Prix Sorcières

ぷり・そるしえーるしょう

The Prix Sorcières is an annual French children's literature award established in 1986, jointly decided by the ALSJ (specialist booksellers) and the ABF (French librarians' association).

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Established: 1986
Organizer: ALSJ (Association des Librairies Spécialisées Jeunesse / Librairies Sorcières) and ABF (Association des Bibliothécaires de France)
Category: Children's Literature, Fairy Tales, and Picture Books
Selection Method: Selection
Target: Professional
Frequency: 1 per year
Status: Active

Description

Established in 1986, the Prix Sorcières is awarded annually in France to works of children's literature across multiple categories (albums, early readers, novels, non-fiction, etc.). The winners are decided jointly by the Association des Librairies Spécialisées Jeunesse (ALSJ) and the Association des Bibliothécaires de France (ABF). Eligible works must be written in French or translated into French. The award's categories were reorganized in 2018.

Prize

Main Prize: Recognition as a Prix Sorcières winner; no specific cash prize amount is specified in the provided source.

Selection

Selection Process

Stage	Judges	Pass Rate	Announcement
Eligibility / Submission	Works are considered if published in French or translated into French; eligibility overseen by committees of ALSJ and ABF	—	Internal review by ALSJ and ABF (not publicly detailed in source)
Selection / Shortlist	Selection committees and juries from ALSJ and ABF review eligible titles and produce candidate lists	—	Shortlist (when used) is typically published by the organizing associations
Final selection	Joint jury composed of representatives from ALSJ and ABF finalises winners	—	Winners are announced publicly by ALSJ and ABF (websites, press releases)

Eligibility / Submission

Judges Works are considered if published in French or translated into French; eligibility overseen by committees of ALSJ and ABF

Announcement Internal review by ALSJ and ABF (not publicly detailed in source)

Selection / Shortlist

Judges Selection committees and juries from ALSJ and ABF review eligible titles and produce candidate lists

Announcement Shortlist (when used) is typically published by the organizing associations

Final selection

Judges Joint jury composed of representatives from ALSJ and ABF finalises winners

Announcement Winners are announced publicly by ALSJ and ABF (websites, press releases)

Criteria

Literary quality and originality
Suitability and appeal for the target child age group
Quality of illustration and design (for picture books/albums)
Informational accuracy and presentation (for non-fiction)
Quality of French text or quality of translation into French

Related Awards

Children's literature awards (general)
List of literary awards
Other French children's book prizes and library awards
Association des Bibliothécaires de France (ABF) activities

Official Resources

http://citrouille.net/

Past Winners

Edition 35 (2020)

Emmanuel Lecaye & Marc Majewski Winner

Loren Capelli Winner

Agnes Debacker & Anais Brunet Winner

Flore Vesco Winner

William Grill Winner

Philippe Nessmann & Regis Lejonc Winner

Edition 34 (2019)

Delphine Perret Winner

Pierre-Jacques Ober, Jules Ober & Felicity Coonan Winner

Kieran Larwood Winner

Nastasia Rugani Winner

Manuel Marsol Winner

Fanny Pageaud Winner

Edition 33 (2018)

Giovanna Zoboli Winner

Chiara Mezzalama Winner

Sara Pennypacker Winner

Stéphane Servant Winner

Henri Meunier & Regis Lejonc Winner

Cruschiform Winner

Edition 32 (2017)

Delphine Chedru Winner

Nada Matta Winner

Delphine Perret Winner

Jakob Wegelius Winner

Julie Guillem Winner

Edition 31 (2016)

Corinne Dreyfuss Winner

Frédéric Marais Winner

Jacques Goldstyn Winner

Clémentine Beauvais Winner

Pascale Hédelin Winner

Edition 30 (2015)

Édouard Manceau Winner

Edward van de Vendel Winner

Hélène Rice Winner

Ronan Badel Winner

Katherine Rundell Winner

Anne Fine Winner

Yvan Pommaux Winner

Christophe Ylla-Somers Winner

Edition 29 (2014)

Julie Safirstein Winner

Roberto Innocenti Winner

Aaron Frisch Winner

Agnès Domergue Winner

Cécile Hudrisier Winner

Pam Muñoz Ryan Winner

Jacqueline Kelly Winner

Thierry Lenain Winner

Benoît Morel Winner

Tomi Ungerer Special Award

Edition 28 (2013)

