Awards

A selection of the awards, nominations and shortlists that SHIFT BOOKS' books and publication projects have received to date.

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Awarded the German Publishing Prize 2024

On the shortlist for the Berlin Publishing Prize 2025

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Belles Mômes
Clélia Odette

APhF Pick:26 Book Award – Shortlist
Stiftung Buchkunst, The Most Beautiful German Books 2026 – Shortlist

Invisible City
Jimmi Wing Ka Ho

PHotoESPAÑA Best Photography Book Award 2026 – Shortlist
Stiftung Buchkunst, The Most Beautiful German Books 2026 – Longlist

Land without Water
Ana Rodríguez Heinlein

PHotoESPAÑA Best Photography Book Award 2026 – Shortlist

Connecting Worlds
diverse authors & photographers

Stiftung Buchkunst, The Most Beautiful German Books 2026 – Shortlist

Where The Poplars Grow
Irina Unruh

German Photobook Award 2024/25 – Silver
Belfast Photo-Book Award 2025 – Winner
Lucie Photo Book Prize, Los Angeles 2025 – Shortlist
Stiftung Buchkunst, The Most Beautiful German Books 2025 – Longlist

ez fraktal
Cihan Çakmak

Stiftung Buchkunst, The Most Beautiful German Books 2025 – Shortlist

IN LOVE BY
Ed. Helena Melikov, various authors

Stiftung Buchkunst, The Most Beautiful German Books 2024 – Winner

The Cure
Julie Legouez

Stiftung Buchkunst, The Most Beautiful German Books 2024 – Shortlist

A Second Beating Heart
Rabea Edel

German Photobook Award 2023/24 – Silver
Belfast Photo Festival 2022 – Shortlist
Stiftung Buchkunst, The Most Beautiful German Books 2022 – Shortlist

Brandenburg – the art of living
various authors & photographers

Germany's Most Beautiful Regional Books 2023, Stiftung Buchkunst – Finalist

My Work Is My Personal Theatre
Katerina Belkina

German Photobook Award 2021/22 – Silver

Solomiya No. 5
various authors & photographers

ADC Competition Germany 2025 – Golden Nail

Solomiya No. 3
various authors & photographers

ADC Competition Germany 2025 – Grand Prix
ADC Competition Germany 2025 – Golden Nail
Joseph Binder Award 2024

Solomiya No. 2
various authors & photographers

ADC*Europe Design Award 2024 – Gold Award
ADC Competition Germany 2024 – Golden Nail
Joseph Binder Award 2024

Of Potato Roses and Burning Treetops
Annemie Martin & Jana Kießer

German Photobook Award 2021/22 – Bronze

Odyssey Fragments II / III
Marvin L.T. Müller

Stiftung Buchkunst, The Most Beautiful German Books 2020 – Longlist