• The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is open to works of fiction written in, or translated into, English and published within a specified period of time.
• The nomination process for the Award is unique as nominations are made by selected libraries in capital and major cities throughout the world.
• Participating libraries can nominate up to three books each year for the Award: the books must meet the criteria for eligibility which are distributed to libraries each year.

To see the full list of libraries who have participated in the award since 1996 click here

Participating libraries receive a range of promotional materials including the Award newsletter Fiction Matters and colour posters featuring the nominated books. Each poster includes a list of all those libraries taking part.

Who nominated what for the 2009 Award?

For a full listing of nominating libraries and their nominations click here

Librarians at Award Presentation Dinner
In recognition of the role of libraries in the Award, each year a participating library is selected at random and given the opportunity to send a representative to the Award Dinner in Dublin, courtesy of IMPAC.

Ms. Annie Garden, representing Bibliothèque Minicipale de Lyon, France receiving a scroll from Mrs. Deirdre Ellis-King, Dublin City Librarian, at the Presentation Dinner in City Hall, Dublin, June 2008

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Minneapolis Public Library regularly use the Award posters and books in their fiction promotions.Pictured below are Literature Department staff members: 1st row seated- Mary Moore, Mike McCabe; 2nd row standing: Katie Weiblen, Marie Hanson and Joyce Cobb.