The winner of the Prix Utopiales BD (BD = Bande Dessinée = Comic Strip) for 2022 was announced at Utopiales, the International Science Fiction Festival of Nantes, on October 31.
The winner is Elene Usdin for “René e aux bois dormants” (Éditions Sarbacane).
The prize, worth 2000 Euros, is awarded to the best comic of the year by the sci-fi comics readers club of the Nantes (France) municipal library.
The prize jury was chaired by Mathieu Bablet, last year’s winner of the Prix Utopiales BD.
The winners of the Prix Utopiales, Prix Utopiales Jeunesse, and Prix Utopiales BD (BD = Bande Dessinée = Comic Strip) for 2020 and 2021 were announced at Utopiales, the International Science Fiction Festival of Nantes, on October 31.
The Prix Utopiales recognizes a novel, or a collection, published in French during the eligibility period by a European author. The prize has a cash value of 2000 euros.
PRIX UTOPIALES 2021
• After® by Auriane Velten (France), (Mnémos)
PRIX UTOPIALES 2020
• Rosewater by Tade Thompson (Grande-Bretagne), J’ai lu.
The Prix Utopiales Jeunesse (Utopiales Youth Award) recognizes a novel or a collection of short stories by a European author, published or translated into French during the eligibility period. The winner is chosen by a jury of readers aged 13-16. The prize has a value of 2000 euros.
PRIX UTOPIALES JEUNESSE 2021
• Félicratie by H. Lenoir (France) (France), (Sarbacane)
PRIX UTOPIALES JEUNESSE 2020
• Et le désert disparaîtra by Marie Pavlenko (France), Flammarion Jeunesse.
The Prix Utopiales BD (BD = Bande Dessinée = Comic Strip), worth 2000 Euros, is awarded by the sci-fi comics readers club of the Nantes municipal library.
The winners of the Utopiales Awards were announced November 2 at
the Utopiales
International Science Fiction Festival of Nantes.
PRIX UTOPIALES
Helstrid by Christian Léourier (Le
Béllial)
The Prix Utopiales recognizes a novel, or a collection, published in French during the eligibility period by a European author. The prize has a cash value of 3000 euros.
PRIX UTOPIALES JEUNESSE
In real life – T.1 Déconnexion by Maiwenn Alix (Milan)
The Prix Utopiales Jeunesse 2019 (Utopiales Youth Award) recognizes a novel or a collection of short stories by a European author, published or translated into French during the eligibility period. The winner is chosen by a jury of readers aged 13-16. The prize has a value of 2000 euros.
PRIX UTOPIALES BD(BD =
Bande Dessinée = Comic)
Un gentil orc sauvage by Théo Grosjean
The prize, worth 2000 Euros, is awarded by the sci-fi comics readers club of the Nantes municipal library.
PRIX EXTRAORDINAIRE
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Also presented at Utopiales:
Prix Joel-Champetier
Chloé Jo Bertrand for “Chasseuse de
soleil”
The prize is for unpublished short fiction in French by non-Canadian writers. The winner receives € 1000. The winning work will be published in the Winter 2017 issue of the Canadian prozineSolaris.