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INTERNATIONAL ILLUSTRATED ALBUM COMPETITION INSULAR LIBRARY OF GRAN CANARIA

Application Deadline: 16 December 2023

LOCATION: Spain

The participation in the “Illustrated Album International Contest of the Insular Library of Gran Canaria” is open to all writers and il-lustrators,
with legal age, that regardless of their place of origin or residence, submit a production in Spanish.

ELIGIBILITY:

All persons, writers and illustrators of legal age who, without distinction of their place of origin or residence, present a work in the Spanish language, will be eligible for the International Contest for the “Illustrated Album of the Gran Canaria Island Library”. The staff of the publishing house “A Buen Paso” (hereinafter ABP) and the Department of Culture of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria (hereinafter CGC) are excluded. The winners of the previous edition will not be eligible for the prize of the next two editions.

BENEFIT:

A prize of 11,000 euros for the winner of the only prize, to which writers or illustrators who, without a place of origin or residence, wish to present themselves with an unpublished book album in Spanish, based on an original narrative and visual conception, composed of text and images or exclusively of images.

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UN GLOBAL CLIMATE ACTION AWARDS.  

Application Deadline: midnight Central European Time on October 15, 2023.  

LOCATION: UAE

The Awards seek to highlight the innovative climate action that young people around the world are undertaking to ensure their communities are more sustainable, resilient, and equitable places to live.  Two youth awards will be selected: 

A youth award for energy transition, and  

A youth award for nature and eco-system based climate action. 

ELIGIBILITY:

If you or a group of young people are under 35 years old and are implementing a project, initiative, program or other activity that addresses climate change mitigation or adaptation with a focus on one of the two areas outlined below, we would like to hear from you. 

Youth award on energy transition: The youth energy award will recognize innovative work on energy transition and equity by an individual youth or group of young people. 

Youth award on nature and eco-system based climate action: This award will recognize nature and eco-system based activities to address climate adaption and/or mitigation, as well as issues of equity conducted by an individual youth or group of young people in indigenous and/or local communities. 

BENEFIT:

Award winners will therefore receive:  

UN Climate Change Award certificate presented at a special awards event at COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)  

Travel, daily allowance, to participate in COP28 UN Climate Change Conference in the UAE 

Opportunities to network and present work to policymakers during the UN Climate Change Conference. 

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