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INTERNATIONAL ILLUSTRATED ALBUM COMPETITION INSULAR LIBRARY OF GRAN CANARIA

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to which writers or illustrators who, without a place of origin or residence, wish to present themselves with an unpublished book album in Spanish, based on an original narrative and visual conception, composed of text and images or exclusively of images.

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APILA’S FIRST PRINTING AWARD

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Application Deadline: 9 February, 2024

LOCATION: Spain

Apila Ediciones, in collaboration with the Aragon School of Design and with the support of its Town Hall, announces “Apila’s 2024 First Printing Award” (Premio Apila Primera Impresión 2024). This is an international illustrated picture book contest to promote creativity and enrich children’s literature with an educational scope.

ELIGIBILITY:

The award is open to all illustrators, of any nationality, over 18 years of age, without any limitation as to the number of projects. In order to be eligible to participate, no children’s books with ISBNs must have been published before the deadline for the submission of projects. However, applicants who have one or more books published with ISBN may participate, as long as they have been self published, i.e. they have not been published through a publishing house. In the event that the authorship of the project is shared (text on one side and illustrations on the other), the condition of not having any published books applies exclusively to the illustrator. Likewise, the rights of the works submitted 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

BENEFITS:

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.

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