Overview
- The new Premio Internacional de Novela Breve Almadía Ventosa-Arrufat replaces the prior contest run with the Fundación Elena Poniatowska, which Ventosa-Arrufat ended citing insufficient distribution of winners’ books.
- Cristina Rivera Garza, Selva Almada and Mónica Ojeda will judge the first edition.
- Entries are open to writers 25 or older with an unpublished Spanish-language novel of 25,000 to 45,000 words.
- The award carries €20,000 treated as an advance on royalties, with simultaneous publication in Mexico, Spain, Argentina and Colombia and distribution across Latin America.
- Submissions are open now with media reporting a mid-February 2026 deadline, five finalists due in June 2026, and the winner to be announced and awarded in July in Mexico City under a pact initially set for five years with a possible five-year extension.