For the Montblanc Literature Prize four book editions appeared between 1991 and 1994. The first prize of 1991 carried the theme Profit, the second of 1992 the theme Embraces, the third of 1993 the theme The Summit and the fourth of 1994 the theme The Appointment. Each edition contains, alongside the short story of the prize winner, between 14 and 16 further selected short stories of the participants. Editor of all four volumes is Joseph von Westphalen, who also chaired the jury and wrote the afterword in each volume. The first two books appeared from Piper Verlag, the following two from Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag. From 1995 to 2003 the prize was not awarded; only in 2004 was it given again with the theme 'There must be that much time'.