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INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR THE ANNOUNCING POSTER FOR THE XXXIX EXHIBITION OF CARRIAGES AT THE SEVILLE FAIR 2025

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Application Deadline: January 10, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.

LOCATION: Spain

The Royal Carriage Driving Club of Andalusia (R.C.E.A.) https://rcea.net/ announces this competition, in collaboration with the Grupo Azvi Foundation, to select the poster for the XXXIX Carriage Driving Exhibition at the Royal Cavalry School of Seville.

ELIGIBILITY:

Entry is free

Anyone who wishes to participate in this contest, Spanish or foreign, individually or as a group, may do so.

Technique: The painting technique may be free (oil, acrylic, mixed, graphite, charcoal, watercolor, tempera, ink, etc.), without allowing retouching or digital reproduction or photographic reproduction. The work may be done on canvas, cardboard, paper, board, etc. mounted in all cases on a frame or rigid support suitable for hanging.

Size: The posters must be vertical and 100x70cm in size. They can also be submitted in 100x73cm, which is a standard size for frames. The author does not have to include any logo or anagram in the work, but the jury will consider including the following elements in the composition and in the established size:

The text XXXIX Carriage Exhibition

The logos of: Seville City Council, Royal Carriage Club of Andalusia and Royal Cavalry School of Seville

Date of celebration and day (May 4, 2025)

The competition rules will be published on the notice board of the Real Club de Enganches de Andalucía and on the website: http://www.rcea.net. Likewise, the widest possible dissemination will be given to the competition websites as well as websites related to Enganches, schools of Arts and Crafts and exhibition halls in Seville. The call for entries will also be announced in national and local newspapers.

Note: The rules are available only in Spanish. 

BENEFIT:

Prize:
The following prize is established:
1st Prize: endowed with 4,000 euros for the winning work of the poster.
Second Prize: endowed with 1,000 euros

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INTERNATIONAL ILLUSTRATED PICTURE BOOK CONTEST APILA FIRST PRINTING AWARDS

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Application Deadline: 16 February 2025

LOCATION: Spain

To promote the production of children’s picture books by illustrators with no previous published works, the publishing house Apila Ediciones, in collaboration with the School of Design of Aragón and with the support of the Zaragoza City Council, announces the Apila’s First Impression Award 2025, the thirteenth edition of an International Illustrated Children’s Book competition aimed at strengthening graphic and literary creation by supporting illustrators who have not yet published any books.

ELIGIBILITY:

All illustrators who wish to participate, of any nationality, over 18 years old, may enter this award without any limitation on the number of projects. A necessary condition for participation is not having any published children’s book with an ISBN until June 14, 2024. However, those who have one or more self-published books with an ISBN may participate, provided that these books were not published through a publishing house or editorial services company. In cases where the project is a collaboration (text by one person and illustrations by another), the condition of not having any published books applies exclusively to the illustrator. Additionally, the rights to the submitted works must be free of commitments to third parties.

The works submitted, written in Spanish or English, may be original or adaptations of stories free of copyright.

The award will be granted to one project only.

The projects may have any format, but may not exceed 40 pages (20 double pages), including legal pages (credits page and title page) and flyleaves. The cover: front cover, spine and back cover are not included in the 40 pages of the book

To avoid postal mailings, entrants should submit the following files by e-mail to apilaediciones@gmail.com, indicating in the header of the e-mail message, “LAST NAME_FIRST NAME_FIRST_PRINTING”:

A PDF file (maximum 15 megabytes) of the finished book or, failing that, of the layout of the book with a minimum of five finished double-page spreads and the rest sketched. The file must be named indicating the surname and first name of the illustrator plus the word “LAST NAME_FIRST NAME _BOOK”.

A text or PDF file indicating: Email address, nationality, postal address, telephone number and (optional) website, Facebook, Instagram, blog or any profile of the illustrator. The file must be named indicating the illustrator’s surname and first name plus the word “LAST NAME_FIRST NAME_ DATA”.

BENEFIT:

The award will consist of the signing of a professional contract with Apila Ediciones for the publication of the selected work, which will include the payment to the author(s) of €4,000, equivalent to 10% of the value of the first print run of the book, as well as the dissemination and international distribution of the book. In the event that the rights of the project are shared between writer and illustrator, the percentage of 10% will be divided between them according to the prior agreement reached by both.

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