| Premio Onetti | |
|---|---|
| Onetti Prize | |
| Native name | Concurso Literario Juan Carlos Onetti |
| Awarded for | books in Uruguay |
| Sponsored by | Intendancy of Montevideo |
| Country | |
| First award | 1960 |
The Juan Carlos Onetti Literary Contest (Spanish : Concurso Literario Juan Carlos Onetti o Premio Onetti) is a literary award in Uruguay. Originally awarded in 1960, [1] the Intendancy of Montevideo reestablished and renamed the contest after Juan Carlos Onetti, one of the most important Uruguayan fiction writers, in 2011. [2]