The Uwe Johnson Prize is an annual German literary award. The award is named after the writer Uwe Johnson (1934–1984) and was first awarded in 1994.[1] It is awarded for "outstanding literary works in which there are links to the poetics of Uwe Johnson".[2] Alternating the main prize for a work and the Förderpreis (promotional prize) for the best debut is awarded by the Mecklenburg Literature Society, the Nordkurier (1994–2016), the Berlin law firm Gentz und Partner (since 2012) and the Humanistischer Verband Deutschlands (since 2017).[3][1] The prize is endowed with €20,000 (Förderpreis: €5,000).[1][4]