During the Biennial, the Third Biennial Novel Prize Mario Vargas Llosa is presented. The finalists this are "Las fiebres de la memoria" by Gioconda Belli (Seix Barral), "The night" by Rodrigo Blanco Calderón (Alfaguara), "Vivir abajo" Gustavo Faverón (Peisa)," Sur "by Antonio Soler (Galaxia Gutenberg) and" Ordesa "by Manuel Vilas (Alfaguara).
The Biennial is held since 2014 with the aim of giving literature in Spanish a platform fot its global visibility, in the same way as the Prize that is delivered during it.