2025
Award for Poetry
- Nea Schmidt
Award for Prose
- Hannah Beckmann
taz-Audience Award
- Hannah Beckmann
Winners
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Kathrin Röggla gewinnt den ersten Open Mike 1993 © gezett
Leif Randt beim Open MIke 2006 © gezett
Maren Kames gewinnt beim Open Mike 2013 © gezett
Die Jury Thomas Meinecke, Clemens Meyer und Uljana Wolf, 2019 © Mirko Lux
Here you can find all the winners since the founding year of the competition in 1993.
With a total of three main prizes, at least one is awarded for poetry. In addition, there is an audience award.
2024
Main Awards
- Ade Ajayi
- Eser Aktay
- Leah Luna Winzely
taz-Audience Award
- Muri Darida
2023
Main Award for Poetry
- Miedya Mahmod
Main Award for Prose
- Salvatore Calanduccia
- Kenan Kokić
taz-Audience Award
- Susanne Romanowski
2022
Main Award for Poetry
- Greta Maria Pichler
Main Award for Prose
- Patrick Holzapfel
- Alexander Rudolfi
taz-Audience Award
- Patrick Holzapfel
2021
Main Awards
- Eva-Maria Dütsch
- Samuel J. Kramer
- Kathrin Vieregg
taz-Audience Award
- Laura Anton
2020
Main Award for Poetry
- Nail Doğan
Main Award for Prose
- Rebecca Gisler
- Josefine Soppa
taz-Audience Award
- Nail Doğan
2019
Main Award for Poetry
- Carla Hegerl
Main Award for Prose
- Fiona Sironic
- Sina Ahlers
taz-Audience Award
- Sina Ahlers
2018
Main Award for Poetry
- Kyrill Constantinides Tank
- Lara Rüter
Main Award for Prose
- Yade Yasemin Önder
taz-Audience Award
- Caren Jeß
2017
Main Award for Poetry
- Ronya Othmann
Main Award for Prose
- Ralph Tharayil
- Mariusz Hoffmann
taz-Audience Award
- Baba Lussi
2016
Main Award for Poetry
- Sandra Burkhardt
Main Award for Prose
- Thilo Dierkes
- Benjamin Quaderer
taz-Audience Award
- Ivy Nuss
2015
Main Award for Poetry
- Andra Schwarz
Main Award for Prose
- Jessica Lind
- Theresia Töglhofer
taz-Audience Award
- Philip Krömer
2014
Main Award for Poetry
- Robert Stripling
Main Award for Prose
- Doris Anselm
- Mareike Schneider
taz-Audience Award
- Gerasimos Bekas
2013
Main Awards
- Jens Eisel
- Dimitrij Gawrisch
- Maren Kames
taz-Audience Award
- Maren Kames
2012
Main Awards
- Sandra Gugić
- Juan S. Guse
- Martin Piekar
taz-Audience Award
- Joey Juschka
2011
Main Awards
- Christina Böhm
- Joseph Felix Ernst
- Sebastian Unger
taz-Audience Award
- Christina Böhm
2010
Main Awards
- Janko Marklein
- Jan Snela
- Levin Westermann
taz-Audience Award
- Sebastian Polmans
2009
Main Awards
- Inger-Maria Mahlke
- Matthias Senkel
- Konstantin Ames
taz-Audience Award
- Matthias Senkel
2008
Main Awards
- Svealena Kutschke
- Sonia Petner
- Thien Tran
taz-Audience Award
- Johanna Wack
2007
Main Awards
- Johann Trupp
- Tina Ilse Gintrowski
- Judith Zander
taz-Audience Award
- Johann Trupp
2006
Main Awards
- Luise Boege
- Katharina Schwanbeck
- Julia Zange
2005
Main Awards
- Lucy Fricke
- Dagrun Hintze
- Jörg Albrecht
2004
Main Awards
- Christian Schloyer
- René Becher
- Rabea Edel
2003
Main Awards
- Kirsten Fuchs
- Veronika Reichl
- Petra Lehmkuhl
2002
Main Awards
- Kai Weyand
- Christian Schünemann
- Ariane Grundies
2001
Main Awards
- Nico Bleutge
- Erika Anna Markmiller
- Tilman Rammstedt
2000
Main Awards
- Zsuzsa Bánk
- Claudia Klischat
- Markus Orths
1999
Main Awards
- Almut Tina Schmidt
- Jochen Schmidt
- Michael Stauffer
1998
Main Awards
- Boris Preckwitz
- Stephan Groetzner
- Tobias Hülswitt
1997
Main Awards
- Robby Dannenberg
- Björn Kuhligk
- Terézia Mora
1996
Main Awards
- Marcus Jensen
- Vera Henkel
- Olaf Behrens
1995
Main Awards
- Julia Franck
- Sabine Neumann
- Christian Futscher
1994
Main Awards
- Ulf Stolterfoht
- Karen Duve
- Michael Müller
1993
Main Awards
- Wolfgang Schlenker
- Tim Krohn
- Kathrin Röggla