Lucie Félix Winner

Kenya Hirata Winner

Kunio Katô Winner

Vincent Cuvellier Winner

Brian Selznick Winner

Sarah Cohen-Scali Winner

Aleksandra Mizielinska Winner

Daniel Mizielinski Winner

Edition 27 (2012)

Chris Haughton Winner

Anne Herbauts Winner

Colas Gutman Winner

Hermann Schulz Winner

Silvana Gandolfi Winner

Julie Lannes Winner

Elzbieta Special Award

Edition 26 (2011)

Hervé Tullet Winner

Germano Zullo Winner

Albertine Zullo Winner

Mélanie Rutten Winner

Stéphanie Bonvicini Winner

Marianne Ratier Winner

David Almond Winner

Isabelle Bournier Winner

Edition 25 (2010)

Cécile Boyer Winner

Isabelle Carrier Winner

Valérie Zenatti Winner

Maria Parr Winner

Bernard Beckett Winner

Marie-Sabine Roger Winner

Thierry Dedieu Special Award

Edition 24 (2009)

Anne Crausaz Winner

Stian Hole Winner

Ulrich Hub Winner

Xavier Laurent Petit Winner

Silvana de Mari Winner

Caroline Laffon Winner

Edition 23 (2008)

Claire Dandurand Winner

Jean-Luc Fromental Winner

Joëlle Jolivet Winner

Gustave Akakpo Winner

Jerry Spinelli Winner

Jean-Claude Mourlevat Winner

Claire Didier Winner

Roland Guarrigue Winner

Edition 22 (2007)

Audrey Poussier Winner

Christian Voltz Winner

Delphine Bournay Winner

Timothée de Fombelle Winner

Guillaume Guéraud Winner

Carole Saturno Winner

Pef Special Award

Edition 21 (2006)

Martine Perrin Winner

Magali Le Huche Winner

Mathis Winner

Thomas Lavachery Winner

Marie-Sabine Roger Winner

Catherine Louis Winner

Claude Ponti Special Award

Edition 20 (2005)

Jean Gourounas じゃん・ぐるーな Winner

Wolf Erlbruch うぉるふ・えあるぶるっふ Winner

Hanno はんの Winner

Anne Vantal あん・ゔぁんたる Winner

Michael Morpurgo まいける・もーぱーご Winner

Veronique Antoine Andersen ゔぇろにく・あんとわーぬ＝あんでるせん Winner

Edition 19 (2004)

Martine Perrin まるてぃーぬ・ぺらん Winner

Rébecca Dautremer れべっか・どーとれめーる Winner

Claude Helft くろーど・えるふと Winner

Brigitte Smadja ぶりじっと・すまじゃ Winner

Anne Laure Bondoux あん＝ろーる・ぼんどう Winner

Ursus Wehrli うるす・うぇーり Winner

Edition 18 (2003)

Chantal Groleziat しゃんたる・ぐろれじあ Winner

Paul Mindy ぽーる・みんでぃ Winner

Elodie Nouhen えろでぃ・ぬーへん Winner

Rascal らすかる Winner

Stephane Girel すてふぁん・じれる Winner

Jean Francois Chabas じゃん＝ふらんそわ・しゃば Winner

Dominique Sampiero どみにく・さんぴえろ Winner

Celia Rees せりあ・りーす Winner

Claire Dharcourt くれーる・だるくーる Winner

Edition 17 (2002)

Ruth Brown るーす・ぶらうん Winner

David Wiesner でいゔぃっど・わいすなー Winner

Hubert Ben Kemoun ゆべーる・べん・けもん Winner

Sylvie Weil しるゔぃ・ゔぇいる Winner

Anne-Lise Grobéty あん＝りーず・ぐろべてぃ Winner

Elizabeth Combres えりざべす・こんぶれ Winner

Florence Thinard ふろらんす・てぃなーる Winner

Emmanuel De La Grange えまにゅえる・どぅ・ら・ぐらんじゅ Winner

Robert Edmund Cormier ろばーと・こーみあ Special Award

Edition 16 (2001)

Voutch ゔーち Winner

Peter Sís ぴーたー・しす Winner

Rascal らすかる Winner

Michael Morpurgo まいける・もーぱーご Winner

Louis Sachar るいす・さっかー Winner

Marie Sellier まりー・せりえ Winner

Francois Place ふらんそわ・ぷらす Special Award

Edition 15 (2000)

