Droste-Preis
# Droste-Preis

Droste-Preis is a literary prize awarded in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The city of Meersburg awards the Droste Prize in memory of the writer Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, who spent the last years of her life in Meersburg. It is awarded every three years. The award is endowed with €6,000 (First Prize (Literaturförderpreis): €4,000). The award is given only to women.

## Winners

* 1957 Erika Burkart
* 1960 Nelly Sachs
* 1963 Christine Busta
* 1967 Rose Ausländer
* 1971 Hilde Domin
* 1975 Eva Zeller
* 1979 Gertrud Leutenegger
* 1982 Dorothee Sölle, Maria Menz
* 1985 Marie-Thérèse Kerschbaumer
* 1988 Elisabeth Plessen
* 1991 Jenny Aloni
* 1994 Eveline Hasler
* 1997 Friederike Mayröcker
* 2000 Helen Meier
* 2003 Kathrin Schmidt, First prize: Julia Schoch
* 2006 Ulrike Draesner, First prize: Marion Poschmann
* 2009 Marlene Streeruwitz, First prize: Silke Scheuermann
* 2012 Helga M. Novak, First prize: Ulrike Almut Sandig
* 2015 Judith Schalansky, First prize: Teresa Präauer
* 2018 Olga Flor, First prize: Julia Weber
* 2021 Katharina Hacker, First prize: Laura Freudenthaler
