The Gide Contemporary Capital Prize 2026 was awarded on September 3, 2026, to the collective Mantsina sur scène, based in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. The award recognized the group for its festival, which promotes contemporary theater open to the world and focuses on political, social, and human issues. The ceremony, themed around "catastrophe," featured readings, music, and speeches, and concluded with a tribute to Mantsina sur scène for its alignment with the prize's mission of examining the present through literature, thought, and artistic creation. Armelle Hérisson received the Noir de l'Histoire 2026 Prize for her book La mort malgré lui, published in the Série noire series by Gallimard editions. The Page 111 Prize for 2026 selected six books from the French-speaking literary launch, with the winner to be announced on November 11. The Alain Borne Poetry Prize 2026 revealed five selected works, with the winner to be decided on December 1 of next year by a jury chaired by Jean-Pierre Siméon. The Jacques Delors European Book Prize 2026 selected four works for its 20th edition, with the award to be presented on December 9 at the European Parliament in Brussels. The Alain Spiess Second Book Prize 2026 narrowed its selection to six books from an initial list of fifteen, with the winner to be chosen on October 16. Anders Nilsen's Tongues, volume 1 won the ACBD Comics Critics Prize 2026, succeeding Watership Down by James Sturm and Joe Sutphin. Alberto Manguel received the BnF Prize 2026, while Patti Smith received a special jury award. The Les Visionnaires Book Prize 2027 selected ten works addressing themes such as artificial intelligence, climate change, and authoritarian societies. Margaux Meissonnier's Le Parc Saint-Rien won the Prima Bula Prize, awarded by the Formula Bula festival. Other notable winners included Véronique Brindeau's Les Arbres de Nagasaki in the Literature category and Sous terre by Antoine Lecharny and Annette Becker in the Photography category at the August Light Prize 2026. Madeline Cash won the PAGE/AMERICA Novel Prize 2026 for her debut novel Les Brebis égarées. The Strasbourg Hope CIC Prize was awarded to Amandine Agić after the withdrawal of the prize from Thélyson Orélien's novel C'était ça ou mourir due to plagiarism concerns.