The Poetryprize Series was established in 2005 by our publishing house and the Berlin-based international cultural association West-Östlicher Diwan e.V.. Its goal is to support the winners of the Diwan Poetryprize, a prize that is given to poets who live and work in Iraq and the Arab region. Funded by the West-Östlicher Diwan e.V., the German Ministry for Foreign Affairs (2005), the Iraqi Ministry for Cultural Affairs, the Maison de la Poésie de Casablanca (2009) and others.