The Paris Literary Prize was a literary award given every two years for unpublished novellas written by new authors from around the world. It was started in 2010 by the Paris-based bookstore Shakespeare and Company, and it was supported by the de Groot Foundation. The prize, worth €10,000, was given to authors who had never published a book before. Each entry had to be a novella, which is a short story between 20,000 and 30,000 words long. The first winner was announced on June 16, 2011.

After two awards, the prize was paused. The organizers said, "We'd love to hold another edition of the prize at some point, but we are unable to fix a date at this time."