Kalandraka Competition for Picture Books for € 9000.

The Department of Education and Citizenship of the City Council of Santiago de Compostela, in collaboration with Kalandraka publishers, and as part of the 19th Reading Promotion Campaign announces the call for entries to the Twelfth International COMPOSTELA Prize for Picture. 

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Rules:

1. The story should be told through images, or through images and text that complement each other.
2. The books may be presented in any of the official languages of the Iberian Peninsula and must be original and unpublished (Galician, Catalan, Basque, Castilian Spanish, and Portuguese) 
3. Adaptations of originals or books that have already been awarded prizes or mentions in other contests will not be accepted.  
4. Works with more than three illustrations uploaded onto the Internet will not be accepted.
5. One or more persons, who are authors of the text and illustrations, of any nationality may take part.
6. Winners from other years and employees of Kalandraka are excluded from participating.
7. The projects may be presented in any size, technique, and format.
8.  The story does not contain any more than 40 inner pages (excluding covers and endpapers).
9. The prize may be declared void, and no appeal may be issued against the decision of the jury under any circumstances.
10.  A single prize of € 9000. The prize will be subject to the withholding which is applicable in each case. The prize money will not be paid until the author or authors deliver the completed work ready for publication. 
11. The author/s will transfer the rights for the first edition, as will be indicated in the contract they will sign with the publisher Kalandraka.
12. The organization will not be responsible for any loss or damage caused to the originals

Authors competing for the prize must present:

1. Five copies of the text.
2. Three original illustrations and five color photocopies of each. If digital techniques are used, the authors may send high-resolution prints of the work.
3. A finished layout of the whole Project: a printed copy with the design, text, and illustrations, as close as possible to finished book.

Notes:

1.  The jury’s decision will be published in June 2019, during the 19th Reading Promotion Campaign, organized by the City Council of Santiago de Compostela.

2. The works must not feature the name of the author(s), but instead a pen name. The personal details of the participants will be delivered in a sealed envelope: on the outside, the title of the work and the pen name, and inside the full name or names, postal address, telephone number and e-mail, together with a complete photocopy of the author(s) ID card or passport and a brief biography.

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