The Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize () is a German literary award established in 2000 by the city of Braunschweig and the radio broadcaster Deutschlandradio. It is named after the 19th-century writer Wilhelm Raabe and is awarded annually for a narrative work written in German. Until 2010, the prize was awarded every two years. The prize sum is â¬30,000, making it one of the most significant German literary awards after the Georg Büchner Prize, the Joseph-Breitbach-Preis, and the Siegfried Lenz Prize.
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The award had until 1990 been known as the Wilhelm Raabe Prize.