The Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja was a Spanish literary prize, awarded since 2001 by the publisher Plaza & Janés (subsidiary of Random House) to an original unpublished novel written in Spanish (Castilian).
Financially, it was among the top most valuable literary prizes in the world, with the winner receiving €360,607 (more than $500,000 as of September 2011).
The jury was always composed of Plaza & Janés' chief editor, Nuria Tey; the Mayor of the City of Torrevieja and a panel of writers and critics that change every year.
The majority of competing manuscripts came mainly from Spain and Latin America, specifically Argentina, Mexico, Chile and Colombia.
The readership of the prize was that of bestselling thrillers, crime/detective, mystery and even political fiction, and much of the marketing and promotion was jointly channeled through Spain's main retail store chain, El Corte Inglés.