International competition for an illustrated children's book project

Open call for illustrators

Deadline: 15 February 2020

Authors, illustrators and artists of any nationality, place of origin or residence may participate, with original and unpublished projects, provided they are not less than 18 years old on 15th February 2020.

It is possible to participate with one to a maximum of three unpublished projects for each Author.

The book project must not contain words, with exclusion of the title and possible subtitle. The narration must be realized exclusively through the illustrations and have narrative and stylistic coherence. There are no limits regarding age or reader group, and the subject matter is open.

The illustrations featured in the book projects can be in colour or black and white, with unlimited traditional or digital techniques and media.

Entry fee:
Euro 50 for each project sent

Prizes:
The winner will receive a money prize of € 4,000

Details:
https://silentbookcontest.com/rules/

Open call for illustration for children picture book

Deadline:  20 October 2019

The City of Benicarlo in collaboration with Onada Edicions, in order to encourage and promote reading through picture books for children, convenes the Sixth Children’s Picture Book International Prize Ciutat de Benicarló.


The Sixth Children’s Picture Book International Prize Ciutat de Benicarló want to put the city of Benicarló as a cultural capital of the region. Thus, we understand the cultural expression as an essential motor of development. Therefore, the Children’s Picture Book International Prize Ciutat de Benicarló has born with a vocation of excellence and, it search a national and international projection. In addition, we must emphasize the added value of this genre, such as to enhance the literary taste of the first readers. Picture books, for the purposes of these rules, are defined as those in which the story is told through images and text, so that both complement each other in a coherent and harmonious way and aimed at children. The illustration must hold at least the same or more importance than the text.

Authors of any nationality are eligible for the Children’s Picture Book International Prize Ciutat de Benicarló with any illustrated works; written in Valencian, Spanish or English and aimed at children.

No entry fee

Prize
The winner will receive 5000 EUR.
The winning work will be published.


Details:
http://revistababar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/bases_album_illlustrat_2019.pdf

DRAW ME YOUR FAVOURITE BOOK – 2019 Call for Artists

Deadline: 17 May 2019

Fresh From Poland and Paper Beats Rock are pleased to announce an open call for photo books and zines publications as part of PAPERLUST Photobook Fest 2019.

Submission is open to citizens of the countries from the Visegrad Group: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia.

The received submissions will be presented during the PAPERLUST Photobook Fest 2019 at an open photo books and zines library, at the MOCAK Library in Krakow.and after its completion will become part of the MOCAK Library collection.

We might select your publication to be displayed at one of the three exhibitions taking place during the festival: Photobook Storytelling, Photobook Asset, and Photobook Process, the authors of which will be informed individually.

The open call is directed to makers, artists, and publishers of photobooks, art books, photographic publications, zines and hand-made artistic publications. The received submissions will be presented during the PAPERLUST Festival and after its completion will become part of the MOCAK Library collection.

As a subject of the application understood are an art book, photo book, zine, book object of artistic value, book object hand-made or printed.


No entry fee

Details:
http://paperlustphotobookfest.com

Deadline: 30th April 2019

The award is open to any poet writing in English who has not had a full-length book of poetry published previously.

Manuscripts should be between 48 and 100 pages.

Manuscripts being considered by other publishers are allowed, but if a manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere, please notify the Press in writing.

Entry fee
$25.

Prize
The prize carries a cash award of $5,000 and publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press in the Pitt Poetry Series under its standard royalty contract.

Details:
https://www.upress.pitt.edu/starrett-prize-submission-guidelines/

Deadline: 15th April 2019

Australian Book Review welcomes entries in the 2019 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, one of the world’s leading prizes for an original short story. The ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize is worth a total of $12,500. Entry is open to anyone in the world who is writing in English. Entries must be a single story of 2,000 to 5,000 words in length.

ABR will publish the three shortlisted stories in the 2019 August Fiction Issue and announce the overall winner at a special event later that month. Three commended stories will also be published later in the year.

Entries must be original works of fiction written by an individual author.

Entry fees
Current ABR subscriber: AU$15
Full-time student: AU$15
Standard/non subscriber: AU$25

Prizes
• 1st prize: AU$5,000
• 2nd prize: AU$3,000
• 3rd prize: AU$2,000
• The three commended stories will share the remaining $2,500 in prize money.

Details:
https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/prizes-programs/elizabeth-jolley-story-prize/current-jolley

Deadline: 30th April 2019

 The Twelfth International Compostela Prize for Picture Books is open to all publications included in the picture book category: a book in which the story is told through images, or through images and text that complement each other.

 The books may be presented in any of the official languages of the Iberian Peninsula, and must be original and unpublished.

No entry fee

Prizes:
 € 9000 - single prize for work ready for publication.  The prize-winning work will be published in all of the official languages of the peninsula.


Details:
http://www.kalandraka.com/en/premio-compostela/

Deadline: 8th January 2019

The competition is open to illustrators over the age of 18, both student and professional.

This year we are asking you to submit three illustrations and a binding design for Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones.

Entry fee:
Entries cost £25. £15 for students

Prizes:
The winner will receive a career-changing commission, worth £5,000, to complete a total of nine illustrations and a binding design for the book, which will be published by The Folio Society in 2019. Five shorlisted entries will each receive £500 cash.

Details:
https://houseofillustration.org.uk/get_involved/bic-2019

Deadline: 8 January 2019


This year we are asking you to submit three illustrations and a binding design for Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones.

The competition is open to illustrators over the age of 18 from anywhere in the world, both student and professional, who have not been previously published by The Folio Society.

The winner will receive a career-changing commission, worth £5,000, to complete a total of nine illustrations and a binding design for the book, which will be published by The Folio Society in 2019. Five shorlisted entries will each receive £500 cash.

Entry fee
Standard entry: £25. Student entry: £15

Details:
https://houseofillustration.org.uk/get_involved/bic-2019

International competition for an illustrated children's book project.