The George Konell Prize, endowed with €5,000, was initiated in 1997 by his widow, Ilse Konell (1919-2012), in memory of the writer George Konell and is awarded every two years. The prize is awarded for a complete literary work or for an author's first literary publication. Artists must have their permanent residence in Hesse. A jury selects the winner. The prize winners were: 1998 Gudrun Pausewang, 2000 Stefan Kaluza, 2002 Katja Behrens, 2004 Ricarda Junge, 2006 Peter Kurzeck, 2008 Silke Scheuermann, 2010 Michael Schneider, 2012 Alissa Walser, 2014 Stephan Thome, 2016 Saskia Hennig von Lange.