The Melsom Prize (Norwegian: 'Melsom-prisen') is a Norwegian literary award.
It is given annually to a writer or translator who writes in Nynorsk, for a work published during the preceding year.
The prize was established in 1922 by the shipowner Ferdinand Melsom.
The prize sum was 40,000 Norwegian kroner in 2015.
[1] The following have received the prize:[2][3]