Penzberger Urmel
The Penzberger Urmel is a literature prize awarded every two years by the city of Penzberg to illustrated children's books. The patron of the award was the writer Max Kruse , who lives in Penzberg and the inventor of the Urmel . The prize is endowed with 2,000 euros and is given in equal parts to the author and illustrator.
nomination
The nomination takes place in two stages: All books submitted are viewed by an adult jury and a shortlist of ten titles is drawn up. A children's jury then reads these books, examines them intensively and selects the winner. At the award ceremony, he / she receives the challenge cup "Penzberger Urmel".
Sponsorships
In addition, sponsorships are awarded for each book on the shortlist. The mentoring groups deal with the book and create a presentation (short film, song, theater scene, film, art project, etc.) that is intended to make the book attractive to other children. The two best presentations (for older and younger children) are selected in presentation competitions and the trophies are also awarded at the official award ceremony. In this way, the work of the students and teachers is also recognized. The class sets used will later be available to all Penzberg schools for further lending.
The Penzberg City Library provides all 10 titles on the selection list for all Penzberg schools and libraries so that as many children as possible can access the books.
Criteria of the competition
- special stories combined with extraordinary illustrations
- The book is aimed at readers between the ages of nine and thirteen
- Picture books are not suitable
- Series titles should be avoided when submitting to the competition
Award winners
- 2005 Kurt Bracharz (author): How the mole almost won the lottery
- 2007 Dagmar Geisler (author and illustrator): Wanda and the girl haters gang
- 2009 Brian Selznick (author and illustrator): The discovery of Hugo Cabret
- 2011 Anke Dörrzapf (author) and Claudia Lieb (illustrator): Marco Polo's wonderful journeys
- 2013 Hanna Schott (author) and Gerda Raidt (illustrator): Fritzi was there - a turning story
- 2015 Paul Biegel (author) and Linde Faas (illustrator): The princess with the red hair
- 2017 Kai Pannen (author and illustrator): You must be crazy. An extraordinary Advent story in 24 chapters
- 2019 Antonia Michaelis (author) and Claudia Carls (illustrator): Das Blaubeerhaus
Web link
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Urmel 2015" goes to Holland. In: Weilheimer Tagblatt , from Monday, March 9, 2015, local section, p. 1
- ↑ "You must be crazy!": Urmel Literature Prize for Kai Pannen . In: https://www.merkur.de . September 30, 2017 ( merkur.de [accessed March 29, 2018]).
- ↑ Wolfgang Schörner: "Urmel is a particularly nice prize" - Antonia Michaelis on the literature prize, on Madagascar and on criticism. In: Merkur.de. October 10, 2019, accessed October 11, 2019 .