"Potovci" (Travellers) by Cvetka Bevc brings three stories set in three different time periods - one at the beginning of year counting, in the time of apostles, one in the period of WWI and WWII, and one at the end of Cold War, focusing on the fate of eternal travellers and the messages they bring.

Lucija Stepančič's novel "V četrtek ob šestih" (Thursday at Six) deals with the question of identity in the first ten years after Slovenia gained independence through a story about a young woman who gets involved with a man who does not know he is HIV positive.

Both Bevc and Stepančič were nominated for the first time.

"Koliko si moja?" (How Much Mine Are You?) by Andrej Skubic is a story about a middle-aged man who gets involved with his former girlfriend who cheated on him and got pregnant with another man. The book already won Skubic the Prešeren Fund Prize for individual achievements this year.

Zdenko Kodrič's "Opoldne zaplešejo škornji" (Boots Dance at Noon) follows the protagonists of the last battle of the Pohorje battalion, a 69-strong Partisan military unit which was killed off by a group of 2,000 German soldiers in WWII.

Aleš Čar presents a chronology of a family through three generations in his novel "O znosnosti" (About Tolerability), thus opening the historical context of the 20th century while also revealing the intimate relations within the family.

According to the chair of the jury, Miran Hladnik, the winner will be selected based on language features, style, composition, message, readability and suggestiveness of the novel.

The five-member jury will make its decision known at 10 PM and the winner, who will receive EUR 5,000, will have the honour to light the traditional bonfire on Ljubljana's Roznik Hill.

Last year the prize went to Drago Jancar for the novel "To noč sem jo videl" (I Saw Her That Night). The Kresnik Prize has been conferred by Delo since 1991.