Longlist Announced for the Mikhal Anempadystau Award — 2026
The jury of the Mikhal Anempadystau Award has selected 24 book covers that made it to the 2026 longlist.
They were selected from 59 works submitted to the competition and represent a wide spectrum of contemporary Belarusian book design — from laconic minimalism to complex visual systems, from refined work with typography to bold graphic experiments, writes penbelarus.org.
The longlist includes:
- Andrei Adamovich — cover of the book «Metaphysics of the Ass» by Sokrat Khalera (Lysy Cherap, 2025)
- Pavel Antipau, Ihar Yukhnevich — cover of the book «To come somewhere, do something, and leave» by Pavel Antipau (Myane Nyama, 2025)
- Author V — cover of the book «W» (anonymous entry)
- Anastasiya Vishnyakova — cover of the book «Any Bones» by Katryna Zile (Pflyaumboum, 2025)
- Tatsiana Dzivakova — cover of the book «Homeland» by Zbykh Slupouski (Haliyafy, 2025)
- Dzmitry Dzmitryieu, Andrei Fiadurchanka — cover of the book «Codex. Imago. Index» by Dzmitry Dzmitryieu (Lysy Cherap, 2025)
- Author K — cover of the book «K» (anonymous entry)
- Katsiaryna Nestsiarevich, Yakub Smouzhik — cover of the book «East Wind: West Wind» by Pearl Buck (Gutenberg Publisher, 2025)
- Alena Niadzielskaya — cover of the book «I Am the Meat Zmitser Cooked» by Zmitser Vishniou (Skaryna Press, 2025)
- Aliaksandr Pazhytak, Ihar Yukhnevich — cover of the book «Diary 2021—2022» by an anonymous author (Myane Nyama, 2025)
- Maryia Platonava — cover of the book «Tales of the City Park» by Aliaksandr Zhdanovich (Gutenberg Publisher, 2025)
- Ptushka — cover of the book «Free Cosmos» (anonymous entry)
- Volha Safarava — cover of the book «Cryptostems. The History of the Rise and Fall of Talachyn's Self-Made Talents» by Zmitser Burbuts (RozUM Media, 2025)
- Yakub Smouzhik — covers for the book series «Window to Prose» (Gutenberg Publisher, 2025)
- Siarhei Tabalevich, Yakub Smouzhik — cover of the book «Cold Lands» by Aliaksandr Karnaŭkh (Gutenberg Publisher, 2025)
- Zosia Truskalka — cover of the book «Where Did the Butterfly Fly?» (anonymous entry)
- Zosia Truskalka — cover of the book «Summer in the Village» (anonymous entry)
- Daryna Kharytonchyk — cover of the book «Friends in the Yard» by Alena Zarnitskaya (Gutenberg Publisher, 2025)
- Lina Hesse, Ihar Yukhnevich — cover of the book «Unemployed Tree» by Sveta Bien, Lina Hesse (Myane Nyama, 2025)
- Yuliya Tsimafeeva, Tatsiana Shustava — cover of the book «Blood Circulation» by Yuliya Tsimafeeva (Andrei Yanushkevich Publishing, 2025)
- Siarhei Shabokhin — cover of the book «Oak Apples» by Volha Kastsiuk (Skaryna Press, 2025)
- Siarhei Shabokhin — cover of the book «Body in Progress; By My Body…» by Hanna Komar (Skaryna Press, 2025)
- Yuliya Shatun, Ihar Yukhnevich, Aliaksandr Pazhytak — cover of the book «Everyone Saw This City Somewhere Else» by Yuliya Shatun (Myane Nyama, 2025)
- Tatsiana Shustava — covers for the books «Works» (volumes 1, 2) by Jorge Luis Borges (Andrei Yanushkevich Publishing, 2025)
All book covers can be viewed on the award's website aniempadystau.penbelarus.org.
The award is named after the outstanding Belarusian artist, designer, poet, and culturologist Mikhal Anempadystau, who significantly influenced the visual culture of Belarus. Established in 2019, the award continues to honor his creative legacy, recognizing authors who create new visual stories through book cover design.
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