Ogłoszona została krótka lista laureatów Nagrody Literackiej Unii Europejskiej 2026, prezentująca 14 autorów:

Armenia: Sargis Hovsepyan – Դու էսօր մեռի, ես ՝ վաղը (You Die Today, I Die Tomorrow) ©Elizabeth Muradyan
Croatia: Lora Tomaš – Papir tvoje kože (Paper of Your Skin)
Cyprus: Evridiki Pericleous-Papadopoulou – καὶ πολλὰ ἐπικράνθη – Η Ελένη της Καρπασίας (Sorely Grieved: Helen of Karpasia) ©Petros Petrides
Czechia: Dora Kaprálová – Mariborská hypnóza (The Maribor Hypnosis)
Estonia: Lilli Luuk – Ööema (Night Mother) ©Dmitri Kotjuh
Finland: Susanna Hast – Toivottomuus (Despair) ©Susanna Kekkonen S&S
France: Hélène Frédérick – Lézardes (Rivers of White) ©Francesca Mantovani
Kosovo: Arben Idrizi – Njeriu që habitej dhe tregime të tjera (The Man Who Wondered and Other Stories) ©Kushtrim Tërnava
Liechtenstein: Mathias Ospelt – Ebaholz (Ebony) ©Nathalie Nagel
Luxembourg: Elise Schmit – Allgemeine Zweifel am weiteren Verlauf (General Doubts About the Future Course of Events) ©Véronique Kolbe
Moldova: Paula Erizanu – Aicea-i și raiul, și iadul (Here Is Both Heaven and Hell: Republic of Moldova: A Century of Lived History) ©Debates on Europe
Montenegro: Vladimir Vujović – Slobodni udarci (Free Kicks) ©Nataša Vujović
North Macedonia: Ivan Shopov – Zentrifuga (Zentrifuge) ©Kire Galevski
Sweden: Frans Wachtmeister – Förlorad mark (Lost Ground) ©Daiki Ishikawa