Ellika Lagerlöf "succeeds in the difficult feat of not only making reality uncertain and enchanting - but also literature itself," according to the jury's justification.
In the short story collection, she writes about the boundaries between animals and humans, children and adults. The topics include vacuum-packed food, a boy who cuts off his penis with scissors, and raising children.
The author was born in 2000, lives in Stockholm and works in a bookstore and library. She has previously studied at Biskops Arnö and the Literary Design program at Valand in Gothenburg. She has also been nominated for Borås Tidning's debutant prize and Nöjesguiden's Stockholm prize for "The Last Caste".
The Katapult Prize was established by the Swedish Writers' Association in 1991 and is awarded to a fiction author, prose writer or poet who debuted during the previous year.
The award was presented on Friday at Littfest in Umeå.
