Between 1 April and 30 June, individuals, institutions, kindergartens and schools can apply for the German Reading Prize. The initiators, the Reading Foundation and the Commerzbank Foundation, award innovative and proven reading promotion measures in six different categories with the sponsors of the individual categories. The observations were revised in the summer of that year. Following the jury’s decision, the nominations have now been announced. The German Reading Prize will be awarded in March 2023.
The shortlist for the German Reading Prize 2023 includes 50 projects and people in five categories, selected from around 400 entries from all over Germany. In addition, the Commerzbank Foundation awards the Special Outstanding Commitment Award to a public figure.
The German Reading Prize, endowed with a total of 25,000 euros, is a joint initiative of the Reading Foundation and the Commerzbank Foundation and has been awarded since 2013 for exemplary efforts in promoting reading. It is sponsored by Claudia Roth, Minister of State for Culture and Media, and supported by Arnulf Betzold GmbH, Minister of State for Culture and Media, the German TV Lottery, the German Association of Towns, FRÖBEL eV and the PwC Foundation.
