The two winners each receive €2,500 each. A jury of YA readers has been working hard ever since to read and select the final winners which were announced on 17 September, the eve of the Boekenweek voor jongeren.
Best YA BookĪt the end of May, an adult jury selected 10 books for readers aged 15-18, five in the ‘Originally published in Dutch’ category, and five in the ‘Translated’ category. The YA Lit week also supports schools by providing two 10-page booklets containing questions and pointers for discussing the short stories featured in 3PAK in class. It will be fantastic opportunity for a total of 10,000 students to put questions directly to the these enthusiastic authors: Aafke Romeijn, Abdelkader Benali, Alma Mathijsen, Anne-Gine Goemans, Auke Hulst, Buddy Tegenbosch, Chinouk Thijssen, Cis Meijer, Daan Heerma Van Voss, Daniëlle Bakhuis (3PAK), Gershwin Bonevacia, Gustaaf Peek, Jennefer Mellink, Johan Fretz (3PAK), Jowi Schmitz, Khalid Boudou, Maartje Wortel, Marco Kunst, Maren Stoffels, Margje Woodrow, Neusa Gomes, Raoul De Jong, and Wytske Versteeg. Literatourĭuring YA Lit Week, 23 well-known Dutch authors will tour 100 secondary schools to meet pupils and teachers and talk about books, writing, and reading in general.
Pepijn Lanen, also known as rapper Faberyayo, has worked with comic book artist Floor van het Nederend on the second story in the collection, and the final text was written by Johan Fretz, nominated for the Bronzen Uil in 2019 and awarded the Dutch Booksellers prize in 2019 for his novel Onder de paramariboom. It includes texts by Daniëlle Bakhuis, a writer and editor at GIRLZ and CosmoGirl magazines whose YA thriller De Executie has been shortlisted for the Best YA Book prize in the Dutch books category this year. 3PAK is a collection of short stories by four top Dutch authors. The anthology is given away free in bookshops, libraries and by Dutch studies teachers in schools.
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