In Moscow, the NOS (New Literature) literary prize was awarded, the Grand Prix was awarded to Maria Stepanova and her book In Memory of Memory.
According to Afisha Daily , Viktor Pelevin and his novel "iPhuck 10" became the winner of the Volga/NOS regional project. The book also won the People's Choice Award based on a vote on the website. The prize of the critical community was received by Lyudmila Petrushevskaya for the novel “We were stolen. History of crimes.
The NOS Literary Prize was founded in 2009 by the Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation to identify and support new trends in modern Russian literature. The main feature of the award is the openness of the decision-making process. An indispensable condition for the work of the jury is the need to publicly argue the choice of the finalists and the winner within the framework of a talk show in the presence and with the active participation of journalists, writers and the cultural community. Live broadcast of the debate between the jury and experts of the award to determine the winners was conducted on the YouTube channel of the Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation.