Kresnik Award (best novel of the year): Bronja Žakelj: Belo se pere na devetdeset (Whites Wash at Ninety, Beletrina publishing house, rights-contact: petra.kavcic@zalozba.org) 

– a warm, witty and moving story about loss, mourning and recovery as well as the absolute bestseller of 2019!

Veronika Award (best poetry collection of the year): Alenka Jovanovski: Tisoč osemdeset stopinj (Thousand Eighty Degrees, Center for Slovenian Literature, rights-contact: brane.mozetic@guest.arnes.si) 

– “One of the ground breaking poetry collections in contemporary Slovenian poetry” – Koridor magazine

Jenko Award (best poetry collection of the last two years): Kaja Teržan: Krog (Circle, Center for Slovenian Literature, rights-contact: brane.mozetic@guest.arnes.si) 

– “A poetry collection full of rare courage to explore the unknown.” – from the award justification

Novo mesto Short (best short story collection): Vesna Lemaić: Dobrodošli (Wellcome, Cankarjeva založba, rights-contact: sejna.pozar@mkz.si) 

– “Short and even shorter stories by Vesna Lemaić let the situations themselves talk: that is when they cut with the painful irony of the experience.” – from the award justification

Rožanc Award (best collection of essays): Marcel Štefančič, jr.: Ivan Cankar (UMco, rights-contact: samo@umco.si) 

– essays about one of the most important Slovenian authors of all times, Ivan Cankar: “[Marcel Štefančič] has proven once again that he is a master of literature, film, critique of capitalism, analysis of Slovenianhood and so much more.” – Slovenian national radio ARS

Desetnica Award (best children’s or youth literary work): Andrej Rozman Roza: Pesmi iz galerije (Poems from the Gallery, Narodna galerija)

• “Youngsters and their parents, both will smile while reading this book while refreshing their school knowledge at the same time.” – from the award justification

Večernica Award (best new literary work for young readers): Andrej E. Skubic: Babi nima več telefona (Grandma doesn’t have a Phone anymore, Mladinska knjiga, rights-contact: sejna.pozar@mkz.si)

• “A wonderful story about empathy among youngsters and a sensitive confrontation with death of a significant other.” – from the award justification

Book of the Year Award (awarded by the visitors of the Slovenian Book Fair 2019): Eva Mahkovic (text) and Eva Mlinar (illustrations): Vinjete straholjubca (Vignettes of the Fear-lover, VigeVageKnjige, rights-contact: anja@vigevageknjige.org) 

• “An intimate and provocative manifestation of how lucid ideas by two authors can interlace” – from the award justification

Best Debut Book of the Year: Jakob J. Kenda: Apalaška pot (Appalachian Trail, ISPO publishing house, rights-contact: info@apalaska.si)

• “Erudite and extremely readable book at the same time.” – from the award justification