Antonin Louchard あんとなん・るしゃーる Winner

Katy Couprie けいてぃ・くぷりえ Winner

Michael Morpurgo まいける・もーぱーご Winner

Susie Morgenstern すーじー・もるげんしゅてるん Winner

Jean-Claude Mourlevat じゃん＝くろーど・むるゔぁ Winner

Malika Ferdjoukh まりか・ふぇるじゅっく Winner

Chrystel Proupuech くりすてる・ぷるぷえしゅ Winner

Edition 14 (1999)

Christian Bruel くりすちあん・ぶるえる Winner

Anthony Browne あんそにー・ぶらうん Winner

Thierry Lenain てぃえりー・るねん Winner

J. K. Rowling じぇーけー・ろーりんぐ Winner

Janine Teisson じゃにーぬ・ていそん Winner

Pef ぺふ Winner

Edition 13 (1998)

Jeanne Ashbe じゃんぬ・あしゅべ Winner

Christian Voltz くりすちあん・ゔぉるつ Winner

Anne Fine あん・ふぁいん Winner

Yaël Hassan やえる・はっさん Winner

Berthe Burko Falcman べるて・ぶるこふぁるくまん Winner

Marie Lagier まりー・らじえ Winner

Edition 12 (1997)

Claude Ponti くろーど・ぽんてぃ Winner

Fred Bernard ふれっど・べるなーる Winner

Francois Roca ふらんそわ・ろか Winner

Didier Levy でぃでぃえ・れゔぃ Winner

Coralie Gallibour こらりー・がりぶーる Winner

Luis Sepúlveda Calfucura るいす・せぷるべだ Winner

Claude Boujon くろーど・ぶじょん Special Award

Stephen T. Johnson すてぃーゔん・てぃー・じょんそん Winner

Edition 11 (1996)

Trish Cooke とりっしゅ・くっく Winner

Helen Oxenbury へれん・おくせんばりー Winner

Philippe Corentin ふぃりっぷ・こらんたん Winner

Xavier Laurent Petit ぐざゔぃえ＝ろーらん・ぷてぃ Winner

Marie Brantome まりー・ぶらんとーむ Winner

Brigitte Govignon ぶりじっと・ごゔぃにょん Winner

Edition 10 (1995)

Thierry Dedieu Winner

Michel Honaker Winner

Dominique Gaussen Winner

Danielle Fossette Winner

Sam Mac Bratney Winner

Edition 9 (1994)

Werner Holzwarth Winner

Wolf Erlbruch Winner

Thierry Lenain Winner

Éric Chevallier Winner

Elzbieta Winner

Charlotte Mollet Winner

Edition 8 (1993)

Francois Place Winner

Michael Morpurgo Winner

Jean-Michel Rodrigo Winner

Christophe Donner Winner

Julie Winner

Daniel Pennac Special Award

Edition 7 (1992)

Joan Manuel Gisbert Winner

Valérie Dayre Winner

Renée Kayser Winner

Bernard Kayser Winner

Grégoire Solotareff Winner

Claude Ponti Winner

Edition 6 (1991)

Philippe Corentin Winner

Feng Jicai Winner

Musée en herbe Winner

Sylvie Girardet Winner

Claire Merleau-Ponty Winner

Anne Tardy Winner

Michèle Nikly Winner

Jean Claverie Winner

Edition 5 (1990)

Michael Rosen Winner

Helen Oxenbury Winner

Claude Gutman Winner

Sophie Curtil Winner

Jan Ormerod Winner

Edition 4 (1989)

Claude Clément Winner

Frédéric Clément Winner

Thierry Lenain Winner

David Burnie Winner

Marie-Aude Murail Winner

Marie-Claire Bruley Winner

Lya Tourn Winner

Edition 3 (1988)

Anne Quesemand Winner

Natalie Babitt Winner

Thierry Benardeau Winner

Marcel Pineau Winner

Claude Ponti Winner

Edition 2 (1987)

Michael Palin Winner

Azouz Begag Winner

Michel Pierre Winner

Christian Bruel Winner

Edition 1 (1986)

Tōshi Yoshida Winner

Bethan Roberts Winner

Joanna Cole Winner

Kenneth Lily Winner