The Òmnium Prize for Best Novel of the Year, now in its ninth edition, is consolidated as the most financially generous award in the country for a published work, offering 25,000 euros, of which 5,000 euros are allocated for the promotion of the winning book.
The ten selected works were published between November 2024 and December 2025. The list includes La gran família, by Antònia Carré-Pons; L’home que va vendre el món, by Melcior Comes; Si una família, by Alba Dalmau; Virgil, by Quim Español; Guerra, victòria, demà, by Carles Fenollosa; Els claustres, by Víctor García Tur; Demolició, by Lluís Llort; Abans més que Encara, by Miquel de Palol; Els crits, by Víctor Recort, and Escenaris, by Toni Sala.
“"The list of finalists demonstrates once again the literary quality that emerges year after year throughout the Catalan Countries, from Valencia to Girona passing through Sa Pobla, Terrassa or Barcelona."
Xavier Antich, president of Òmnium Cultural, also praised the work of the publishers for “discovering new captivating stories that are already part of this quality corpus of Catalan literature.” A major change this year is that the ten nominees will proceed directly to the final, eliminating the previous selection of three manuscripts.
The Òmnium Prize was established in 2017 with the aim of becoming the Catalan equivalent of prestigious international awards such as the French Goncourt Prize or the English Booker Prize, promoting works in the Catalan language and encouraging their translation.
