Carlos Fuentes Prize

Carlos Fuentes International Prize for Literary Creation in the Spanish Language (Spanish: Premio Internacional Carlos Fuentes a la Creación Literaria en el Idioma Español) is a literary award established in 2012 by the Mexican government in honor of Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes. It is awarded every year on November 11, the birthday of Fuentes. Originally carrying a remuneration of US$250,000 when launched, the prize was halved to US$125,000 in 2019, which continues to place it among the richest literary prizes in the world.

The jury is composed of seven people including a member of Spain’s Royal Academy of the Spanish Language, another from the Mexican Spanish-language academy, one more from another academy in Latin America or the Philippines, and four additional academic or literary figures from Mexico.

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