title: Droste-Preis
text: # 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
  