Feldkircher Lyrikpreis facts for kids

The Feldkirch Poetry Award (also known as the Feldkircher Lyrikpreis in German) is a special prize given to poets every year. It was started by Erika Kronabitter, an Austrian artist and writer. The award is presented by the Theater am Saumarkt in Feldkirch, a town in Vorarlberg, Austria.

Many groups help fund this award, including the Austrian government and local authorities in Vorarlberg. Some private banks also support it. The very first Feldkirch Poetry Award was given out in 2003.

Poets from all over the world can send in their poems to be considered for the award. A group of experts, including German language scholars and poets, decides who wins. The winning poets are introduced to the public in the fall. Their winning poems are then kept safe in the Library of Vorarlberg.

Award Winners

This award celebrates talented poets each year. Here are some of the recent winners:

2023 Winners

• Sabine Göttel
• Slata Roschal
• Ulrike Titelbach (who won the Audience Award, chosen by the public)

2022 Winners

• Ann Kathrin Ast
• Philipp Hauser and Armin Steigenberger (they shared the prize)
• Sascha Kokot (Audience Award winner)

2021 Winners

• Sarah Rinderer
• Martin Piekar
• Elke Laznia

2020 Winners

• Tobias Pagel
• Simone Schabert
• Monika Vasik

2019 Winners

• Lars Arvid Brischke
• Joseph Felix Ernst
• Norbert Kröll

2018 Winners

• David Fuchs
• Bastian Schneider
• Manuela Bibrach

2017 Winners

• Thomas Amann
• Johannes Tröndle and Bernd Marcel Gonner (they shared the prize)

2016 Winners

• Arnold Maxwill
• Hartwig Mauritz

2015 Winners

• Susanne Eules
• Christoph Szalay

2014 Winners

• Axel Görlach
• Anja Kampmann
• Ute Dietl

2013 Winners

• Tabea Xenia Magyar and Tristan Marquardt (from Germany)
• Sibylla Vričić Hausmann (from Germany)
• Sandra Hubinger (from Austria)
• Special award: Martin Amanshauser (from Austria)

2012 Winners

• Elisabeth Steinkellner
• Sascha Kokot and Andra Schwarz

2011 Winners

• Tobias Falberg
• C. H. Huber
• Claudia Scherer

2010 Winners

• Kenah Cusanit
• Regina Hilber
• Udo Kawasser

2009 Winners

• Marcus Pöttler
• Silke Peters and Thilo Krause (they shared the prize)

2008 Winners

• Andreas Neeser
• Martin Strauß
• Lina Hofstädter

2007 Winners

• Klaus Händl
• Bernhard Saupe
• Alexandra Lavizzari
• Thomas Steiner

2006 Winners

• Adelheid Dahimène
• Christine Haidegger
• Ludwig Laher
• Hans Eichhorn

2005 Winners

• Knut Schaflinger
• Julia Rhomberg
• Udo Kawasser
• Klaus Ebner

2004 Winners

• Elsbeth Maag
• Knut Schaflinger
• Lisa Mayer
• Gertrude Pieber-Prem
• Sabine Eschgfäller
• Udo Kawasser and Walter Pucher

2003 Winners

• Elfriede Kehrer
• Norbert Mayer
• Walter Pucher
• Mechthild Podzeit-Lütjen
• Ulrike Ulrich

Sources

• Austrian newspaper Vorarlberger Nachrichten