The 74th edition of the Planeta Award for novels broke a new record for participation, receiving 1,320 original manuscripts aspiring to become the winner of the world's most lucrative literary award,
which grants €1 million to the first prize winner and €200,000 to the runner-up.
According to a statement issued by the Planeta publishing house, this is the first time that writers have been able to submit their work via a digital form on the company's website, which has made it easier to enter the competition. A total of 1,287 novels were submitted in this way, while only 33 were sent in paper form by post.
The jury for this edition is made up of philologist José Manuel Blecua, writers Juan Eslava Galán, Luz Gabás, Pere Gimferrer, and Carmen Posadas, as well as Eva Giner, Dean of the International University of Valencia, and Belén López, director of Editorial Planeta, who serves as secretary with voting rights.
