First national prize for adolescent literature created in 2017 to promote the dynamism and quality of creation of contemporary children’s literature, the Friday Prize rewards, each year, a French-speaking work intended for those over 13 years old.
It is endowed with an amount of 2,000 euros thanks to the support of the Fondation d’Entreprise La Poste. The Friday Prize also benefits from the support of SOFIA and is organized in partnership with Je Bouquine and the Association Lecture Jeunesse.
The ten books selected are:
– Claire Castillon The lengthsGallimard Youth
– Damien Galisson, The Dragon and the Funny – Sarbacane Editions
– Guillaume Guéraud, Nothing belongs to us – Youth pocket
– Sebastien Joanniez, We have a supermarket on the moonThe joy of reading
– Guillaume Nail, Ton absenceEdition of Rouergue
– Justine Niogret, Bayuk 404 editions
-Isabelle Panddazopoulos, Zakarya’s HonorGallimard Youth
– Tai-Marc Le Thanh, And the sky veiled with furythe school of leisure
– Jo Witek, The WanderersActes Sud Junior
– Muriel Zürcher, Other people’s storiesEditions Thierry Magnier
Off the list, because winner in 2020:
Vincent Mondiot and Enora Saby, Emergence 7 – Actes sud junior
Sylvain Pattieu won the 2021 edition for his book Amour chrome (The leisure school). The book also won the Ashes Prize 2021.
For this sixth edition, 36 houses had proposed a title of their choice to the faithful jury of the Friday Prize, composed of Michel Abescat (Télérama), Raphaële Botte (Mon Quotidien; Lire), Philippe-Jean Catinchi (Le Monde), Françoise Dargent ( Le Figaro), Marie Desplechin (author), Sophie Van der Linden (author and literary critic), and Nathalie Riché (literary critic).
List of French and Francophone literary prizes