European Union Prize for Literature was awarded in Brussels on November 18. Organised by the European Commission in cooperation with the European Writers' Council, the Federation of European Publishers and the European and International Booksellers Federation, the competition is open to authors from the 37 countries involved in the EU Creative Europe programme. 

The winners, nominated by national juries, will receive € 5,000 and will be given priority to receive EU translation grants through the support programme for Europe's cultural and creative sectors, Creative Europe. Makis Tsitas [in Greek] was Greece’s nominee for 2014.