tar-Rebbieħa tal-Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb 2023.
2022
Ir-rebbieħa tal-Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb 2022 tħabbru waqt ċerimonja ġewwa l-Muża fl-4 ta’ Novembru.
Ara l-lista tar-Rebbieħa tal-Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb 2022.
2021
Ir-rebbieħa tal-Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb 2021 tħabbru waqt ċerimonja ġewwa l-Berġa ta’ Kastilja fl-10 ta’ Diċembru.
Segwi ċ-ċerimonja tal-għoti tal-premjijiet tal-Permju Terramaxka li ttelgħet matul il-ftuħ tal-Festival Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb 2021 jew ara t-titli rebbieħa hawn.
2020
Iċ-Ċerimonja tal-Għoti tal-Premjijiet tal-Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb 2020 ixxandret għall-ewwel darba b’mod pubbliku fit-18 ta’ Diċembru mill-paġna tal-Facebook tal-KNK u fuq dan is-sit.
2019
Iċ-ċerimonja tal-Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb 2019 saret fit-30 ta’ Jannar 2020 fil-Palazz ta’ San Anton taħt il-patroċinju tal-Preident tar-Repubblika ta’ Malta, l-E.T. George Vella.
Ir-rebbieħa tal-Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb 2019.
Ir-rebbieħa kollha tal-Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb jinsabu fil-paġna tal-Istorja tal-Premju.
The 2021 National Book Prize and Terramaxka Prize – shortlist announced
The application period for the 2021 National Book Prize: books published in 2020 was open between 8 March – 26 April 2021.
The National Book Prize is the highest literary prize assigned to authors, publishers and illustrators for work published locally the year before. The shortlisted titles and the winning titles in the now 9 categories of the National Book Prize for Adults and the 6 categories of the Terramaxka Prize (National Book Prize for Children and Adolescents) are selected by an independent board of adjudication, whose members are obliged to follow a set of criteria in their evaluation order to ensure the highest degree of transparency and fairness as is appropriate for such an important and prestigious prize.
Criteria and regulations may be found below.
Entries will then be evaluated by the board of adjudication and the longlist was announced at the end of April 2021: https://ktieb.org.mt/news/the-national-book-prize-and-terramaxka-prize-2021-the-longlist/
The shortlist of both the Terramaxka and National Book Prize for adults titles will be announced at the beginning of August 2021.
The Terramaxka Prize ceremony will take place in November during the opening night of the 2021 Malta Book Festival, while the 2021 National Book Prize award ceremony date will be announced later this year.
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Below please find the Application Form and Regulations of the National Book Prize (including the Terramaxka Prize)
Application // National Book Prize 2021
Regulations // National Book Prize 2021
The Categories and Criteria of the National Book Prize for Adults – Adjudication Guidelines and Criteria – are as follows:
NOVELS IN MALTESE AND ENGLISH: Criteria
SHORT STORIES MALTESE AND ENGLISH: Criteria
POETRY IN MALTESE AND ENGLISH: Criteria
DRAMA (MALTESE AND ENGLISH): Criteria
LITERARY NON-FICTION: Criteria
TRANSLATION: Criteria
GENERAL RESEARCH: Criteria
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORIOGRAPHIC RESEARCH: Criteria
The Categories and Criteria of the National Book Prize for Children and Adolescents (Terramaxka Prize) – Adjudication Criteria – are as follows:
Criteria 8-12 yrs ORIGINAL WORK
Criteria 13-16 yrs ORIGINAL WORK
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The 2020 National Book Prize awards ceremony was held entirely online for the very first time and streamed on the National Book Council Facebook page and website on 18 December. We are therefore extending our invitation to the public to join us for the announcement of the best books published locally in 2019.
We would also like to take this opportunity to encourage the public to keep reading and purchasing shortlisted Maltese publications and more from the online shops of local publishers. More information from where you can find local publications for sale online can be found here: https://ktieb.org.mt/national-book-festival-2020-publishers/
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The 2019 National Book Prize ceremony was held on 30 January 2020 at San Anton Palace under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Malta, His Excellency George Vella. Follow this link for the full list of the 2019 National Book Prize winners.