Carinthian Writers' Association
The Carinthian Writers 'Association (until 2013: Carinthian Writers' Association ) was founded in 1969 to promote the artistic, economic and social interests of Carinthia's writers .
The first president was Lorenz Mack, who was replaced by Walther Nowotny in the first year. After his death in the mid-1990s, Günther Kanzian took over the management, who was finally succeeded by Gerard Kanduth in 2002 . From February 2016, Gabriele Russwurm-Biró will be the first female president to head the association.
Since 2002, the "Carinthian Writers' Association Prize for New Literature" has been announced every two years.
winner
- 2002: Barbara Grascher
- 2004: Simone Schönett
- 2006: Jürgen Lagger
- 2008: Hugo Ramnek
- 2010: Christoph W. Bauer
- 2012: Harald Schwinger
- 2014: Anna Baar
- 2016: Greta Lauer
Since 2005, the Carinthian Writers' Association has been organizing the trilateral Alpe-Adria literature symposium at the Alte Burg in Gmünd / Carinthia every one to two years together with the Gmünd Cultural Initiative .